André Rindlisbacher

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Andre Rindlisbacher
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Rindlisbacher in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-01-22) 22 January 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1984–1985 FC Zürich 0 (0)
1985–1986 FC Baden 23 (2)
1986–1988 FC Aarau 41 (0)
1988–1990 FC Basel 58 (1)
1990–1991 AC Bellinzona 26 (2)
1992–1998 FC Frauenfeld
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andre Rindlisbacher (born 22 January 1963) is a Swiss former footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He mainly played in the position of a midfielder, but also as defender. He is now an entrepreneur and business owner.

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Football career

Rindlisbacher was first with FC Zürich in the first tier of Swiss football. But because of their existing formation he did not get and domestic league playing time with the team and therefore he moved on to FC Baden for the 1985–86 Nationalliga A season. Here he became part of the regular starting formation. But at the end of the season Rindlisbacher and the team suffered relegation. [1] He moved on to FC Aarau and stayed with then for two seasons.

Rindlisbacher joined FC Basel's first team for their 1988–89 season under head coach Urs Siegenthaler. After playing in seven test games Rindlisbacher played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game on 23 July 1988 as Basel played a 1–1 draw against Zürich. [2] Rindlisbacher scored his first goal for his club on 13 May 1989 in the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium as Basel played a 1–1 draw with CS Chênois. [3]

He stayed with club for two seasons and during this time Rindlisbacher played a total of 90 games for Basel scoring a total of three goals. 58 of these games were in the Nationalliga B, 10 in the Swiss Cup and 22 were friendly games. He scored one goal in the domestic league, one in the cup and the other was scored during the test games. [4]

Rindlisbacher then moved on to play for AC Bellinzona, also in the second tier of Swiss football. A few years later he ended his active playing career with FC Frauenfeld playing with them for six seasons as team captain and midfield playmaker. During this time, in the 1994–95 season, Rindlisbacher also played with player-coach Joachim Löw in his first position as team manager.

Private life

Andre Rindlisbacher has a twin brother. They are entrepreneurs and business owners. They founded the Freestar-Informatik AG in 1998 with the idea that in addition to the existing IT business project, a professional, free and creative work environment should be created for IT specialists. The business has continually been expanded. Today there are five Freestar companies.

Andre Rindlisbacher was member of FC Frauenfeld's board of directors and presided over the club for the period from 1998 to 2003.

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References

  1. ↑ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1985/86". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Zürich - FC Basel 1:1 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ↑ "FC Basel - CS Chênois 1:1 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Andre Rindlisbacher - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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