Christian Gross

Christian Gross

Christian Jürgen Gross is a Swiss football manager and former player. He is the current coach of Schalke 04. Gross played as a sweeper and central midfielder for Grasshopper and VfL Bochum. He was manager of Tottenham Hotspur between November 1997 and September 1998. Gross won four Swiss Super Leagues and four Swiss Cups while manager of Basel between 1999 and 2009.

About Christian Gross in brief

Summary Christian GrossChristian Jürgen Gross is a Swiss football manager and former player. He is the current coach of Schalke 04. Gross played as a sweeper and central midfielder for Grasshopper and VfL Bochum. He was manager of Tottenham Hotspur between November 1997 and September 1998. Gross was sacked as manager of VfB Stuttgart on December 6, 2009. In June 2012, Gross was appointed manager of Al-Ahli in Saudi Arabia. He won the Saudi Professional League and the King Fahad Cup with the club in 2013 and 2014. Gross is the father of former Switzerland international footballer Yannick Gross, who played for the national team from 1977 to 1984.

He also played for SV Höngg, Lausanne-Sport, Neuchâtel Xamax, St. Gallen, Lugano and Yverdon-Sport. Gross won four Swiss Super Leagues and four Swiss Cups while manager of Basel between 1999 and 2009. He has also won two Swiss Cups and one Swiss Super League. Gross has been sacked as the manager of Young Boys in 2011 following the sacking of former manager Vladimir Petković. He made his debut for Switzerland in a 3–1 friendly away defeat to East Germany in 1978.