Alfred Lüthi
Personal information
Full name Alfred Lüthi
Date of birth (1958-05-22) 22 May 1958
Place of birth Switzerland
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1981 FC Subingen
1981–1986 FC Basel 105 (6)
1986–1988 FC Grenchen 67 (17)
1988–1992 Old Boys 116 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfred Lüthi (born 22 May 1958) is a Swiss former footballer who played in the 1980s and early 1990s as midfielder.

Football career

Lüthi first played with local club FC Subingen in the fourth tier of the Swiss football league system. He joined Basel's first team for their 1981–82 season under head coach Helmut Benthaus. Lüthi's first game was in the Cup of the Alps, played in Stade Armand-Cesari away against French team Bastia and Basel won 4–0.[1]

After then playing in four test games, Lüthi played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium on 29 August 1981. Lüthi was substituted in the 70th minute and he then scored his first goal for his club as Basel won 1–0 against FC Bulle.[2]

Lüthi played with Basel for five seasons and during this time Lüthi played a total of 206 games for Basel scoring a total of 18 goals. 105 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 13 in the Swiss Cup, two in the Swiss League Cup, three in the Cup of the Alps and 83 were friendly games. He scored six goals in the domestic league, the others were scored during the test games.[3]

Following his time with Basel, Lüthy moved on and played two seasons with Grenchen, who at that time played in the Nationaliga B. Lüthi then returned to the city of Basel, but this time he signed for Old Boys, also in the Nationaliga B. He stayed with them until summer 1992, when he retired from his professional playing career.

References

  1. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "SC Bastia - FC Basel 0:4 (0:3)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  2. ↑ "FC Basel - FC Bulle 1:0 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Alfred Lüthi - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

Sources

  • Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2189-1
  • Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
  • Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage


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