Martin Büchel

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Martin Büchel
Büchel playing for Liechtenstein in 2015
Personal information
Full name Martin Büchel
Date of birth (1987-02-19) 19 February 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Ruggell, Liechtenstein
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1996–2005 FC Ruggell
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 FC Vaduz 0 (0)
2006–2012 FC Zürich[2] 33 (2)
2010FC Vaduz (loan) 9 (0)
2011Deportivo B (loan)[3] 12 (1)
2012–2018 FC Unterföhring 122 (5)
2018–2019 FC Zürich II 6 (0)
2019–2021 FC Red Star Zürich 16 (0)
2021–2022 FC Ruggell 0 (0)
International career
2004–2021 Liechtenstein[1] 91 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2021

Martin Büchel (born 19 February 1987 in Ruggell) is a retired Liechtenstein footballer, who last played for FC Ruggell in Liechtenstein and formerly played for the Liechtenstein national football team.

Career[edit]

Büchel began his career in his hometown for FC Ruggell and signed after nine years in the youth side with his club for local rival FC Vaduz.[4] His talents as a youngster earned him a transfer in 2006 to Swiss Super League side FC Zürich, who were then champions of Switzerland.[5] On 12 January 2010 left Büchel his Swiss club FC Zürich and turned on loan back to his former club FC Vaduz.[6] Following a loan spell at Deportivo de La Coruña in Spain, Büchel joined German side FC Unterföhring in 2012.

Büchel re-joined FC Zurich in 2018 as an osteopath while also continuing his playing career with their reserve side.[7]

In July 2019, Büchel moved on to another Zürich side, FC Red Star.

International career[edit]

He was one of Liechtenstein's biggest young football talents and made his international debut at the age of 17.[8] He announced his retirement from international football on 4 November 2021, being effective after the last matches of that year.[9]

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list Liechtenstein's goal tally first.[10]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 29 February 2012 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Mdina, Malta  Malta 1–0 1–2 Friendly
2. 7 June 2013 Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein  Slovakia 1–0 1–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

References[edit]

  1. ^ Martin Büchel at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ Statistics FC Zürich
  3. ^ Martin Büchel – Fussballdaten – Die Fußball-Datenbank
  4. ^ Rückrundenplanung: drei Neuverpflichtungen, Beni Fischer verlässt FC Vaduz Archived 10 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ FC Zürich – Profile
  6. ^ Martin Büchel wechselt zum FC Vaduz
  7. ^ Martin Büchel wieder beim FC Zürich
  8. ^ Vogt, Büchel und die Fussballer > Liechtensteinischer Olympischer Sportverband Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "News".
  10. ^ "Büchel, Martin". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 December 2016.