Sandro Wieser

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Sandro Wieser
AUT vs. LIE 2015-10-12 (187) Sandro Wieser.jpg
Wieser with Liechtenstein in 2015
Personal information
Full name Sandro Wieser
Date of birth (1993-02-03) 3 February 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Vaduz
Number 8
Youth career
2001–2003 FC Triesen
2003–2006 Vaduz
2006–2009 Basel
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2011 Basel U-21 29 (4)
2011–2012 Basel 2 (0)
2012–2013 1899 Hoffenheim II 18 (0)
2012–2015 1899 Hoffenheim 1 (0)
2013–2014SV Ried (loan) 11 (0)
2014–2015FC Aarau (loan) 14 (2)
2015–2016 FC Thun 23 (2)
2016–2018 Reading 0 (0)
2017–2018Roeselare (loan) 10 (1)
2018– Vaduz 76 (4)
International career
2009–2014 Liechtenstein U-21 6 (0)
2010– Liechtenstein 61 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2023

Sandro Wieser (born 3 February 1993) is a Liechtensteiner professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss Challenge League club Vaduz and the Liechtenstein national team.

Contents

Club career

Early career

Born in Vaduz, Wieser began his youth career with FC Triesen and moved onto FC Vaduz. In 2006, he continued his youth career with FC Basel playing in the U-16, U-18 and U-21 teams. He signed his first professional contract on his 18th birthday. [1] He played his debut on 20 March 2011 in the 2–1 away win against Grasshopper Club Zürich. At the end of the 2010–11 Swiss Super League season Sandro Wieser won the Super League Championship title with FC Basel.

Because Wieser was born in 1993, he was eligible to play for the newly formed Basel Under-19 team in the 2011–12 NextGen series. He played in his first game against Tottenham Hotspur on 17 August 2011. [2]

On 27 December, Basel announced that Wieser would transfer to German club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the January 2012 transfer window. [3] Wieser however didn't manage to earn a spot in Hoffenheim's first squad, being capped in the Bundesliga only once in 18 months. As a result of this, he was put on loan, first in summer 2013 to Austrian side SV Ried and then in next summer to Swiss FC Aarau, each time the loan was terminated to a year. [4]

Foul on Yapi Yapo

FC Zürich launched legal proceedings against Wieser after the 21-year-old committed a knee-high challenge on Gilles Yapi Yapo in a match on 9 November 2014, leaving the former Ivory Coast international's career in serious doubt. [5] Yapi Yapo suffered torn anterior and cruciate ligaments, a torn meniscus, a torn kneecap tendon, serious cartilage damage and deep bruising to his thigh after the incident. [6] Wieser was shown a straight red card for the tackle, and was later suspended for six matches by the Swiss league. [7] With Yapi Yapo highly unlikely to ever play again, club president Ancillo Canepa launched legal proceedings against Wieser. [8]

Reading

On 18 August 2016, Wieser signed a three-year contract with English Championship side Reading. [9]

On 31 August 2017, transfer deadline day, Wieser joined K.S.V. Roeselare on a season-long loan deal. [10]

On 1 June 2018, Wieser was released a year early from his Reading contract by mutual consent. [11]

FC Vaduz return

On 12 June 2018, Wieser signed a three-year contract with FC Vaduz. [12] On 22 July 2018 he scored his first goal for the club in Vaduz's first match of the 2018–19 Swiss Challenge League, a 3–1 victory over FC Chiasso. [13]

International career

Wieser received his first call-up to the senior team in 2009, and made his debut against Iceland on 11 August 2010. [14]

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 October 2021 [15] [16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Basel 2010–11 Swiss Super League 2000---20
2011–12 0000---00
Total2000------20
1899 Hoffenheim 2011–12 Bundesliga 1000---10
2012–13 0000--0000
2013–14 0000---00
2014–15 0000---00
Total1000----0010
SV Ried (loan) 2013–14 Austrian Bundesliga 11030140
Aarau (loan) 2014–15 Swiss Super League 14211153
Thun 2015–16 Swiss Super League 2322120272
Reading 2016–17 Championship 000000-0000
2017–18 000000--00
Total000000--0000
Roeselare (loan) 2017–18 Belgian First Division B 10110111
Vaduz 2018-19 Swiss Challenge League 2933140364
2019-20 170005020240
2020-21 Swiss Super League 1600010170
Total6233110020773
Career total1238103001202014710

International

Liechtenstein national team
YearAppsGoals
201050
201150
201240
201370
201440
201561
201670
201730
201871
201950
202380
Total612

Statistics accurate as of match played 19 November 2023 [15]

International goals

Scores and results list Liechtenstein's goal tally first. [17]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 June 2015 Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 1–01–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
2.9 September 2018Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, LiechtensteinFlag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 2–02–0 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D

Honours

Basel

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