Alexandre Rey (born 22 September 1972) is a Swiss former professional

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who played as a striker during the 1990s and 2000s. He is best known for his spells at

Servette FC Servette FC is a Swiss football club based in Geneva, founded in March 1890 with rugby as its first sporting activity, and named after the Geneva district of the same name. The football section was created on 17 January 1900. They play in the S ...

and

Neuchâtel Xamax , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (France ...

Club career

Born in

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, Rey played his youth football and began playing football professionally in 1991 with local club

FC Sion Football Club de Sion, commonly known as simply FC Sion or Sion, is a Swiss football team from the city of Sion. The club was founded in 1909, and play their home matches at the Stade Tourbillon. They have won the Swiss Super League twice, and ...

, helping the club win the

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in 1991 and the Swiss championship in the

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. Rey joined

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, and ...

's first team for their 1994–95 season under head coach

Claude Andrey Claude "Didi" Andrey (born 13 June 1951) is a former Swiss footballer, who most recently managed Yverdon-Sport FC in the Challenge League. Andrey took over FC Basel for their 1993–94 season. His team included the likes of Swiss internatio ...

. After playing in seven test games Rey played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium on 27 July 1994 as Basel were defeated 1–0 by

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. He scored his first goal for the club on 21 September in the home game against his former club

, but this could not help the team, as Basel lost the game 2–1. In the Swiss Cup round 3 match on 23 September 1995 Rey scored a hattrick within 40 minutes of the match against FC Subingen. In fact, he scored four goals as Basel won 6–1 to continue to the next round. He stayed with the club for two seasons and during this time Rey played a total of 89 games for Basel scoring a total of 32 goals. 61 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 6 in the Swiss Cup, 4 in the

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and 18 were friendly games. He scored 16 goals in the domestic league, 6 in the Cup, 2 in the UIC and the other 9 were scored during the test games. He returned to Sion ahead of the 1996–97 season. Although he was a success during his first spell at the club, Rey struggled to win a place in the starting eleven, playing just five games in six months, and left for

in January 1997. He was a major hit at Servette, playing the best football of his career and earning a call-up to the Switzerland squad. After making 132 appearances and scoring 54 goals for the club, Rey left to join

FC Luzern Fussball-Club Luzern (), or simply abbreviated to FCL, is a Swiss sports club based in Lucerne (german: Luzern). It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Super League, the top tier of the Swiss football league syste ...

in January 2001. He signed for

the following January and proved to be a good signing as he went on to score almost fifty goals for the club before his retirement in 2006.

International career

Rey was

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18 times for the Switzerland national team, scoring five goals. He made his international debut as a substitute against

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at the

Ferenc Puskás Stadium The Ferenc Puskás Stadium ( hu, Puskás Ferenc Stadion), or formerly People's Stadium (''Népstadion'') was a multi-purpose stadium in the 14th district (Zugló) of Budapest, Hungary. It was situated between the Puskás Ferenc Stadion and th ...

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on 18 November 1998. He went on to make another fourteen appearances for Switzerland between then and 2001 when he was no longer included in the squad. He made a comeback to the national team when he replaced the suspended

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and scored a hat-trick in the match against the

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on 4 September 2004.

References

Sources

* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rey, Alexandre 1972 births Living people Men's association football forwards Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's international footballers FC Sion players FC Basel players Servette FC players FC Luzern players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players Swiss Super League players People from Sion, Switzerland Sportspeople from Valais