At 32, Hürzeler is the youngest head coach in Premier League history and under his tutelage Brighton and Hove Albion have had a decent season – solid but not spectacular – with an FA Cup quarter final one of many positives to take, and a chance still to qualify for Europe next season. Today though, we get a glimpse of what might have been for Hürzeler, who began at Bayern Munich’s youth academy at the age of 10.
“In former times, when I was 16 or 17, it was my plan to be a model,” Hürzeler admits. “I did some photoshoots, but it turns out that no company really wanted to hire me. I had to accept that my body and face are not perfect for being a model.”
Instead the Swiss German, who is considered and friendly in his responses, was already a joint player/head coach by 2016 at lower league team FC Pipinsried. In 2022 he became the youngest head coach at FC St. Pauli in Hamburg, steering them to the Bundesliga before decamping to East Sussex.At 32, Hürzeler is the youngest head coach in Premier League history and under his tutelage Brighton and Hove Albion have had a decent season – solid but not spectacular – with an FA Cup quarter final one of many positives to take, and a chance still to qualify for Europe next season. Today though, we get a glimpse of what might have been for Hürzeler, who began at Bayern Munich’s youth academy at the age of 10.
“In former times, when I was 16 or 17, it was my plan to be a model,” Hürzeler admits. “I did some photoshoots, but it turns out that no company really wanted to hire me. I had to accept that my body and face are not perfect for being a model.”
Instead the Swiss German, who is considered and friendly in his responses, was already a joint player/head coach by 2016 at lower league team FC Pipinsried. In 2022 he became the youngest head coach at FC St. Pauli in Hamburg, steering them to the Bundesliga before decamping to East Sussex.
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