Roman Hangarter (born 16 August 1967) is a Swiss retired footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played mainly in the position as striker, but also as midfielder.

Roman Hangarter
Personal information
Full name Roman Hangarter
Date of birth (1967-08-16) 16 August 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth Switzerland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, Striker
Team information
Current team
Grasshopper Club Zürich
Number Academy Manager
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1988 FC Brüttisellen
1988–1989 FC St. Gallen
1989–1990 Grasshopper Club Zürich 4 (0)
1990 FC Brüttisellen 10 (1)
1990–1991 FC Basel 4 (0)
1991–1992 FC Brüttisellen 40 (1)
1992–1993 FC Chur 18 (3)
1993 FC Brüttisellen 10 (0)
1993–1994 FC Chiasso 19 (2)
1994–1996 AC Bellinzona
1996–1997 FC Gossau 28 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career edit

Hangarter played his youth football with local club FC Brüttisellen and advanced to their first team in 1986. He played in their first team for two seasons. Hangarter signed his first professional contract during the summer break 1988 with St. Gallen and stayed with the club for a test season in the 1988–89 Nationalliga A.

After spending this one season with FCSG, Hangarter transferred to Grasshopper Club for the 1989–90 Nationalliga A season. Hangarter won the Nationalliga A championship that season.[1] But the club did not prolong Hangarter's contract and so he returned to his club of origin.

Hangarter joined FC Basel's first team for their 1990–91 season under head-coach Ernst-August Künnecke. After playing in one test game, Hangarter played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game on 25 July 1989 as Basel won 3–0 against Kriens.[2] In his one season with the club, Hangarter played a total of eight games for Basel without scoring a goal. Four of these games were in the Nationalliga B and the other four were friendly games.[3]

Following his time with Basel, Hangartner returned again to FC Brüttisellen for two seasons. He spent the season 1992–93 with FC Chur and the season 1993–94 with FC Chiasso. After then spending two seasons with AC Bellinzona he moved on and ended his football career after the 1996–97 season that he spent with FC Gossau.

Private life edit

Following his playing career, Hangarter worked in sportmarketing and then as sport merchandising director. In 2002 he became technical manager for the Football Association of the Region Zurich and stayed in this position until 2016. During this time, he was also five years assistant coach to the Switzerland women's national football team, from January 2005 to January 2010. Since March 2016 Hangartner is the Technical Manager and Head of the Nachwuchs-Leistungs-Zentrum (youth talent centre) of Grasshopper Club Zürich in Niederhäsli, Dietlikon, Zurich.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1989/90". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  2. ^ "SC Kriens - FC Basel 0:3 (0:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Roman Hangarter - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  4. ^ "Youth Centre - Organisation". Grasshopper Fussball AG. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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