Raphaël Wicky

Club

Sporting Kansas City

Position

Manager

Nationality

Switzerland

Date of birth

1977-04-26

Birthplace

Leuggern, Switzerland

Height

1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Raphaël Wicky (born 26 April 1977) is a Swiss football coach who is currently the head coach for Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer. He was a defensive midfielder who could also play in defence and was known for his combative style.

His playing career was spent mostly in the German Bundesliga with Werder Bremen and Hamburg, as well as a brief spell in Spain's Segunda División with Atlético Madrid. He earned 75 caps for Switzerland between 1996 and 2008, playing at two European Championships and the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

As a manager, he won the Swiss Super League and Swiss Cup double with Basel in 2017, and also spent two years in Major League Soccer with the Chicago Fire. He returned to Switzerland in 2022 with Young Boys and won his second Swiss Super League title in 2023.