footballer
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who played as
forward
Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward.
Forward may also refer to:
People
*Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
** Smal ...
Pacy-sur-Eure
Pacy-sur-Eure (, literally ''Pacy on Eure'') is a commune in the Eure department, Normandy, France. On 1 January 2017, the former commune of Saint-Aquilin-de-Pacy was merged into Pacy-sur-Eure.Pacy Football. He was scouted by
Swiss Super League
The Super League (also known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a professional association football league in Switzerland and the highest level of the Swiss football league system. It has been played in its current fo ...
team Sion and signed for them in the summer of 1998. He had only a few appearances during his first season with them, but at the end of the season the team suffered relegation. During his second season he advanced to becoming a regular starter and at the end of the 1999–2000 season he achieved promotion with the club.
During the winter break of the 2000–01 season,
FC Basel
Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss professional Association football, football club based in Basel, in the Basel-Stadt, Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been List of Swiss footba ...
bought Tum out of his contract for a reported two million Swiss Francs. He joined Basel's first team during their 2000–01 season under head coach
Christian Gross
Christian Jürgen Gross (born 14 August 1954) is a Swiss football manager and former player. He played as a sweeper and central midfielder.
Gross was manager of Basel from 1999 to 2009, winning four Swiss Super Leagues and four Swiss Cups.
As ...
. Basel were able to play their home games of the championship group in their new stadium, the
St. Jakob-Park
St. Jakob-Park () is a Swiss sports stadium in Basel. It is the largest football venue in Switzerland and home to FC Basel. "Joggeli", as the venue is nicknamed by the locals, was originally built with a capacity of 33,433 seats. The capacity w ...
which opened on 15 March 2001 and it was sold out with 33,433 spectators on three occasions. After playing in eight test games Tum played his team debut for the club in the
Swiss Cup
The Swiss Cup (; ; ; ) is a football cup competition that has been organised annually since 1925–26 season by the Swiss Football Association.
The Swiss Cup final is usually the most important game of the year with a high attendance. The co ...
away game on 18 February 2001 as Basel won against Etoile Carouge. He played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game in the
Charmilles Stadium
Charmilles Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Geneva, Switzerland. It was used mostly for football matches, and was the home venue for Servette FC. The stadium was able to hold 9,250 people and was built in 1930 for the Coupe des Nations 19 ...
on 25 February as Basel were defeated 3–0 by
Servette
Servette is a district of the city of Geneva, Switzerland. The district's name comes from the Latin word for forest, ''silva'', and means "little forest". Its name alludes to Servette's rural past, before Geneva grew beyond its walls and incorpora ...
. He scored his first goal for his new club in the home game in the
St. Jakob-Park
St. Jakob-Park () is a Swiss sports stadium in Basel. It is the largest football venue in Switzerland and home to FC Basel. "Joggeli", as the venue is nicknamed by the locals, was originally built with a capacity of 33,433 seats. The capacity w ...
on 18 March. In fact he scored Basel's first and their last goals as they won 4–1 against
Lugano
Lugano ( , , ; ) is a city and municipality within the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It is the largest city in both Ticino and the Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland. Lugano has a population () of , and an u ...
. Tum played in all 14 games scoring four goals. But the team played eight draws in their 14 matches and so ended the season in fourth position.
Basel played in the
2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup
The 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup finals were won by Aston Villa, Paris Saint-Germain and Troyes. All three teams advanced to the UEFA Cup.
First round
First leg
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. Basel advanced to the final but were defeated by
Aston Villa
Aston Villa Football Club (commonly referred to as simply Villa) is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club, founded in 1874, compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The team have p ...
. Tum played in six of the eight games scoring three goals. The league season started in the worst possible way. In their first game away against
FC Sion
Football Club Sion, commonly known as simply FC Sion or Sion, is a Swiss Association football, football club from the city of Sion, Switzerland, Sion. The club was founded in 1909 and play their home matches at the Stade Tourbillon. They have wo ...
, Basel suffered a humiliating 8–1 defeat. After suffering three more away defeats against
Zürich
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,
Neuchâtel Xamax
Neuchâtel (, ; ; ) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel on Lake Neuchâtel. Since the fusion in 2021 of the municipalities of Neuchâtel, Corcelles-Cormondrèche, Peseux, and Valangin, the city has ap ...
and Grasshopper Club the team then found themselves, winning nine of the next eleven games. Basel them ended the qualification phase as league leaders, five points ahead of
Lugano
Lugano ( , , ; ) is a city and municipality within the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It is the largest city in both Ticino and the Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland. Lugano has a population () of , and an u ...
. Basel started well into the second part of the season and during this period FCB played their best football, pulling away at the top of the table and subsequently achieved the championship title prematurely. Basel won the last game of the season, on 8 May 2002, and became champions ten points clear at the top of the table. Just four days later they played in the cup final against Grasshopper Club winning 2–1 after extra time, Tum scored his sides first goal. They thus won the double.
Basel's
2002–03 UEFA Champions League
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season started in the second qualifying round. After beating
Žilina
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4–1 on aggregate and
Celtic
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*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
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Sports Foot ...
on the away goals rule after a 3–3 aggregate, Basel advanced to the
group stage
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
. They ended this in second position behind
Valencia
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, but ahead of
Liverpool
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and
Spartak Moscow Spartak Moscow may refer to the following teams based or formerly based in Moscow, Russia:
* FC Spartak Moscow, an association football club
* HC Spartak Moscow, a professional ice hockey team
* Spartak GM Moscow, a semi-professional rugby club
* ...
to advance to the
second group stage
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. They ended this in third position behind
Manchester United
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and
Juventus
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. Tum played in 14 of these 16 European games. Basel ended their league season as runners-up, but in the cup they advanced to the final and here they beat Neuchâtel Xamax 6–0 to defend the title that they had won a season earlier. Tum played in the first four cup games, but missed the final due to an injury.
As cup winners Basel were qualified for the UEFA Cup first round and here they beat
Malatyaspor
Malatya Spor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club based in Malatya, mainly concentrated on football.
History
Prior to 1984 the club colors were yellow and black. They played for 11 seasons on the top-level of Turkish football. Their best result ...
3–2 on aggregate due to the silver goal rule. However, in the second round they lost both games against
Newcastle United
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. In their 2003–04 league season the team started well, winning their first 13 matches straight out. The first defeat came on matchday 24. Basel won the championship with 26 victories and seven draws, the team had suffered just three away defeats, and obtained 85 points. Tum had 23 appearances, scoring seven goals.
Tum's contract was not extended and he left the club at the end of the season. During his three and a half years with them, Tum played a total of 185 games for Basel scoring a total of 59 goals. 96 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, 14 in the
Swiss Cup
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The Swiss Cup final is usually the most important game of the year with a high attendance. The co ...
, 23 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League, UEFA Cup and UIC) and 52 were friendly games. He scored 23 goals in the domestic league, five in the cup, three in the European games and the other 28 were scored during the test games.
Tum joined
Metz
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on a free transfer for their 2004–05 season, immediately becoming a regular starter. After two years with them he moved on to play one season for
Strasbourg
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.
Tum played for
Bursaspor
Bursaspor Kulübü Derneği, commonly known as Bursaspor, is a Turkey, Turkish professional sports club based in the city of Bursa. Founded in 1963, the club is best known for its football team, which has a rich history in Football in Turkey, Turk ...
in the 2007–08 season after playing for Strasbourg. In the 2008, he joined
Sivasspor
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and left in 2009 for Istanbul B.B. At the end of 2010–11 season, he was released by Istanbul B.B. and transferred to Gençlerbirliği.
Swiss Cup
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The Swiss Cup final is usually the most important game of the year with a high attendance. The co ...
: 2001–02, 2002–03
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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