Charles Turin (born 1 June 1933) is a

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former

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who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played as

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. Born in

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Turin played his youth football by local club FC Oberwil and then moved on to higher classed

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. In the summer of 1955 he moved on to play for

Biel-Bienne , french: Biennois(e) , neighboring_municipalities= Brügg, Ipsach, Leubringen/Magglingen (''Evilard/Macolin''), Nidau, Orpund, Orvin, Pieterlen, Port, Safnern, Tüscherz-Alfermée, Vauffelin , twintowns = Iserlohn (Germany) B ...

in the Nationalliga B (second highest tier in Swiss football. At the end of the 1956–57 season Turin with Biel won the championship and were promoted. But at the end of the following season they were relegated. At this point Turin joined

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's first team for their 1958–59 season und manager

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. After four test games Turin played his debut for the club in the

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home game at the Landhof on 26 October as Basel won 3–0 against local team Old Boys. Turin played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game on 7 December as Basel were beaten 0–1 by

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. Turin never advanced to become a regular in the team and only stayed this one season with them. Turin played a total of 12 games for Basel scoring one goal. Four of these games were in the Nationalliga A, one in the

and the other seven were friendly games. He scored his goal in the test game against Vevey-Sports. Turin then returned to

, who in the meantime, had again won promotion, and he remained with them until the end of his active football career.

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* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
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