Roman Hangarter (born 16 August 1967) is a

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retired

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who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played mainly in the position as

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, but also as

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Playing career

Hangarter played his youth football with local club FC Brüttisellen and advanced to their first team in 1986. He played in their first team for two seasons. Hangarter signed his first professional contract during the summer break 1988 with

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and stayed with the club for a test season in the

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. After spending this one season with FCSG, Hangarter transferred to Grasshopper Club for the

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season. Hangarter won the Nationalliga A championship that season. But the club did not prolong Hangarter's contract and so he returned to his club of origin. Hangarter joined

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's first team for their 1990–91 season under head-coach

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. After playing in one test game, Hangarter played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game on 25 July 1989 as Basel won 3–0 against

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. In his one season with the club, Hangarter played a total of eight games for Basel without scoring a goal. Four of these games were in the Nationalliga B and the other four were friendly games. Following his time with Basel, Hangartner returned again to FC Brüttisellen for two seasons. He spent the season 1992–93 with

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and the season 1993–94 with

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. After then spending two seasons with

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he moved on and ended his football career after the 1996–97 season that he spent with

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Private life

Following his playing career, Hangarter worked in sportmarketing and then as sport merchandising director. In 2002 he became technical manager for the Football Association of the Region Zurich and stayed in this position until 2016. During this time, he was also five years assistant coach to the

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, from January 2005 to January 2010. Since March 2016 Hangartner is the Technical Manager and Head of the Nachwuchs-Leistungs-Zentrum (youth talent centre) of

Grasshopper Club Zürich Grasshopper Club Zürich, commonly referred to as simply GC, GCZ, or Grasshoppers, is a multisports club based in Zürich, Switzerland. The oldest and best known department of the club is its football team. With 27 titles, Grasshopper holds the ...

in Niederhäsli, Dietlikon, Zurich.

References

Sources

* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hangarter, Roman FC St. Gallen players Grasshopper Club Zürich players FC Basel players FC Chur 97 players FC Chiasso players AC Bellinzona players FC Gossau players Swiss men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players 1967 births Living people Grasshopper Club Zürich non-playing staff