Ulrich Forte


Ulrich "Uli" Forte is an Italian football coach and former player from Switzerland. He last managed FC Zürich in the Swiss Super League, after having successfully led the club back to the top tier of Swiss football by winning the 2016–17 Swiss Challenge League.

Career

As a player

As an active player, he played for FC Brüttisellen-Dietlikon, FC Red Star Zürich and SC Kriens.

As a manager

In 2001, he was a player-coach at FC Red Star Zürich. In 2006, he moved to FC Wil 1900. After coaching FC Wil 1900 for two years, he signed for FC St. Gallen. He was fired on 1 March 2011. One year later, on 16 April 2012, he signed as the new manager of Grasshopper Club Zürich. From July 2013 until August 2015 he was the head coach of BSC Young Boys. On 13 May 2016 he signed as the head coach of FC Zürich.