Marco Walker (born 2 May 1970) is a Swiss football manager and a former international who played as a defender during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.
Walker joined FC Basel's first team for their 1992–93 season under head-coach Friedel Rausch.
[1] Due to injuries Walker only played 16 domestic league games in that season.
He scored his first goal for his club on 28 August 1993 in the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium as Basel won 2–0 against CS Chênois.
During Basel's 1993–94 season his team mates were the likes of Swiss international goalkeeper Stefan Huber, defenders Massimo Ceccaroni, Reto Baumgartner and Samir Tabakovic, the midfielders Mario Cantaluppi, Martin Jeitziner, Admir Smajić and Ørjan Berg and the Swiss international striker Dario Zuffi.
He played his debut for them on 12 August 2000 in the 1–2 defeat in Stade de la Maladière (1924) against Xamax.
Even after becoming fit again, he was by no means a first-team regular, playing just eight games in his first season and ten in his second.
He then returned to Switzerland, ended his professional career and played for amateur club Old Boys from 2005 until 2006 and then he retired from active football completely.
Or nearly completely, while he was assistant trainer with FC Basel under head-coach Thorsten Fink in the friendly match on 27 April 2011 he was transferred in by his boss to replace Granit Xhaka who had injured himself.
[4] In 1995, Walker's good form for FC Basel earned him a call-up to the Swiss national team.
[10] But as Urs Fischer was appointed as Basel first team manager, Walker returned to the club as his assistant.