Sandro Wieser (born 3 February 1993) is a Liechtensteiner professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Liechtenstein national team.

Club career

Early career

Born in

, Wieser began his youth career with

FC Triesen FC Triesen is a Liechtensteiner football club that plays in Triesen. It is one of the seven official teams in the nation, and it plays in the Swiss Football League in 3. Liga, which is the seventh tier. The team annually competes in the Liechten ...

and moved onto

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. In 2006, he continued his youth career with

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 ...

playing in the U-16, U-18 and U-21 teams. He signed his first professional contract on his 18th birthday. He played his debut on 20 March 2011 in the 2–1 away win against

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 ...

. At the end of the

2010–11 Swiss Super League The 2010–11 Swiss Super League was the 114th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. It began on 17 July 2010 and ended on 25 May 2011. The league comprised ten teams. FC Basel successfully defended their league title, maintaining a one-po ...

season Sandro Wieser won the Super League Championship title with FC Basel. Because Wieser is born in 1993, he was eligible to play for the newly formed Basel Under-19 team in the 2011–12 NextGen series. He played in his first game against

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on 17 August 2011. On 27 December, Basel announced that Wieser would transfer to German club

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V., or simply TSG 1899 Hoffenheim or just Hoffenheim () is a German professional football club based in Hoffenheim, a village of Sinsheim municipality, Baden-Württemberg. Originally founded in 1899 ...

in the January 2012 transfer window. Wieser however didn't manage to earn a spot in Hoffenheim's first squad, being capped in the

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only once in 18 months. As a result of this, he was put on loan, first in summer 2013 to Austrian side

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and then in next summer to Swiss

FC Aarau FC Aarau is a Swiss football club based in Aarau. They play in the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football after being relegated from Swiss Super League. History FC Aarau was formed on 26 May 1902 by workers from a local ...

, each time the loan was terminated to a year.

Foul on Yapi Yapo

FC Zürich launched legal proceedings against Wieser after the 21-year-old committed a knee-high challenge on

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in a match on 9 November 2014, leaving the former Ivory Coast international's career in serious doubt. Yapi Yapo suffered torn anterior and cruciate ligaments, a torn meniscus, a torn kneecap tendon, serious cartilage damage and deep bruising to his thigh after the incident. Wieser was shown a straight red card for the tackle, and was later suspended for six matches by the Swiss league. With Yapi Yapo highly unlikely to ever play again, club president Ancillo Canepa launched legal proceedings against Wieser.

Reading

On 18 August 2016, Wieser signed a three-year contract with English

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side

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. On 31 August 2017, transfer deadline day, Wieser joined

K.S.V. Roeselare Koninklijke Sport Vereniging Roeselare, abbreviated to KSV Roeselare (),''V.'' in isolation: ., also known in French as KSV Roulers, was a Belgian football club from the city of Roeselare in West Flanders. Its matricule was 134. It last played ...

on a season-long loan deal. On 1 June 2018, Wieser was released a year early from his Reading contract by mutual consent.

FC Vaduz return

On 12 June 2018, Wieser signed a three-year contract with FC Vaduz. On 22 July 2018 he scored his first goal for the club in Vaduz's first match of the

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, a 3–1 victory over

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International career

Wieser received his first call-up to the senior team in 2009, and made his debut against

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on 11 August 2010.

Career statistics

Club

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 16 October 2023''

International goals

:''Scores and results list Liechtenstein's goal tally first.''

Honours

Basel * Swiss champion at U-16 level: 2007–08 * Swiss Cup winner at U-16 level: 2007–08 * Swiss champion at U-18 level: 2009–10 *

Swiss Super League The Swiss Super League (known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a Swiss professional league in the top tier of the Swiss football league system and has been played in its current format since the 2003–04 season ...

champion:

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References

External links

*
Profile at FC Basel

Profile at Swiss Football League Website

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