Hanspeter Schild (born 21 April 1950) is a Swiss former
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
and made ten appearances for the
Switzerland national team and scored two career goals.
Career
Schild made his debut for
Switzerland
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on 20 October 1973 in a
1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
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Th ...
match against
Italy
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, which finished as a 0–2 loss. He went on to make ten appearances, scoring two goals, before making his last appearance on 3 September 1975 in a
friendly match against
England
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, which finished as a 1–2 loss.
Career statistics
International
International goals
References
External links
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1950 births
Living people
Swiss men's footballers
Switzerland men's international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
BSC Young Boys players
Swiss Super League players
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