Reto Gertschen

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Reto Gertschen
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-02-07) 7 February 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Bern, Switzerland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1982-1987 Young Boys 56 (3)
1982-1987 Young Boys 56 (3)
1990-1993 FC Lausanne-Sport 74 (8)
1990-1993 Sion 80 (13)
1993 Servette 9 (2)
1993-1995 FC St. Gallen 41 (8)
1995-1996 Young Boys 16 (0)
1996-2001 SC Bümpliz 78
International career
1990 Switzerland 1 (0)
Managerial career
2023 Switzerland women
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Reto Gertschen (born 7 February 1965) is a retired Swiss footballer who played as a midfielder for BSC Young Boys. [1] He also managed the Switzerland women's national football team.

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Career

Gertschen began his professional football career playing for BSC Young Boys from 1982 to 1987, with which he won the Swiss league title in 1986 and the Swiss cup the next year. [2] He later transferred to FC Lausanne-Sport until 1990. From 1990 to 1993 Gertschen played for FC Sion where he won the Swiss cup in 1991 and the Swiss league title in 1992. [2] In 1993 he left the club and transferred to Servette FC, where he departed in 1995. Later on he played for FC St. Gallen, BSC Young Boys and ended his career with SC Bümpliz 78. [2]

International career

Gertschen earned 1 cap for Switzerland in which he failed to score. [3]

Coaching career

Gertschen was the manager of the Switzerland women's national football team in 2023. [4] [5]

Honours

Young Boys

Sion

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References

  1. ↑ "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Reto Gertschen neuer SFV-Ausbildungschef" . Retrieved Sep 25, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Good, Daniel (Feb 16, 2021). "Evergreen - Reto Gertschen: Als Nationalspieler wechselt er in die Nationalliga B – und steigt mit dem FC St.Gallen auf". St. Galler Tagblatt. Retrieved Sep 24, 2024.
  3. ↑ Gutzwiller, Raphael (Nov 24, 2023). "Neuer Frauen-Nati-Trainer Reto Gertschen hat erst vier Mädchen trainiert". Luzerner Zeitung . Retrieved Sep 24, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Reto Gertschen ist ad interim Nationaltrainer der Schweizer Fussballerinnen". Neue Zürcher Zeitung . Nov 21, 2023. Retrieved Sep 24, 2024– via NZZ.
  5. ↑ "Die Wahl des Verbands zeigt vor allem die Probleme auf". Tages-Anzeiger. Nov 24, 2023. Retrieved Sep 24, 2024.


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