Markus Füri

Markus Füri (born 25 December 1965) is a Swiss retired footballer who played in the 1980s as defender.

Markus Füri
Personal information
Full name Markus Füri
Date of birth (1965-12-25) 25 December 1965
Place of birth Switzerland
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1986 FC Concordia Basel
1986–1989 FC Basel 32 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Füri played his youth football with FC Concordia Basel and advanced to their first team in the 1984–1985 season. He played two seasons for the team in the 1st League, the third tier of Swiss football, and during this time he was noted by the scouts of the top-tier clubs.

Füri joined FC Basel's first team for their 1986–87 season under head-coach Helmut Benthaus. After playing in four test games, Füri played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game on 16 August 1986 as Basel played a 2–2 draw with Vevey-Sports.[1]

At the end of the following 1987–88 Nationalliga A season, under manager Urs Siegenthaler, Füri and his team suffered relegation, but he stayed on with the club for another season. Between the years 1986 and 1989 Füri played a total of 48 games for Basel scoring a total of two goals. 32 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, two in the Swiss Cup and 14 were friendly games. He scored both goals during the test games.[2]

References
  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Vevey-Sports - FC Basel 2:2 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Markus Füri - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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