Rudolf Rickenbacher

Rudolf Rickenbacher (born 5 December 1934) is a Swiss former footballer who played in the 1950s and early 1960s. He played as midfielder.

Rudolf Rickenbacher
Personal information
Full name Rudolf Rickenbacher
Date of birth (1934-12-05) 5 December 1934
Place of birth Switzerland
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1955 FC Nordstern Basel 6 (0)
1955–1957 FC Basel 10 (0)
1957–1958 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 6 (0)
1958–1961 FC Basel 38 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Rickenbacher first played for FC Nordstern Basel in the Nationalliga B, the second tier of Swiss football. He joined FC Basel's first team in their 1955–56 season under trainer Béla Sárosi. After playing in one test match, Rickenbacher played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game on 20 May 1956 as Basel played a goalless draw with Lugano.[1]

After two seasons with Basel, Rickenbacher moved on to play one season with La Chaux-de-Fonds, but returned to Basel there after.

Between the years 1955 to 1957 and again from 1958 to 1961 Rickenbacher played a total of 87 games for Basel without scoring a goal. 48 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, four in the Swiss Cup, three in the International Football Cup and 32 were friendly games.[2]

References
  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Lugano - FC Basel 0:0 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Rudolf Rickenbacher - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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