Yves Kaiser (born 30 April 1998) is a Swiss professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Kaiser started his youth football by local club FC Luterbach, but moved to

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as 12 year old. Three years later he moved to the youth academy of

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and advanced through all stages. On 16 March 2018 Yves Kaiser, the captain of the U-21 team, signed his first professional contract with the club over a two year year period until the summer of 2020. He then joined Basel's first team during their 2018–19 season under head coach

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. Kaiser had already played 12 test games with team, as he made his professional debut for them on 24 July 2018 in the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase, but the match against Greek team PAOK ended in a 2–1 defeat. Kaiser played his domestic league debut with the team in the home game in the

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on 9 December as Basel won 2–0 against

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. Under trainer

Basel won the Swiss Cup in the 2018–19 season. In the first round Basel beat Montlingen 3–0, in the second round Echallens Région 7–2 and in the round of 16

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria), La ...

1–0. In the quarter-finals

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were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi-finals

were defeated 3–1. All these games were played away from home. The final was held on the 19 May 2019 in the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern against

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. Striker

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scored the first goal,

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the second for Basel, then

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netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel. Kaiser played in one of these cup games. On 3 January 2020

confirmed that Kaiser had been loaned out to

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for the rest of the 2019–20 season. Following this loan period he returned to the club and played in another four test games. On 10 September 2020 Basel confirmed that Kaiser had transferred to

Neuchâtel Xamax , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (France ...

. During the 2020–21 season Kaiser played 13 league matches for Xamax and then he transferred back to his club of origin

Honours

;Basel *

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winner: 2018–19

References

External links

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SFL Profile

SFV U16 Profile

SFV U20 Profile
1998 births Living people People from Solothurn Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders FC Basel players FC Schaffhausen players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players FC Solothurn players Swiss Promotion League players Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players Swiss 1. Liga (football) players Footballers from the canton of Solothurn {{Switzerland-footy-defender-stub