Albert Meyer (date of birth unknown) was a
Swiss footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
who played as
goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
for
FC Basel
Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss football club based in Basel, in the Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been Swiss national champions 20 times, Swiss Cup winners 13 times, a ...
in the early 1900s.
Meyer joined Basel's first team for their
1908–09 season. He played his first game with the team in the home game in the
Landhof
The Landhof was a sports stadium in the district Basel-Wettstein in Kleinbasel, Basel. It was the former and first home stadium of FC Basel.
It is mentioned for the first time in a chronicle in the second half of the 18th century as a ''nice su ...
on 14 February 1909 as Basel were defeated 1–2 by
La Chaux-de-Fonds
La Chaux-de-Fonds () is a Swiss city in the canton of Neuchâtel. It is located in the Jura mountains at an altitude of 1000 m, a few kilometers south of the French border. After Geneva, Lausanne and Fribourg, it is the fourth largest city l ...
.
He played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game two weeks later, on 28 February, as Basel won 4–2 against
Zürich
, neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon
, twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco
Zürich ...
.
During his three seasons with the team Meyer played a total of 32 games for Basel. 15 of these games were in the
Nationalliga A, two were in the Anglo Cup and 15 were friendly games.
References
FC Basel players
Swiss men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Swiss Super League players
Year of birth unknown
Year of death missing
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