Peter Nadig (born 20 February 1965) is a former

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who played in the 1980s and 1990s as

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or as striker.

Career

Nadig played his youth football with local team

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. He advanced to their first team for their 1983–84 season and signed his first professional contract under manager

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. After playing in 12 test games, Nadig played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium on 11 March 1984 as Basel played a 1–1 draw with

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. He collected his first yellow card in the same game. He scored his first goal for his club in the home game on 28 April and it was the last goal of the game in the 22nd minute as Basel won 3–0 against

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. Nadig played five season with the club and received a call up to the Swiss national team. But with Basel, apart from three titles in the

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, he had no big successes. In their 1987–88 season his teammates included goalie Urs Suter, the defenders

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and

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, the Scott Gordon Duffield Smith and two other Swiss national team players

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and

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. Despite this personally strongly occupied team Basel were relegated to the Nationalliga B after the

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season. Following the relegation he left the team. Between the years 1983 and 1988 Nadig played a total of 197 games for Basel scoring a total of 78 goals. 123 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, nine in the

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and 65 were friendly games. He scored 41 goals in the domestic league, six in the cup and the other31 were scored during the test games. Nadig transferred to

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where he played for seven years. He won the championship with Luzern in the 1988–89 season and the

in 1991–92 as Luzern won 3–1

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. Nadig achieved his greatest personal success in 1989 as he was voted Swiss Footballer of the Year.

Honours

Basel * Uhren Cup winner: 1983, 1986, 1988 Luzern *

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champion: 1988-89 *

winner: 1991-92 Individual *

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: 1988–89

References

Sources

* Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. * Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nadig, Peter FC Basel players FC Luzern players Swiss men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards Swiss Super League players 1965 births Living people Footballers from Basel