Ronny Hodel
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ronny Hodel | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-Back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Basel 1893 | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 July 2006 | |||
Ronny Hodel (born October 27, 1982) is a footballer from Switzerland who currently plays as defender for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League.
Football career
He started out with Swiss club FC Lucerne in 2000 before moving on to BSC Young Boys in 2005. He played there for 2 years until he was signed by FC Basel at the end of the 2006/07 season. He is considered one of the best left-backs in Switzerland despite never making his full international debut.
He spent 7 years at FC Lucerne where he rose to be arguably the team's best player. He felt he had to move to a bigger club if he wanted to improve as a footballer and he made this known. BSC Young Boys then signed him at the start of the 2005/06 season where he quickly broke into first team. He started to push for a place in the international set-up and was tipped to be included in the Swiss squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany but left-backs Christoph Spycher and Ludovic Magnin were chosen instead. Ronny Hodel remains uncapped at full international stage but has 4 U-21 caps. In June 2007 FC Basel signed him from Swiss Super League rivals Young Boys and he was given the No.3 shirt.
He made his FC Basel debut against Celtic FC on the 5th July 2007 in a Uhren Cup match at the Grenchen Stadium.
Honours
Luzern
- Swiss Cup Runner Up: 2005
Basel
- Swiss Cup: 2008
- Swiss Super League: 2008
Trivia
- According to a panel of judges in the Blick newspaper, Ronny Hodel has the most beautiful hair in the entire Swiss League.
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