Marco Walker

Marco Walker (born 2 May 1970 in Solothurn) is a Swiss former footballer who played as a defender during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He is currently the manager of BSC Old Boys.[1]

Marco Walker
Personal information
Full name Marco Walker
Date of birth (1970-05-02) 2 May 1970
Place of birth Solothurn, Switzerland
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Old Boys (Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1990 FC Grenchen 49 (2)
1990–1992 Lugano 42 (1)
1992–1996 Basel 89 (7)
1996–1998 1860 Munich 53 (3)
1998–2000 Tennis Borussia Berlin 55 (5)
2000–2002 St. Gallen 16 (2)
2002–2004 Aarau 23 (2)
2004–2005 Mainz 05 17 (0)
2005–2006 Old Boys
Total 344 (22)
National team
1995–1997 Switzerland 10 (0)
Teams managed
2005–2008 Basel (U18 assistant)
2007–2009 Concordia Basel (assistant)
2009–2014 Basel (assistant)
2015 Biel-Bienne (assistant)
2015–2018 Basel (assistant)
2018 Aarau (assistant)
2019– Old Boys
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Walker began playing professionally in 1988 with FC Grenchen before moving to FC Lugano in 1990. In 1992, he signed for FC Basel and his form there earned him a call-up to the Swiss national team and a move to the Bundesliga with TSV 1860 Munich in 1996. He moved on to Tennis Borussia Berlin in 1998, then returned to the Swiss Super League with FC St. Gallen in 2000. 2002 saw Walker sign for FC Aarau but he was by no means a first-team regular, playing just six games in his first season and ten in his second. He went back to Germany in January 2004 with 1. FSV Mainz 05 but he struggled there, also. He played 17 games for Mainz, and ten for the reserves. He played for amateur Swiss side, BSC Old Boys Basel, from 2005 until 2006 when he retired.

Coaching career

From 2005 to 2008 he worked as an assistant manager of FC Basel's U18 squad.[2] In 2007, he became assistant manager at FC Concordia Basel alongside his job at FC Basel where he worked as a fitness coach in various FCB junior teams.[3] But on 16 January 2009, he was appointed as Christian Gross' assistant at FC Basel.[4] Gross was sacked soon after, however, and Thorsten Fink replaced him. Walker then became fitness coach and was still a part of the first team staff.[5]

In July 2014, he was appointed as talentmanager for FC Basel.[6] He worked in this position for one year, before he in July 2015 became assistant manager of FC Biel-Bienne.[7]

On 18 May 2018 it was announced, that Walker would be the assistant manager of FC Aarau for the 2018/19 season.[8] Walker decided to resign due to personal reasons already on 10 September 2018.[9]

On 21 March 2019, he was appointed as manager of BSC Old Boys.[10]

References
  1. "Hoffmann, Walker, Müller: Staff ist komplett". FC Basel (in German). 2 July 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. "Fördern, nicht abwerben". joggeli.ch (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  3. Marco Walker ergänzt Trainerteam beim FCB, web.archive.org, 16 January 2009
  4. Marco Walker appointed as Basel's new assistant (in German) Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Fink announces new training team {{in lang|de}}". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  6. "Marco Walker wird Talentmanager und Jörg Stiel U21-Goalietrainer". FC Basel (in German). 28 July 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  7. "Walker vorübergehend zum FC Biel-Bienne". FC Basel (in German). 12 May 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  8. Der neue Assistenztrainer des FC Aarau heisst wohl Marco Walker, aargauerzeitung.ch, 18 May 2018
  9. Assistenztrainer Walker verlässt den FC Aarau, fcaarau.ch, 10 September 2018
  10. Marco Walker wird Cheftrainer bei den Old Boys, 4-4-2.com, 21 March 2019
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