Karl Messerli

Karl Messerli (born 3 March 1947) is a Swiss former footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s as midfielder.

Karl Messerli
Personal information
Full name Karl Messerli
Date of birth (1947-03-03) 3 March 1947
Place of birth Switzerland
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
until 1965 FC Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1965 FC Basel 2 (0)
1965–1966 FC Aarau 0 (0)
1965–1969 Brühl St. Gallen 71 (27)
1969–1970 Grasshopper Club Zürich 9 (0)
1970–1971 FC Luzern 10 (1)
1971–1974 FC Chiasso 70 (27)
1974–1976 Nordstern Basel 24 (8)
1976 FC Chiasso 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Messerli played in FC Basel's reserve team and as he was needed he advanced to their first team in their 1964–65 season under manager Jiří Sobotka. After playing in two test games, in both of which he scored a goal, Messerli played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game at the Landhof on 21 February 1965 as Basel won 4–3 against Biel-Bienne.[1]

In this one season that Messerli played for the club, he played a total of four games for Basel, scoring those two mentioned goals. Two of these games were in the Nationalliga A and two were friendly games.[2]

Following this season Messerli moved on to play for FC Aarau, then for Brühl St. Gallen, both of whom played in the second tier of Swiss football. He then moved for one season to Grasshopper Club Zürich and one season to FC Luzern in the top tier.

In the summer of 1971 Messerli then transferred to FC Chiasso, who at that time played in the second tier, and at the end of the season 1971–72 Messerli and his team won promotion from the Nationalliga B to the Nationalliga A[3] He played for Chiasso for another two seasons before he moved to Nordstern Basel. During the winter break of the season 1975–76 he returned to Chiasso, where he ended his active playing career.

References
  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Biel-Bienne 4:3 (2:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Karl Messerli - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1971/72". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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