Andrin Hunziker
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-02-21) 21 February 2003
Place of birth Basel, Switzerland
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Basel
Number 17
Youth career
2012–2013 FC Therwil
2013–2021 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 Basel U21 22 (7)
2021– Basel 6 (1)
2022–2023 → Aarau (loan) 28 (8)
International career‡
2019 Switzerland U16 2 (1)
2019–2021 Switzerland U17 7 (1)
2022–2023 Switzerland U20 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2023

Andrin Hunziker (born 21 February 2003) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss Super League club Basel.[1]

Club career

Hunziker started his youth football by local amateur club FC Therwil, but soon moved to the Basel youth academy and advanced through this regularly. He graduated to Basel's first team during the winter break of their 2020–21 season under head coach Ciriaco Sforza. Hunziker played his domestic league debut on 27 February 2021 in a 3–1 league defeat against St. Gallen as he was substituted on in the 70th minute.[2][3] On 10 June 2021 Basel announced that Hunziker had signed his first professional contract with them and that this was over four years, until summer 2025.[4]

On 26 July 2022, Basel announced that they would loan Hunziker out to Aarau for the 2022–23 season, stating that a purchase option was not agreed.[5] Aarau confirmed the deal on the same day, stating, that Hunziker would gain on playing experience.[6] The season was successful, not necessarily for the club who ended the season in fourth position in the table, thus missing their declared aim of promotion, but for the striker, who had scored eight goals in 28 appearances.[7]

Following his loan Hunziker returned to his club of origin for their 2023–24 season and in his first league game scored his first league goal for them. However, it could not help the team because they were defeated 2–1 by newly promoted Lausanne-Sport.[8] In the Swiss Cup first round match one week later he scored his next, it was the team's sixth, as Basel went on to win 8–1 against amateur club FC Saint-Blaise.[9]

Then on 24 August, the club announced that Hunziker had seriously injured himself during training. The diagnosis has now been made that he had suffered a torn cruciate ligament and a partial tear of the inner ligament. He had to undergo surgery would not be available to the team for several months.[10]

International career

Hunziker is a current Swiss youth international. He scored his first goal for the U-17 team in the game on 27 October 2019 as they won 7–0 against San Marino U-17.[11] He also played four times for the Swiss U-20 team

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 June 2022[1]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Basel2020–21Swiss Super League40—0040
Basel2021–22Swiss Super League10—0010
Career total50000050

References

  1. 1 2 Andrin Hunziker at Soccerway
  2. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (27 February 2021). "FC St. Gallen - FC Basel 3:1 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  3. ↑ "St. Gallen vs. Basel - 27 February 2021". Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  4. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (10 June 2021). "Der FCB bindet drei Nachwuchstalente langfristig". The FCB signs three young talents long term (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2021-06-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (26 July 2022). "Andrin Hunziker leihweise zu FC Aarau". Andrin Hunziker on loan to FC Aarau (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2021-11-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "FC Aarau: Andrin Hunziker kommt leihweise vom FC Basel" (in German). nau.ch. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  7. ↑ Garin, Erik (2023). "Switzerland 2022/23". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  8. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (23 August 2023). "FC Basel - FC Lausanne-Sport 1:2 (0:1)". FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2023-11-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (20 August 2023). "FC Saint-Blaise - FC Basel 1:8 (1:5)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  10. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (24 August 2023). "Hunziker fällt mit kreuzbandriss aus" [Hunziker is out with a torn cruciate ligament] (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2023-11-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ↑ "U-17: Kantersieg gegen San Marino" [U-17: Huge win against San Marino] (in German). Schweizerischer Fussballverband. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 2023-11-16.


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