Ulrich Forte

Ulrich "Uli" Forte (born 30 April 1974) is an Italian[1] football coach and former player from Switzerland.

Ulrich Forte
Forte in 2008
Personal information
Full name Ulrich Forte
Date of birth (1974-04-30) 30 April 1974
Place of birth Zurich, Switzerland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1994 FC Brüttisellen-Dietlikon
1994–1999 FC Red Star Zürich
1999–2002 SC Kriens
2002–2006 FC Red Star Zürich
Managerial career
2001–2006 FC Red Star Zürich (Player-manager)
2006–2008 FC Wil 1900
2008–2011 FC St. Gallen
2012–2013 Grasshoppers
2013–2015 BSC Young Boys
2016–2018 FC Zürich
2019–2020 Grasshoppers
2021–2022 Yverdon-Sport
2022 Arminia Bielefeld
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

Forte was born in Zürich to a family originally from Salerno, Italy.[2]

Career

As a player

As an active player, he played for FC Brüttisellen-Dietlikon, FC Red Star Zürich and SC Kriens.

As a manager

In 2001, he was a player-coach at FC Red Star Zürich. In 2006, he moved to FC Wil 1900. After coaching FC Wil 1900 for two years, he signed for FC St. Gallen. He was fired on 1 March 2011. One year later, on 16 April 2012, he signed as the new manager of Grasshopper Club Zürich. From July 2013 until August 2015 he was the head coach of BSC Young Boys. On 13 May 2016 he signed as the head coach of FC Zürich.[3]

On 10 August 2021, he was hired by Yverdon-Sport.[4] After one season, he was appointed by Arminia Bielefeld.[5] On 17 August 2022, Forte was sacked after four losses in the new season.[6]

References
  1. "Curriculum Vitae". uliforte.ch. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  2. "Arminia Bielefeld, il nuovo allenatore è l'italiano Uli Forte" (in Italian). Gianluca Di Marzio.com. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  3. "FC Zurich a engagé Uli Forte comme entraîneur" (in French). Tribune de Genève. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  4. "OFFICIEL : ULI FORTE À LA TÊTE D'YS !" (in French). Yverdon-Sport. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  5. "Herzlich willkommen, Uli Forte". arminia.de (in German). Arminia Bielefeld. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  6. "ULI FORTE FREIGESTELLT". 17 August 2022.
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