Sandro Foda (born 28 December 1989) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Foda was born in

Mainz Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main (river), Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-we ...

, Germany. He played for

Sturm Graz Sportklub Sturm Graz is an Austrian association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909. Its colours are black and white. In its history, Sturm Graz has won the Austrian f ...

and

TSV Hartberg TSV Hartberg, known as TSV Egger Glass Hartberg for sponsorship purposes, is an Austrian association football club based in Hartberg, founded in 1946, which is currently playing in the Austrian Bundesliga. History The club was founded on 29 Ap ...

Personal life

Foda is of Italian descent through his paternal grandfather. His father is former player

Franco Foda Franco Foda (born 23 April 1966) is a German football coach and former player who was most recently the manager of Swiss club FC Zürich. Club career Foda appeared in over 400 top-flight matches in (West) Germany, Switzerland and Austria. F ...

. He has worked as a youth coach at SV Wildon.

References

1989 births Living people German sportspeople of Italian descent Footballers from Mainz German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Austrian Football Bundesliga players SK Sturm Graz players TSV Hartberg players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Austria {{germany-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub