Adrian Knup

Adrian Knup
Personal information
Full name	Adrian Knup
Date of birth	(1968-07-02) 2 July 1968
Place of birth	Liestal, Switzerland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1988	FC Basel	40	(11)
1988–1989	FC Aarau	33	(13)
1989–1992	FC Luzern	74	(20)
1992–1994	VfB Stuttgart	53	(20)
1994–1996	Karlsruher SC	39	(11)
1996	Galatasaray SK	5	(2)
1996–1998	FC Basel	29	(8)
Total		273	(85)
National team
1989–1996	Switzerland	49	(26)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Adrian Knup (born 2 July 1968 in Liestal) is a retired Swiss football striker.^[1]

He was capped 49 times and scored 26 goals for the Swiss national team between 1989 and 1996, including three games at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Knup was a typical No. 9 and was famed for the power he could get behind his headers. He started his career at FC Basel in 1986 and joined FC Aarau in 1988. He spent only one season at Aarau and signed for FC Luzern in 1989 where he was an immediate success. In 1990 he was voted Luzern's Player of the Year. He was then signed by German Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart in 1992 where he played until 1994 when he signed for Karlsruher SC. He reached the 1995–96 DFB-Pokal final with Karlsruhe but they were beaten 1–0 by 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He then had a short spell with Galatasaray SK in Turkey before returning to Basel and retiring in 1998.

International career

He played for the Switzerland national football team between 1989 and 1996. He scored 26 goals in 49 games. Two of his goals came against Romania in a 4–1 win at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the USA.

After his retirement from playing, he became a commentator for Swiss League matches. On 25 May 2007, he was given the job as a coach for the Swiss national team but left after UEFA Euro 2008.

International goals

Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	11 October 1989	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel	Belgium	1–0	2–2	1990 World Cup qualifier
2.	13 December 1989	Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, Santa Cruz	Spain	1–1	1–2	Friendly
3.	2 June 1990	Espenmoos, St. Gallen	United States	2–1	2–1	Friendly
4.	21 August 1990	Praterstadion, Vienna	Austria	3–1	3–1	Friendly
5.	17 October 1990	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Scotland	1–2	1–2	Euro 1992 qualifier
6.	14 November 1990	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle	San Marino	3–0	4–0	Euro 1992 qualifier
7.	2 February 1991	Miami Orange Bowl, Miami	United States	1–0	1–0	Friendly
8.	12 March 1991	Sportplatz Rheinau, Balzers	Liechtenstein	2–0	6–0	Friendly
9.				3–0
10.				5–0
11.	1 May 1991	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia	Bulgaria	1–2	3–2	Euro 1992 qualifier
12.	1 May 1991	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia	Bulgaria	2–2	3–2	Euro 1992 qualifier
13.	5 June 1991	Espenmoos, St. Gallen	San Marino	1–0	7–0	Euro 1992 qualifier
14.	5 June 1991	Espenmoos, St. Gallen	San Marino	6–0	7–0	Euro 1992 qualifier
15.	16 August 1992	Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn	Estonia	3–0	6–0	1994 World Cup qualifier
16.	16 August 1992	Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn	Estonia	4–0	6–0	1994 World Cup qualifier
17.	9 September 1992	Wankdorfstadion, Bern	Scotland	1–0	3–1	1994 World Cup qualifier
18.	9 September 1992	Wankdorfstadion, Bern	Scotland	2–1	3–1	1994 World Cup qualifier
19.	17 March 1993	Stade El Menzah, Tunis	Tunisia	1–0	1–0	Friendly
20.	11 August 1993	Ryavallen, Borås	Sweden	1–1	2–1	Friendly
21.	17 November 1993	Hardturm, Zurich	Estonia	1–0	4–0	1994 World Cup qualifier
22.	22 June 1994	Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac	Romania	3–1	4–1	1994 World Cup
23.	22 June 1994	Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac	Romania	4–1	4–1	1994 World Cup
24.	23 June 1995	Wankdorfstadion, Bern	Germany	1–1	1–2	Friendly
25.	16 August 1995	Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavík	Iceland	1–0	2–0	Euro 1996 qualifier
26.	15 November 1995	Wembley Stadium, London	England	1–0	1–3	Friendly

References

↑ "Adrian Knup". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

External links

Adrian Knup at National-Football-Teams.com

Swiss Footballer of the Year

Previous winners	1972–73: Karl Odermatt 1973–74: verilmedi 1974–75: Umberto Barberis 1975–76: Köbi Kuhn 1976–77: Hansjörg Pfister 1977–78: Rudolf Elsener 1978–79: Umberto Barberis 1979–80: Umberto Barberis 1980–81: Heinz Lüdi 1981–82: Claudio Sulser 1982–83: Lucien Favre 1983–84: Heinz Hermann 1984–85: Heinz Hermann / Rolf Osterwalder 1985–86: Heinz Hermann 1986–87: Heinz Hermann 1987–88: Heinz Hermann 1988–89: Peter Nadig 1989–90: André Egli 1990–91: Adrian Knup 1991–92: Jean-Paul Brigger 1992–93: Ciriaco Sforza 1993–94: Thomas Bickel 1994–95: Nestor Subiat 1995–96: Kubilay Türkyilmaz 1996–97: Kubilay Türkyilmaz 1997–98: Kubilay Türkyilmaz

Foreigner of the Year	1974–75: Ilija Katić 1975–76: Ilija Katić 1976–77: Eigil Nielsen 1977–78: Martin Chivers 1978–79: Jurica Jerković 1979–80: Piet Hamberg 1980–81: Robert Kok 1981–82: Jurica Jerković 1982–83: Jurica Jerković 1983–84: Raúl Nogués 1984–85: Charly Herberth 1985–86: Lars Lunde 1986–87: Robert Prytz 1987–88: John Eriksen 1988–89: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 1989–90: Iván Zamorano 1990–91: Edwin Gorter 1991–92: Igor Dobrovolski 1992–93: Sonny Anderson 1993–94: Élber 1994–95: Petar Aleksandrov 1995–96: Viorel Moldovan 1996–97: Viorel Moldovan 1997–98: Shabani Nonda

Switzerland squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup

1 Pascolo 2 Hottiger 3 Quentin 4 Herr 5 Geiger (c) 6 Bregy 7 Sutter 8 Ohrel 9 Knup 10 Sforza 11 Chapuisat 12 Lehmann 13 Egli 14 Subiat 15 Grassi 16 Bickel 17 Fournier 18 Rueda 19 Studer 20 Sylvestre 21 Wyss 22 Brunner Coach: Hodgson

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