Stephan Andrist (born 12 December 1987) is a Swiss

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who plays for

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. He is a former youth international.

Club career

As a child Andrist played for FC Dürrenast, but he came through the ranks at

FC Thun Fussballclub Thun 1898 is a Swiss football team from the Bernese Oberland town of Thun. The club plays in the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football league system, following relegation from the Swiss Super League in the ...

. Andrist was called into their first team in 2007 and played his debut on 22 September in the home game against

FC Luzern Fussball-Club Luzern (), or simply abbreviated to FCL, is a Swiss sports club based in Lucerne (german: Luzern). It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Super League, the top tier of the Swiss football league syste ...

. Under head coach

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Andrist became a regular in the team, but at the end of the 2007–08 Super League season, Thun finished last in the table and suffered relegation. In September 2008 Andrist suffered a tibia and fibula fracture, which kept him out of the team for more than a year. In the 2009–10 Challenge League season, under head coach

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, Andrist faught his way back into the team and they were division champions and won promotion. In the 2010–11 Super League season he was able to become a regular starter. On 30 August 2011, it was announced that Andrist transferred to

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 ...

with a three-year contract until the end of June 2014, with option of another season. However, Andrist was not eligible to play in the Champions League because he played qualifiers for the Europa League with

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. He joined Basel's first team during their 2011–12 season under head coach

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. After playing in two test games Andrist played his domestic league debut his new club in the away game in the

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on 20 September 2011 as Basel won 4–0 against

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. He scored his first two goals for the team in the

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2011–12 second round 5–1 away win against

on 15 October 2011. He scored his first league goal for the club on 29 October 2011 in the home game in the

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as Basel won 4–1 against

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. At the end of the 2011–12 season he won the

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with his new club. They won the

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Championship title with 20 points advantage. The team won the

, winning the final 4–2 in a penalty shootout against

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. Andrist was unable to gain regular playing time, so the club looked for a different solution. On 11 September 2012 FC Basel announced they were loaning Andrist to Luzern. In the preliminary round Luzern's head coach

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relied on the fast wing runner. But the lack of success forced Komornicki to act, Andrist became a pawn and found himself mainly on the bench. Coach Komornicki had to leave in the spring and he was followed by

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, who brought Andrist back into the first team and used him regularly. Although the performance curve was pointing upwards, the FCL refrained from a definitive takeover. After one year in Luzern Andrist returned to Basel with head coach

. However, Andrist could not claim a regular spot in the team, so again the club looked for a different solution and he was forced to leave. During his time with the club, Andrist played a total of 63 games for Basel scoring a total of 18 goals. 25 of these games were in the

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, six in the

, four in the Champions League and 28 were friendly games. He scored three goals in the domestic league, four in the cup and the other 11 were scored during the test games. On 11 February 2014, FC Basel announced that they had signed Davide Callà in a swap deal with

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and that Andrist had signed for Aarau with a contract dated until June 2015 and at the same time Callà signed for Basel on a two and a half year contract. After

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were relegated from the Super League and his contract expired, Andrist joined the German third division club

Hansa Rostock FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from the forme ...

in August 2015.

International career

Andrist is a former Swiss youth international. He played his Swiss Under-18s debut on 13 October 2004 in the 0–2 home defeat against the Austrian Under-18s. He played his debut for the Swiss U-21 team on 17 November 2007 in the game against the Estonia U-21 team and just a few days later, on 21 November 2007, he played his sole game in the Swiss U-20 against the German Under-20s.

Titles and honours

Basel *

Champion:

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* Uhren Cup winner: 2013

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrist, Stephan 1987 births Living people Swiss men's footballers Switzerland youth international footballers Switzerland under-21 international footballers Association football midfielders FC Thun players FC Basel players FC Luzern players FC Aarau players FC Hansa Rostock players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players VfR Aalen players 1. FC Saarbrücken players FC Chiasso players FC Köniz players Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players Swiss 1. Liga (football) players 3. Liga players Swiss Promotion League players Swiss expatriate footballers Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany