Bernt Haas (born 8 April 1978) is a former Swiss football defender.

Career

Haas was born in

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, Austria. He began his career at Grasshoppers Zurich, where he played for several seasons before moving to England to join

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club Sunderland in August 2001. Despite making 27 appearances for the club in 2001–02, he did not play for Sunderland during the following season and was loaned out to

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. Haas joined

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in 2003, and was a regular at right-back as Albion were promoted back to the Premier League. He scored with a superb volley in the 2–0 League Cup win against Manchester United, having already scored in an earlier round against Brentford. He also scored once in the league against Crewe. However, he found his chances limited in the top-flight, and left the club by mutual consent on 21 January 2005. The following day he signed for

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in France, whom he played for prior to joining 1. FC Köln. After just one season at Cologne, he joined Swiss Super League club

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in 2007. Haas played for the Swiss national team at

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and was sent off in the match against

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Post-retirement

Following his retirement in 2010, he functioned as director of football for Lichtensteiner club

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from 2015 until 2018. Between 2020 and 2022, he functioned as Sporting Director at Swiss Challenge League side FC Schaffhausen. On July 1 2022, he was appointed Sporting Director of his former club Grasshopper Club Zürich.

Personal life

Haas once worked as a model for

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Career statistics

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Honours

Grasshoppers * Swiss Championship (4): 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2000–01 FC Basel * Swiss Cup: 2003

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haas, Bernt 1978 births Living people Footballers from Vienna Association football defenders Swiss footballers Switzerland international footballers Swiss expatriate sportspeople in England Swiss expatriate sportspeople in France Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in France Swiss expatriate footballers Sunderland A.F.C. players FC Basel players FC St. Gallen players West Bromwich Albion F.C. players SC Bastia players 1. FC Köln players Swiss Super League players Premier League players English Football League players Ligue 1 players 2. Bundesliga players UEFA Euro 2004 players Expatriate footballers in Germany Swiss-German people