Hanspeter Vetter (born 9 January 1944) is a Swiss retired footballer who played for FC Basel in the 1960s. He played mainly in the position as forward, but also as midfielder.

Hanspeter Vetter
Personal information
Full name Hanspeter Vetter
Date of birth (1944-01-09) 9 January 1944 (age 80)
Place of birth Switzerland
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1968 FC Basel 30 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vetter joined Basel's first team for their 1965–66 season under player-manager Helmut Benthaus. He played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game at the Landhof on 28 August 1965 as Basel won 2–0 against Luzern.[1] He scored his first goal for his club just two weeks later, on 12 September 1965. In fact he scored two goals, the team's third and fourth goals, as they won the home game 4–2 against Young Boys.[2]

Between the years 1965 and 1968 Vetter played a total of 63 games for Basel scoring a total of 17 goals. 30 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, eight in the Swiss Cup, eight in the european competitions (Cup of the Alps and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup) and 17 were friendly games. He scored nine goals in the domestic league, one in the cup and the other seven were scored during the test games.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Luzern 2:0 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ^ "FC Basel - BSC Young Boys 4:2 (1:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Hanspeter Vetter - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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