Home Sports | Gross student and Austrian glory maker.. Who is Marcel Koehler, the candidate to train Al-Ahly?

The Swiss Marcel Koller, the former coach of Basel club, has become close to supervising the training of Al-Ahly Club in the new season, replacing Ricardo Soares, the former coach of the Portuguese club.

According to the Swiss “NAU.ch” website, Marcel Koehler is in advanced negotiations with Al-Ahly Club, to train the team in the new season.

Who is Marcel Kohler?

Koehler’s career as a player saw only one stop; The 61-year-old coach only played in the Swiss club Grasshoppers, and won the Swiss League 7 times with him.

Marcel Koehler, the candidate to train Al-Ahly

At the international level, Kohler represented Switzerland in 53 caps, throughout his career as a professional player.

Training career

Koehler has coached Phil, St. Gallen, Grasshopper, Basel, Germany, Cologne and Bochum, and the Austria national team.

Koehler began his coaching career as an assistant in 1992, with Christian Gross, the former coach of Zamalek, when he was supervising the training of the Swiss club Grasshoppers.

Koehler achieved great success with the Austria national team, when he led it to Euro 2016 for the first time in its history, after qualifying once before, in 2008, as the owner of the land.

He also contributed to improving the classification of the Austrian national team, during the period during which he led it from 2011 to 2017; He reached the 10th place in a precedent that has not happened before, especially as he took the lead and the national team in the 70th place.

Kohler led Austria in 54 matches, winning 25 matches, drawing 13, and losing 16 matches.

Kohler won the league with Grasshoppers in the 1992 season as an assistant to Christian Gross, and the league in 1999, when he was technical director of St. Gallen, and crowned the German second division in 2005 with Bochum, then won the Swiss Cup 2019 with Basel.

Young discovery

Kohler believes in young talents, and is always working to discover the distinct elements within the youth sectors; It was discovered by Lukas Podolski, the former star of the German national team, when he was coach of the German club Cologne.

Kohler’s last training stop was the 2020 season, when he left the Swiss club Basel.