Bruno Hänni (born 13 October 1961) is a

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retired

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who played in the 1980s as

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. Hänni first played for FC Oensingen. He joined

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's first team for their 1986–87 season under head-coach

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. After playing in seven test games, Hänni played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game on 30 August 1986 as Basel were defeated 0–2 by

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. At the end of the following

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season, under manager

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, Hänni and his team suffered relegation, but he stayed on with the club. Hänni scored his first league goal for his club on 1 October 1988 as Basel drew away from home against

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. He scored his next league goal exactly one week later on 8 October in the home game at the

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against

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. It was the winning goal of the match as Basel won 1–0. Hänni played for Basel's first team for three seasons. During this time Hänni played a total of 103 games for Basel scoring a total of seven goals. 67 of these games were in the Nationalliga A and B, six were in the

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and 30 were friendly games. He scored three goals in the domestic league, the other four were scored during the test games.

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