Patrick Liniger

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Patrick Liniger
Personal information
Full name Patrick Liniger
Date of birth (1971-08-18) 18 August 1971 (age 51)
Place of birth Switzerland
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
until 1988 FC Basel
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1991 FC Basel 16 (0)
2000–2002 SV Muttenz
2002–2005 FC Breitenbach 41 (8)
2007–2008 SC Binningen
Managerial career
2007–2008 SC Binningen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrick Liniger (born 18 August 1971) is a Swiss former footballer who played in the late 1980s, the 1990s and the 2000s as defender.

Liniger played his youth football with FC Basel and advanced to their first team for their 1988–89 season and signed his first professional football contract under head coach Urs Siegenthaler. After playing in two test games, Liniger played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game at the St. Jakob Stadium on 11 March 1990 as Basel won 3–1 against Schaffhausen. [1]

He stayed with the club for three years and during this time Liniger played a total of 25 games for Basel without scoring a goal. 16 of these games were in the Nationalliga B, one in the Swiss Cup and eight were friendly games. [2]

After his time with Basel, Liniger moved on and played for various local teams and became coach. Towards the end of his playing career Liniger played for SC Binningen in the Swiss Cup against his club of origin on 20 October 2007. Basel advanced to the next round winning 6–1. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Schaffhausen 3:1 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Patrick Liniger - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ↑ Dominik Weber (20 October 2007). "FCB besiegt im Cupderby den SC-Binningen mit 6:1". FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2007-10-20.

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