Werner Keller (date of birth unknown) was a
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who played as
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in the early 1900s.
Football career
Keller joined
FC Basel's first team for their
1908–09 season. He played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the
Landhof on 11 October 1908 as Basel were defeated 1–2 by
Young Fellows Zürich
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He scored his first goal for his club on 28 February 1909. He scored a hat-trick in the home game as Basel won 4–3 against
Zürich.
During his one season with the club, Keller played at least eight games for Basel scoring four goals. Five of these games were in the
Swiss Serie A and three were friendly games. He scored that hat-trick in the domestic league and the others was during the test games.
He probably played more games but the documentation is not available.
Notes
Footnotes
Incomplete 1908–09 season league matches
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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
''(NB: Despite all efforts, the editors of these books and the authors in "Basler Fussballarchiv" have failed to be able to identify all the players, their date and place of birth or date and place of death, who played in the games during the early years of FC Basel. The full documentation is not available.)''
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FC Basel players
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