Markus Füri (born 25 December 1965) is a

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retired

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who played in the 1980s as defender. Füri played his youth football with

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and advanced to their first team in the 1984–1985 season. He played two seasons for the team in the 1st League, the third tier of Swiss football, and during this time he was noted by the scouts of the top-tier clubs. Füri joined

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

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. After playing in four test games, Füri played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game on 16 August 1986 as Basel played a 2–2 draw with

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. At the end of the following

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season, under manager

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, Füri and his team suffered relegation, but he stayed on with the club for another season. Between the years 1986 and 1989 Füri played a total of 48 games for Basel scoring a total of two goals. 32 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, two in the

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and 14 were friendly games. He scored both goals during the test games.

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* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
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