putting on a notable performance, and reaching the round of 16. He represented Switzerland at the UEFA Euro 1996 tournament in England, where they were eliminated in the first round. He also captained the Swiss national side. In total, he managed 79 appearances for Switzerland, scoring 7 goals. Managerial career Sforza went on to become manager of Swiss team FC Luzern, and was sacked after two more or less successful years managing the team. On 9 June 2009, he was named as the new manager of Grasshopper Club Zürich. signing a contract between 30 June 2011. On 13 April 2012, Sforza left the club after poor results. In February 2014, he was appointed as new head coach of FC Wohlen, replacing David Sesa. On 1 April 2019, he became the manager of FC Wil. On 26 August 2020, Sforza became the head coach of Basel signing a two-year contract. He took his assistant Daniel Hasler from Wil with him. Massimo Colomba was goalkeeper coach and on 21 September the club announced that they had hired Patrick Rahmen as second assistant coach to complete Sforza's coaching team. Sforza's first match was on 17 September in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round against Croatian team Osijek which ended with a 2–1 victory. On 6 April 2021 the club announced that, due to the lack of sporting success, FC Basel 1893 were separating themselves from head coach Ciriaco Sforza with immediate effect. They also announced that they separated themselves from Assistant manager Daniel Hasler at the same time. Career statistics Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sforza goal. Managerial statistics Honours Player Grasshopper Club Zürich Swiss Super League: 1990–91 Bayern Munich Bundesliga: 2000–01 UEFA Champions League: 2000–01 UEFA Cup: 1995–96 Intercontinental Cup: 2001 Inter Milan UEFA Cup runners-up: 1996–97 1. FC Kaiserslautern Bundesliga: 1997–98 References External links Swiss men's footballers Swiss football managers Swiss people of Italian descent 1970 births Living people Switzerland international footballers Grasshopper Club Zürich players FC Aarau players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players FC Bayern Munich footballers Inter Milan players Serie A players 1994 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1996 players Swiss Super League players Bundesliga players Swiss expatriate footballers Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Italy FC Luzern managers Grasshopper Club Zürich managers FC Thun managers FC