Martin Rechsteiner (born 15 February 1989) is a Liechtensteiner former international

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who played as a

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. He last played club football for

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Career

Born in

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, Switzerland, Rechsteiner played club football for

FC Schaan FC Schaan is a Liechtensteiner football team that plays in Schaan. The reserve team is called FC Azzurri Schaan. It is one of the seven official teams in the nation and it plays in the Swiss Football League in 4. Liga, which is the eighth tier. T ...

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 ...

and

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. He made his senior international debut for

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in 2008, and appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. After a three-and-a-half-year retirement from international football, Rechsteiner was called in for the

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match against

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on 5 September 2015. Rechsteiner announced his retirement from football at the end of 2019. He is currently a co-trainer of the Liechtenstein U-17s.

References

1989 births Living people Liechtenstein men's footballers Liechtenstein men's international footballers Swiss men's footballers Swiss people of Liechtenstein descent Naturalised citizens of Liechtenstein FC Balzers players USV Eschen/Mauren players FC Vaduz players Men's association football fullbacks People from Altstätten Footballers from the canton of St. Gallen {{Liechtenstein-footy-bio-stub