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Swiss footballer

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Benjamin Huggel is a Swiss association football midfielder, born in Dornach on 7 July 1977. Playing as a defensive midfielder, he had a career spanning 1998 to 2012 and represented Switzerland at UEFA Euro 2004, UEFA Euro 2008 and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Huggel played for FC Basel, Eintracht Frankfurt and the Switzerland national team, holds Swiss citizenship, and speaks German.

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Key facts

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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Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
_Retired Soccer
Position
Defensive Midfield
Nationality
Switzerland

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Benjamin
Gender
male
Citizenship
Switzerland
Place of birth
Dornach
Languages spoken
German
Participant in
UEFA Euro 2008
Member of team
FC Basel
Position played
midfielder
League
Q82595
Country for sport
Switzerland
Mass
89
Image
Benjamin Huggel.JPG
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
Benjamin Huggel
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Encyclopedic overview

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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