Samuele Preisig (born 5 April 1984) is a former

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from

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, who played as defender.

Career

Preisig signed his first professional contract with

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and joined their U-21 in the summer of 2003. He was called into their first team for some test games that year. One year later, he joined Basel's first team during the Autumn of their 2004–05 season under head coach Christian Gross. After playing in ten test games Preisig played his first team debut for the club in the

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game on 18 September 2004 as Basel won 4–0 against local amateur club FC Oberdorf. He played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the

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on 11 December as Basel played a three all draw with

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. The game wasn't ideal for Preisig. He was called into the starting eleven, because Basel's three centre backs,

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and

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were out with injuries. After just five minutes,

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put the visitors 1–0 up - Preisig came too late. Just four minutes later, the 20-year-old had to leave the pitch with a thigh strain. In January 2005 Preisig prolonged his contract with the club and to obtain more playing experience, he was then loaned out to local club FC Concordia Basel, who at that time played in the Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football. After 18 months with Concordia, Preisig signed a contract with FC Aarau. With them he also played 18 months and then he moved on again. In January 2008 he signed with

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. He played five season for Lugano in the Challenge League. After this time he retired from professional football and joined amateur club

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in the fourth tier.

References

Sources

* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage

External links

football.ch profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Preisig, Samuele 1984 births Living people Swiss men's footballers FC Basel players FC Concordia Basel players FC Aarau players FC Lugano players AC Bellinzona players Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players Men's association football defenders