Rainer Hasler
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 2 July 1958 | ||
Place of birth | Vaduz, Liechtenstein | ||
Date of death | c. 29 October 2014 | (aged 56)||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1976–1978 | Grasshoppers | ||
1978–1979 | FC Vaduz | ||
1979–1983 | Neuchâtel Xamax | ||
1983–1989 | Servette | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Rainer Hasler (2 July 1958 – c. 29 October 2014) was a Liechtenstein footballer who played as a right-back. In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's jubilee, he was selected by the Liechtenstein Football Association as the country's Golden Player, the greatest player of the last 50 years.[1]
Club career
Hasler played for Grasshoppers, FC Vaduz, Neuchâtel Xamax and Servette FC. With Xamax, he reached the UEFA Cup quarter-final in the 1981–82 season and at Servette, he was captain for two years and won the 1984–85 Swiss championship and the Swiss Cup.[2]
He retired from football in 1989 at 31 years of age.[3]
International career
Hasler never played for Liechtenstein, as the national team barely participated in any games before he retired.[3]
Death
Hasler died c. 29 October 2014 at the age of 56.[3]
References
- ^ "Golden Players take centre stage". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 29 November 2003. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ Ionescu, Romeo (27 September 2001). "Swiss Clubs' Players in European Cups 1955–2001". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ a b c "Liechtenstein's finest Hasler dies aged 56". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
External links
- 1958 births
- 2014 deaths
- People from Vaduz
- Liechtenstein men's footballers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- UEFA Golden Players
- Swiss Super League players
- Grasshopper Club Zurich players
- FC Vaduz players
- Servette FC players
- Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players
- Liechtenstein expatriate men's footballers
- Liechtenstein expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Liechtenstein football biography stubs
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