1. Christian Jurgen Gross was born on 14 August 1954 and is a Swiss football manager and former player.
23 Facts About Christian Gross
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Christian Gross began his playing career at SV Hongg before moving to Grasshopper in 1965, which he left in 1976.
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In two seasons Christian Gross made 29 appearances in the Bundesliga and scored four goals.
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Christian Gross then returned to Switzerland and spent three years at St Gallen, Lugano and Yverdon-Sport.
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Christian Gross began his managerial career at Swiss side Wil in the 2.
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Christian Gross then joined Grasshopper as head coach in 1993.
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Under Christian Gross, Grasshopper won two Swiss championships and the Swiss Cup.
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Christian Gross's success with Grasshopper meant he was a very highly rated coach in his native Switzerland, but he was still little-known outside central Europe and it was a major shock when in November 1997 he was chosen to succeed Gerry Francis as manager of Tottenham Hotspur.
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Christian Gross was hired on 19 November 1997, with Tottenham in the relegation zone.
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Christian Gross had won three of his last ten matches.
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Christian Gross returned to his native Switzerland, finding work as the manager of Basel on 15 June 1999.
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Christian Gross worked to rebuild Basel into the premier force in Swiss football and achieved greater success than when manager of Grasshopper.
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On 17 May 2009, Christian Gross was attacked by fans of Zurich on a tram after Basel defeated Zurich that day.
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On 6 December 2009, Christian Gross was revealed as the new manager of VfB Stuttgart.
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Christian Gross was dismissed from his managerial job on 13 October 2010 after six defeats in seven matches, when Stuttgart found itself at the bottom of the table.
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Christian Gross signed a two-year contract on 8 May 2011 to become the new manager of Young Boys, following the sacking of former manager Vladimir Petkovic.
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However, after a run of poor results, Christian Gross was sacked on 30 April 2012.
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Christian Gross was appointed manager of Al-Ahli on 18 June 2014, He achieved with Al-Ahli the Saudi Professional League, the King Cup and the Saudi Crown Prince Cup but refused to renew his contract allowing him to leave on 30 May 2016.
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On 3 October 2016, with the sacking of Jose Gomes, Christian Gross returned to the club for a second spell.
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Christian Gross won The Egyptian-Saudi Supercup 2018, and followed that up with a win in the African Confederation Cup in May 2019, which was the first African title for the Egyptian giants since 2002.
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On 1 June 2019, Egypt Today confirmed that Christian Gross had been fired from his position, President Mortada Mansour of the club told Mehwar TV that "Christian Gross is specialist in failure".
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On 16 October 2019, Christian Gross returned to Al-Ahli for a third spell.
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On 15 December 2024, Christian Gross returned to Zamalek for a second spell.