Philippe Hertig (born 2 July 1965) is a

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former

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who played as a striker during the 1980s and 1990s. He is banker and is now assistant director of

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. In 2009 Hertig joined the

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as member of the central committee. Since March 2014 he is member of the Swiss sub-section of

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and since April 2015 he is committee member in the

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Football

Playing career

Hertig played his youth football with

Lausanne Sports FC Lausanne–Sport (also referred to as LS) is a Swiss football club based in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud. Founded in 1896, Lausanne Sport played in the Swiss Super League in their most recent 2021-22 season, the highest tier of football i ...

and advanced to their first team, signing his first professional contract, under head-coach

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in September 1983. After a very hard first year, Hertig became regular starter during his second season with them. Hertig played six seasons with Lausanne and then he moved on. He signed for

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in 1988, but was loaned out to

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in the second tier of Swiss football. After the loan season Hertig returned to Servette, but could not break into their first formation and so at the end of the season he moved on. Before the

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season he signed for

FC Lugano FC Lugano is a Swiss football club based in Lugano. The club was refounded as AC Lugano in 2004 as a result of relegation and the financial situation of FC Lugano, which was founded in 1908. In 2008, the club reverted to its original name, FC Lu ...

and played with them for three seasons. In the 1992–93 season Hertig contributed to the team reaching the final and winning the

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. The following season Hertig moved on and signed for

FC Basel Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss football club based in Basel, in the Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been Swiss national champions 20 times, Swiss Cup winners 13 times, and ...

, who at that time played in the Nationalliga B, the second tier of Swiss football. Hertig joined Basel's first team for their 1993–94 season under head-coach

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. After playing in five test games, Hertig played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game in the

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on 28 July 1993 Basel as were defeated 1–2 by local rivals

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. He scored his first goal for his club just three days later, on 31 July in an away game. It was the first goal of the match as Basel won 3–0 against

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. During that season his teammates were the likes of Swiss international goalkeeper

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, defenders

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and

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, the midfielders

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and the Swiss international striker

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. Together they won the promotion/relegation group, became Nationalliga B champions and thus won promotion to the top flight of Swiss football. This after six seasons in the second tier. He stayed with the club until the end of the following season and during his two seasons with the club Hertigplayed a total of 86 games for Basel scoring a total of 17 goals. 52 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, seven in the

and 27 were friendly games. He scored seven goals in the domestic league, three in the Cup and the other 11 were scored during the test games. Then Etoile Carouge FC acquired his services in 1995. Hertig retired from his professional football career in 1997 and continued as semi-professional.

International career

In addition to his club career, Hertig was also called up to play for his country, he Made 3 appearances for the

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between 1987 and 1990. He played his debut for his country on 16 December 1987 as the Swiss were defeated 2–0 by

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Private life

In 1995, as he moved to

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, Hertig started working for the

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, who later became

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. He worked in patrimony management in private banking, Key Clients and in the Sports and Entertainment Group for about 15 years. He then worked four years for

Julius Baer Group Julius Bär Group AG, known alternatively as Julius Baer Group Ltd., is a private banking corporation founded and based in Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, it is among the older Swiss banking institutions. In terms of assets under manageme ...

. In 2014 he joined his present employer

and is assistant director. In 2009 Hertig joined the Association suisse de football (

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) as member of the central committee. He is their treasurer. Since March 2014 he is member of the Swiss sub-section of

and is part of the Foundation for the integration and promotion, through sport, of people with specific needs. Since April 2015 he is member of the Beach Soccer and Futsal Commission for the

References

Sources

* Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. * Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hertig, Philippe 1965 births Living people Swiss men's footballers FC Lausanne-Sport players Servette FC players FC Lugano players FC Basel players Association football midfielders Étoile Carouge FC players Switzerland international footballers Sportspeople from Lausanne