Philipp Muntwiler (born 25 February 1987) is a Swiss professional

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who plays for

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Career

After the time at his youth club FC Bazenheid Philipp Muntwiler moved to the U21 team of the then playing in the Super League

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. After a rather short loan commitment at

"Munti", as he is called by his fans, managed in the season 2005/06 under coach

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the leap into the first team of FC St. Gallen and completed his first three appearances in the Super League. In the season 2006/07 Muntwiler developed both playful and tactically excellent and was already used in two-thirds of all games (24 of 36 games). However, another infernal highlight came in this year's football: Muntwiler indirectly decided the Swiss football championship on 1 April 2007 by playing against

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, having been relegated to the field U21 in a match the day before was not eligible to play. However, the sporting department of FC St. Gallen had not turned to the right authority in the determination of whether the player may be used or not. Muntwiler came on in the scoreless game against FCZ about fifteen minutes before the end; In retrospect, the Swiss Football League Disciplinary Commission rated the match as a 3:0 -forfait victory for the Zürich team. The FC Zürich won the championship in a row with a point advantage over

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. In the season 2007/08, Muntwiler made further progress and secured, then under

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, a regular place in the defensive midfield. With his successor

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, however, he got off to the Challenge League. However, his involvement in St. Gallen did not detract from that; on the contrary: Muntwiler extended his contract prematurely in autumn 2008 for one year until 30 June 2010. One year after the descent, the FCSG again managed to be top class for two years. In 2011, however, the eastern Swiss rose again. Muntwiler moved in the summer of 2012 to

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. In September 2013, he transferred on loan to

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in the Challenge League where he was allowed to celebrate at the end of the 2013/14 season promotion to the Swiss Super League. The FC Vaduz then committed him in the summer of 2014 definitely. He signed a contract for two years until summer 2016 and extended it early by one year until June 2017. In October 2016, he extended his contract prematurely for another year until the summer of 2018.

Honours

Club

FC Vaduz *

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(1): 2013–14 * Liechtensteiner Cup (5): 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016-17, 2017-18

External links

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* 1987 births Living people Association football midfielders Swiss footballers Switzerland under-21 international footballers FC St. Gallen players FC Luzern players FC Vaduz players Swiss expatriate footballers Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Liechtenstein Expatriate footballers in Liechtenstein FC Wil players Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players {{Switzerland-footy-midfielder-stub