Emil Müller (born 14 July 1933) was a

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and later

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

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. He was youth trainer for various clubs, interims coach for

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and FC Münchenstein. Müller first played for FC Black Stars Basel, who at that time were playing in the fourth tier of Swiss football. He joined

's first team for their 1957–58 season under manager

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. After playing in four test games, in which he scored four goals, Müller played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game on 8 September 1957 as Basel were defeated 0–2 by

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. Müller scored his first domestic league goal for his club on 6 October in the home game at the

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against

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, but this goal could not save the team from a 3–4 defeat. In his one season with the club, Müller played a total of 11 games for Basel scoring a total of 6 goals. Three of these games were in the Nationalliga A, two in the

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and six were friendly games. He scored that one goal in the domestic league, one in the cup and the other four were scored during the test games. After his season with Basel Müller returned to his club of origin Black Stars Basel. In later years Müller became trainer and

. In 1983

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was hired as team coach for

and Emil Müller was appointed as his assistant. Then during the 1984–85 season, Basel's club chairman Urs Gribi fired Künnecke following a league run of four defeats and six draws with only one win. Gribi installed Müller as

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up until the end of the season and he was able to lead the team away from the relegation zone. In 1989 Müller was appointed as manager for local club FC Münchenstein and remained here for three seasons. During the following years Müller was trainer of other local clubs. He died after an illness in February 2001.

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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