Serge Muhmenthaler

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Serge Muhmenthaler
Personal information
Date of birth (1953-05-20) 20 May 1953 (age 69)
Place of birth Grenchen, Switzerland
Position(s) forward [1]
Youth career
FC Grenchen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000–1972 FC Grenchen
1972–1975 Young Boys
1975–1978 FC Basel
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Serge Muhmenthaler
Born (1953-05-20) 20 May 1953 (age 69)
Grenchen, Switzerland
Domestic
YearsLeagueRole
1988–1999 Swiss Nationalliga A Referee
International
YearsLeagueRole
1989–1998 FIFA-listed Referee

Serge Muhmenthaler (born 20 May 1953) is a Swiss former professional football player and referee. He played as a forward during the 1970s and 1980s. As referee he is known for having refereed a Swiss Cup Final, a UEFA Cup Final and one match in the UEFA Euro 1996.

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Career as player

Muhmenthaler was brought up in Grenchen and started his football with the youth teams of the local football club FC Grenchen. He also played in their first team in the Nationalliga B and they won promotion to the Nationalliga A in the 1970–71 season. The team also won the Uhrencup that year and Muhmenthaler scored the first goal in the final, as they beat FC Basel 3–1. [2] In the summer of 1972, Muhmenthaler transferred to BSC Young Boys and he played there as forward for three years. With the Young Boys, Muhmenthaler won the Uhrencup 1973 and he scored a goal in the semifinal against his previous club Grenchen.

In 1975, Muhmenthaler transferred with a two-year contract to FC Basel. He made his team debut in the 5–1 home win against Grasshopper Club Zürich and Muhmenthaler scored three of the goals. [3] He was part of the title winning team in the 1976–77 football season. During a cup match in February 1976, he suffered a meniscus rupture. Nevertheless, Basel extended his contract despite the fact that Muhmenthaler had to undergo three operations within the following two years. Muhmenthaler reached his third Uhrencup Final with his third club in 1977 but was unable to repeat the success, the final ended in a 6–1 defeat against Neuchâtel Xamax. Reaching the final again in the next year, Basel won the 1978 Uhrencup 2–1 against the same finalists.

Muhmenthaler was forced to terminate his playing career early due to his injury.

Career as referee

After his time as an active player Muhmenthaler became referee in the Swiss Football League. His career in brief: 1980–81: 3. Liga. 1981 to 1984: 2. Liga. From the season 1984–85: referee in the Swiss Football Association. From 1989: FIFA-Referee.

From 1980 until the end of his career in December 1997 he conducted about 250 Swiss and some 75 international games. Amongst these he describes as one of his personal highlights the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification match on 11 November 1997 between Italy and Russia (1–0) in front of 80 000 spectators at the Stadio San Paolo, Naples. [4] As part of the then practiced German-Swiss referee exchange 1988–1990, Muhmenthaler led four games in the Bundesliga. [1]

Honours

Grenchen

BSC Young Boys

Basel

as Referee

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References

  1. 1 2 "Serge Muhmenthaler". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  2. ↑ Garin, Erik (18 October 2018). "Coupe Horlogère – Uhren Cup (Switzerland)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  3. ↑ Müller, Lukas (2009). "Rotblau: Serge Muhmenthaler – vom Goalgetter zum FIFA-Schiedsrichter". Rotblau (in German). FC Basel Marketing AG. ISSN   1660-0878.
  4. ↑ "Der Fussball ist professioneller geworden" (in German). Oltner Tagblatt. 2007. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
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