World Soccer

KEY PEOPLE

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RENE PAURITSCH

Former Grazer AK player took charge of the national team in 2013.

HUGO QUADERER

Elected LFV president in 2015 and previously a member of Liechtenst­ein’s government. Still works full-time, as a fund manager.

ROLAND VRABEC

Landed the Vaduz job two weeks after being sacked by FSV Frankfurt but could not prevent relegation. Has carried out a massive overhaul of his playing staff this summer.

MARIO FRICK

Liechtenst­ein’s greatest player scored 16 goals in 125 internatio­nals and played in the Swiss Super League for Basle and Zurich, then in Serie A for Verona. He returned to Liechtenst­ein in 2011 to join boyhood club Balzers and after retiring he took over as coach before joining the LFV youth set-up in the summer of 2017.

FRANZ BURGMEIER

Along with veteran keeper Peter Jehle, he is the backbone of the national team. A winger with Vaduz, where his brother Patrick is chief executive.

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