René Jeker

René Jeker (born 6 September 1938) is a Swiss former footballer who played in the late 1950s and in the 1960s as goalkeeper.

René Jeker
Personal information
Date of birth (1938-09-06) 6 September 1938
Place of birth Switzerland
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
until 1956 FC Solothurn
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1957 FC Solothurn
1957–1958 FC Concordia Basel
1958–1963 FC Basel 14 (0)
1963–1964 FC Winterthur 11 (0)
1965–1966 FC Porrentruy 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Jeker first played for FC Solothurn in the second tier of Swiss football and during the 1957–1958 season he transferred to Concordia Basel. Jeker then joined FC Basel's first team for their 1958–59 season under manager Rudi Strittich. After playing in one test game, Jeker played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game at the Landhof on 28 September as Basel played a goalless draw with Chiasso.[1]

Jeker stayed with Basel for five seasons as second goalkeeper behind Swiss national keeper Kurt Stettler. In their 1962–63 season Basel won the Swiss Cup. During this time he played a total of 40 games for Basel. 14 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, one was in the Swiss Cup, two were in the Cup of the Alps, five were in the International Football Cup and 18 were friendly games.[2]

After his time in Basel, Jeker moved on to play for one season for Winterthur who played in the Nationalliga B, the second tier of Swiss football. A year later he moved on to FC Porrentruy who also played in the Nationalliga B at that time.

References
  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Chiasso 0:0 (0:0". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "René Jeker - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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