Marco Walker


Marco Walker 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.
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. 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. But on 16 January 2009, he was appointed as Christian Gross' assistant at FC Basel. 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.
In July 2014, he was appointed as talentmanager for FC Basel. He worked in this position for one year, before he in July 2015 became assistant manager of FC Biel-Bienne.
On 18 May 2018 it was announced, that Walker would be the assistant manager of FC Aarau for the 2018/19 season. Walker decided to resign due to personal reasons already on 10 September 2018.
On 21 March 2019, he was appointed as manager of BSC Old Boys.