Thomas Paul (born 20 March 1961) is a
Swiss
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retired
footballer
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who played in the 1980s and 1990s as
goalkeeper
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.
Paul joined
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 ...
's first team for their
1981–82 season under manager
Helmut Benthaus. Paul played mainly in their reserve team. After playing for the first team in two test games, Paul played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game on 18 March 1984 as Basel were defeated 1–4 by
Grasshopper Club. He had to play, because their first team goalkeepers
Hans Müller and
Urs Suter were both missing because of injury.
In that season he played eight league matches, keeping three clean sheets. Paul stayed at least five seasons with the club and during this time he played a total of 37 games for Basel. 12 of these games were in the
Nationalliga A and 25 were friendly games.
Following his time with Basel, Paul joined local rivals
Old Boys, who at that time played in the Nationlliga B, the second tier of Swiss football. For them he played 66 domestic league games.
References
Sources
* Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG.
* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage
FC Basel players
Swiss men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
1961 births
Living people
BSC Old Boys players
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