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Switzerland turns to coach Petkovic
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Lazio coach Vladimir Petkovic will take over as Switzerland manager when Ottmar Hitzfeld retires after next year’s World Cup in Brazil, the Swiss Football Association said yesterday.
“The successor to Ottmar Hitzfeld as Swiss national team coach is Vladimir Petkovic (50). The present coach of Lazio ... signed a contract on Monday with the Swiss Football Association,” the ASF said on its website. Sarajevo-born Petkovic’s contract starts on July 1, 2014, and runs until the end of 2015 but it will be extended through Euro 2016 in France if Switzerland qualifies for the tournament. Petkovic will take over a national team that has blossomed under 64-year-old German Hitzfeld to the point where the Swiss are one of the seeds for the 2014 World Cup. A Bosnian Croat, Petkovic began his career as a player in 1981, first in Yugoslavia, later moving to clubs in Switzerland. He coached Bellinzona, Young Boys and Sion before taking up the post in Rome in 2012, where he led Lazio to Italian Cup glory.
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