Andreas Hilfiker (born 11 February 1969) is a Swiss former international

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who played as a

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Playing career

Born in

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, Hilfiker joined FC Aarau in 1986, playing nearly 200 league games for the first team in over 10 years, winning the Swiss national title in 1992–93, before moving to Germany, where he signed for

1. FC Nürnberg 1. Fußball-Club Nürnberg Verein für Leibesübungen e. V., often called 1. FC Nürnberg (, en, 1. Football Club Nuremberg) or simply Nürnberg, is a German association football club in Nuremberg, Bavaria, who currently compete in the 2. Bund ...

. At this time, in the late 1990s, he made eight appearances for the

Switzerland national football team The Switzerland national football team (german: Schweizer Fussballnationalmannschaft, it, Nazionale di calcio della Svizzera, french: Équipe nationale suisse de football, rm, Squadra naziunala da ballape da la Svizra) represents Switzerland ...

. Hilfiker later played for Tennis Borussia Berlin and SSV Ulm 1846 before signing for FC Vaduz in

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. He also played for

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 ...

and

Zug 94 Zug 94 is a Swiss football team based in Zug, in the Canton of Zug which competes in the 1. Liga. It was formed in 1994 after a merger between SC Zug and FC Zug. During the summer of 1983, Ottmar Hitzfeld Ottmar Hitzfeld (; born 12 January ...

in his native Switzerland.

Coaching career

At the end of his playing career, Hilfiker became the goalkeeping coach of

FC Thun Fussballclub Thun 1898 is a Swiss football team from the Bernese Oberland town of Thun. The club plays in the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football league system, following relegation from the Swiss Super League in the ...

. After a period in the same role at his home-team club FC Aarau, he became the goalkeeping coach of VfL Wolfsburg in 2008. In 2018, he became responsible for coordinating the goalkeeping department at Wolfsburg. After almost 12 years at the club, Wolfsburg confirmed on 23 December 2019 that they had parted ways with Hilfiker by mutual agreement.
vfl-wolfsburg.de, 23 December 2019

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Andreas Hilfiker biography
1969 births Living people People from Aarau Swiss footballers Switzerland international footballers Association football goalkeepers Swiss Super League players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players FC Aarau players 1. FC Nürnberg players Tennis Borussia Berlin players SSV Ulm 1846 players FC Vaduz players Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Liechtenstein FC Luzern players Swiss expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Liechtenstein Sportspeople from Aargau {{Switzerland-footy-goalkeeper-stub