Switzerland's Schmid Named New Zealand Football Coach
Muhammad Rameez Published February 23, 2018 | 08:30 AM
Wellington, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Feb, 2018 ) :New Zealand Football (NZF) named Switzerland's Fritz Schmid as the national team coach Friday, saying his brief was to get the All Whites to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
His appointment follows the departure of Briton Anthony Hudson in November after New Zealand lost an intercontinental playoff with Peru for a berth at this year's tournament in Russia. "Fritz has a proven track record at the highest level of coaching in Europe and we believe he will take our national team to a new level," NZF technical director Andreas Heraf said.
"He has the experience and the vision to help the All Whites achieve the goal of winning on the world stage at pinnacle events.
" Schmid's previous experience has been primarily as an assistant coach, including with the Austrian national team from 2011-13 and FC Basel from 2002-09, when they won the Swiss championship four times.
He also worked as an assistant to compatriot Christian Gross at Tottenham Hotspur in the English top flight in 1997-98. The 58-year-old's most recent position was technical director with the Malaysian Football Association. "The All Whites are an exciting team and have huge potential," he said.
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