Franco Foda

Infobox Football biography
playername = Franco Foda


fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1966|4|23|df=y
cityofbirth = Mainz
countryofbirth = Germany
height = height|m=1.80
position = Defender
currentclub = Sturm Graz
clubnumber =
youthyears = 1982–1983
youthclubs = Mainz 05
years = 1983–1984
1984–1985
1985–1987
1987–1990
1990–1994
1994–1996
1996–1997
1997–2001
clubs = Kaiserslautern
Arminia Bielefeld
Saarbrücken
Kaiserslautern
Bayer Leverkusen
VfB Stuttgart
FC Basel
Sturm Graz
caps(goals) = 003 0(0)
043 0(4)
015 0(1)
087 0(6)
113 (10)
069 0(0)
013 0(0)
099 0(1)
nationalyears = 1987
nationalteam = West Germany
nationalcaps(goals) = 002 0(0)
pcupdate =
ntupdate =
manageryears = 2002–2003
2006–
managerclubs = Sturm Graz
Sturm Graz

Franco Foda (born 23 April 1966 in Mainz) is a retired German football player who is currently the manager of Austrian side Sturm Graz. As a player Foda played for Mainz 05, Kaiserslautern, Arminia Bielefeld, Saarbrücken, Bayer Leverkusen, VfB Stuttgart, FC Basel and Sturm Graz, as well as the West German national team. His son, Sandro Foda, plays under him at Sturm Graz.

Trivia

*Foda's name translates into Portuguese as "fucking for free." [cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2007/jun/06/theknowledge.sport|title=Football's strangest lawsuits|accessdate=2008-06-13|date=2007-06-06|author=James Dart and Paolo Bandini|publisher=The Guardian]

References

External links

*de icon [http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil/franco-foda/ Player profile at Weltfußball.de]