Hans Müller (* 17 July 1954) is a

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retired

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who played for

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. He played as

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Career

Müller joined Basel's first team as reserve goalkeeper in 1972. After having played in just two test games, he made his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Olympique de la Pontaise on 26 May 1973 as Basel played a goalless draw against

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. He was substituted in during the 30th minute after standard goalkeeper Jean-Paul Laufenburger had been injured. During the following season he played mainly in Basels reserve team, but advanced to become Basel's standard goalkeeper in their 1974–75 season as Jean-Paul Laufenburger and

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both ended their active playing days. Between the years 1972 and 1984 Müller played a total of 226 games for Basel. Exactly 100 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, eight in the

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, ten in the

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, one in the

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, three in the

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, two in the

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, 20 in the Cup of the Alps and 82 were friendly games. After his twelve seasons with Basel, Müller moved on to

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who at that time played in the Nationalliga B the second tier of Swiss football. After two years in Laufen Müller retired from active football.

Honours

* Swiss League: 1972-73, 1976-77, 1979-80 *

: 1974–75

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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