Christian Reinwald (born 16 October 1964) is a retired

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Football career

In the

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season Reinwald was the reserve goalkeeper for

St. Gallen , neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach , twintowns = Liberec (Czech Republic) , website ...

, but never appeared in a league match. He played some games in the

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. In the 1989–90 season he signed for

Chur , neighboring_municipalities= Arosa, Churwalden, Tschiertschen-Praden, Domat/Ems, Felsberg, Malix, Trimmis, Untervaz, Pfäfers , twintowns = Bad Homburg (Germany), Cabourg (France), Mayrhofen (Austria), Mondorf-les-Bains (Luxembourg), ...

, who at that time played in the Nationalliga B, the second tier of Swiss football. Reinwald was first choice goalkeeper and played in all the 36 league matches. For the

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season he signed for Grasshopper Club as reserve keeper. At the end of the season the club won the Swiss Championship. Reinwald did not play in a league match, but he did play in the

. For the 1991–92 season Reinwald transferred to

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria), La ...

in the Nationalliga B as was first choice goalkeeper. Reinwald joined

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

for their 1992–93 season under head coach

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. After playing in three test games Reinwald played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game in the

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on 18 July 1992 as Basel lost 0–1 against

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. Reinwald was first choice goalkeeper and missed just one of their 36 league matches. In the qualifying phase Reinwald held 17 clean sheets in the 22 matches and the team conceded just 10 goals. However, conceding 17 in the 10 games in the second phase they missed promotion by four points. He stayed with the club just this one season and during this time Reinwald played a total of 50 games for Basel. 35 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 5 in the

and 10 were friendly games.

References

Sources

* Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. * Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
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