Marco Zwyssig was born on 24 October 1971 and is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
11 Facts About Marco Zwyssig
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Marco Zwyssig is best remembered for his time at FC St Gallen and FC Basel.
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Marco Zwyssig played his youth football with FC St Gallen coming through the ranks up to their U-21 team.
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Wacker Tirol filed bankruptcy and they were forced to sell their most valuable players; Marco Zwyssig inevitably left the club in the winter break of that season.
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Marco Zwyssig signed for FC Basel in January 2002 and the FCB management transferred CHF 1.5 million as a transfer fee to the Austrians.
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Marco Zwyssig played a total of 173 games for Basel scoring a total of five goals.
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Marco Zwyssig scored three goals in the domestic league and two in the cup.
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Marco Zwyssig played for the national team between 2000 and 2004 but never really broke into the first team due to the amount of competition for places.
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Marco Zwyssig got 20 caps and 1 goal and was an unused substitute at the 2004 European Football Championship.
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Marco Zwyssig studied business economics with a focus on marketing at the University of St Gallen and graduated in 1997.
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On 11 June 2021 the ASF-SFV announced that as of 1 July 2021 Marco Zwyssig would be the Footeco boss for the Zurich and StGallen regions and is responsible for the development, support and observation of players and coaches at Footeco and U-15 level.