Hans Hügi, known as Hügi (I), (29 September 1926 - 1 February 2000) was a

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who played twelve years for

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and two seasons for

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as defender.

Football career

Between the years 1947 and 1959 Hügi (I) played a total of 296 games for Basel scoring a total of 56 goals. 226 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 24 in the

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and 76 were friendly games. He scored 38 goal in the domestic league, five in the Swiss Cup and the other 14 were scored during the test games. Hügi (I) played his debut in domestic league game in the

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on 23 May 1948 in the game against

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. Basel won the game 2–1 and it was Hügi (I) who scored the winning goal in the last minute of the game. Two weeks later in the home match against

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he scored two goals in the 4–1 win and again one week later in

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against

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Hügi (I) scored the first goal în the 2–2 away draw. This meant that he had scored four goals in his first four games. The biggest success in his career was as Basel won the championship title in Basel's 1952–53 season.

Titles and Honours

* Swiss League Champion: 1952–53

References

Sources

* Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. * Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hügi, Hans FC Basel players Swiss men's footballers Men's association football defenders 1926 births 2000 deaths 20th-century Swiss sportsmen

Football career

Titles and Honours

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