Jakob Kuhn

Soccer Coach

Birthday October 12, 1943

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Zurich, Switzerland

Age 81 years old

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About

Soccer manager and former midfielder who played for FC Zürich over a 16-year period and earned 63 international caps for Switzerland.

Before Fame

He competed in the Swiss Cup five times and the Swiss Super League six times.

Trivia

He was the manager of Zürich from 1983 until 1984, Switzerland U21 from 1995 until 2001, and Switzerland from 2001 until 2008.

Family Life

His wife was hospitalized because of an epileptic attack the week before Euro 2008 and went into an induced coma that lasted for nine days.

Associated With

He and David Beckham were contemporaries.