Franco Foda (born 23 April 1966 in Mainz) is a retired German football player in the defender role, who is currently the manager of Austrian side SK Sturm Graz.
As a player Foda, who started his football career with hometown's 1. FSV Mainz 05, began playing professionally for 1. FC Kaiserslautern (three matches in 1983-84), then represented Arminia Bielefeld and 1. FC Saarbrücken in both the first and second levels. He then returned to Kaiserslau...
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Franco Foda (born 23 April 1966 in Mainz) is a retired German football player in the defender role, who is currently the manager of Austrian side SK Sturm Graz.
As a player Foda, who started his football career with hometown's 1. FSV Mainz 05, began playing professionally for 1. FC Kaiserslautern (three matches in 1983-84), then represented Arminia Bielefeld and 1. FC Saarbrücken in both the first and second levels. He then returned to Kaiserslautern for three additional seasons, also managing two friendly substitute appearances for West Germany in December 1987, at Brazil (1-1) and Argentina (0-1).
Foda joined Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 1990, being an important defensive element and scoring four league goals in his fourth season, as Leverkusen finished third. He then played with VfB Stuttgart, FC Basel (a short 1997 spell) and SK Sturm Graz, retiring in 2001 at 35, with 321 German first division matches played.
Subsequently, Foda moved into coaching with Sturm Graz and, after a short...
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