12 Facts About Franco Foda

Franco Foda was born on 23 April 1966 and is a German football manager and former player who is the manager of Kosovo national team.

FC Kaiserslautern in the 1980s he won two caps with the West Germany national team under coach Franz Beckenbauer; Franco Foda played against Argentina and Brazil in late 1987.

Franco Foda only found out the next day that this was due to his name translating to "free intercourse" in Portuguese.

Franco Foda moved into coaching with Sturm Graz as an assistant coach.

Franco Foda had been interim head coach between 20 September 2002 until November 2002.

At this point, Franco Foda became the permanent head coach until they hired Gilbert Gress to become the head coach on 4 June 2003.

Franco Foda then went on to coach the reserve team immediately after to when he was promoted to head coach of the first team on 1 June 2006.

On 22 May 2012, Franco Foda was announced as new head coach of 1.

In October 2017 it was announced that Franco Foda would become manager of the Austria national team, with effect from January 2018.

Franco Foda resigned from the position in March 2022, following their failure to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup after the defeat to Wales in Cardiff.

On 17 February 2024, Kosovo appointed Franco Foda after agreeing to a contract until February 2026, this happened after the former coach Primoz Gliha decided to resign after weak results in November 2023.

Franco Foda's son Sandro was born on 1989 and first appeared professionally with Sturm Graz in 2007, when his father was head coach.