Daniel Kaufmann (born 22 December 1990) is a

Liechtenstein Liechtenstein (), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: link=no, Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a German-speaking microstate located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein is a semi-constitutional monarchy ...

er former

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Career

Kaufmann joined

FC Balzers FC Balzers is a Liechtensteiner football team based in Balzers. They currently compete in the Swiss 2nd League inter-regional, the fifth tier of Swiss football. Balzers play at Sportplatz Rheinau which is situated right next to the Rhine next ...

senior side in 2008, and

USV Eschen/Mauren USV Eschen/Mauren is a Liechtensteiner association football, football club from Eschen and Mauren. They play at the Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, which used to be the national football stadium, until the Rheinpark Stadion in Vaduz was built. USV Esch ...

in 2010. He spent his whole career in Liechtenstein teams, with only a short bracket in Swiss-Italian team

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, during 2016-17 season. On 28 October 2021, he announced his retirement (to be effective as per following December) leaving both international and club activities at the age of only 30.

International career

He was a member of the

Liechtenstein national under-21 football team The Liechtenstein national under-21 football team represents the under-21s of Liechtenstein in the UEFA U-21 Championship, and is controlled by the Liechtenstein Football Association, the governing body of football in Liechtenstein. On 5 October 20 ...

and had 10 caps.http://www.lfv.li/u21-nationalmannschaft/mannschaft/detail.html?cfc_league_fe[profileId]=1855 – Profile at LFV website Kaufmann received his first call-up to the senior team for the friendly against Estonia on 17 November 2010 and made his debut after being named in the starting 11.

International goals

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Sportpark Eschen-Mauren Sportpark Eschen-Mauren is a multi-sport complex in Eschen, Liechtenstein. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of USV Eschen/Mauren as well as Liechtenstein national youth football teams. It was the national ...

Eschen Eschen (High Alemannic: ''Escha'') is a municipality in the north of Liechtenstein. It has a population of 4,466, and covers an area of . It is the fourth-largest town in Liechtenstein by population. Geography The municipality includes the villag ...

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Honours

Club

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FC Vaduz FC may refer to: Businesses, organisations, and schools * Fergusson College, a science and arts college in Pune, India * Finncomm Airlines (IATA code) * FranklinCovey company, NYSE stock symbol FC * Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force in Pakis ...

Swiss Challenge League The Challenge League is the second-highest tier of the Swiss football league system and lower of two professional leagues in the country. Ten teams play in the Challenge League; the winners of the league are promoted to the Super League, while the ...

(1): 2013–14 * Liechtensteiner Cup (4):

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, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 ;

* Liechtensteiner Cup (1): 2011–12

References

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