Fredy Kehrli (21 September 1935 – 13 October 2008) was a

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who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played mainly in the position as defender, but also as

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. Kehrli first played 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 second tier of Swiss football. In the 1956–1957 Kehrli and the team won promotion to the Nationalliga A. But at the end of the season the team suffered relegation. Kehrli then joined

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

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. After playing in three test games, Kehrli played his domestic league debut for his new club in the first game of the season, on 31 August 1958, as Basel were defeated 1–2 by

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. In his one season with the club, Kehrli played a total of 33 games for Basel without scoring a goal. 23 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, one in the

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and nine were friendly games. Following his time with Basel, Kehrli returned to his club of origin

who had again achieved promotion. Here Kehrli played until he ended his active football career. Kehrli lived in his home town

until the end of his days.

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Sources

* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kehrli, Fredy FC Biel-Bienne players FC Basel players Swiss men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders 1935 births 2008 deaths