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Swiss footballer

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Date of birth
( 1977-07-07 ) 7 July 1977 (age 48)
Place of birth
Dornach , Switzerland
Height
1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position
Defensive midfielder
1987 1996
FC Münchenstein
1996 1998
FC Arlesheim
Years
Team
1998 2005
Basel
2005 2007
Eintracht Frankfurt
2007 2012
Basel
2003 2010
Switzerland

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Sport
Soccer
Team
_Retired Soccer
Position
Defensive Midfield
Nationality
Switzerland

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Mass
89
Image
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Height
190
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Benjamin Huggel
date of birth
1977-07-07
end of work period
2012-00-00
start of work period
1998-00-00
name in native language
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Benjamin "Beni" Huggel (born 7 July 1977) is a Swiss former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League and for Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga.

He won a total of twelve titles with Basel, seven League Championships and five Swiss Cup titles. He played in four Swiss Cup Finals (he missed one due to an injury) and scored a goal in each Final. For Frankfurt he played in the 2006 DFB-Pokal Final, but the team finished as runner-up. Huggel played 41 times as a Swiss international scoring two goals, the second of which being the 1000th goal in the history of the Swiss national team. He was well known because of his height, his strength and for being a fearless fighter in the centre of the pitch. He now works for Basel as assistant trainer for the U-21 team.

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