Hans-Rudolf Fitze

Hans-Rudolf Fitze
Personal information
Full name Hans-Rudolf Fitze
Date of birth (1925-09-03)3 September 1925
Place of birth Switzerland
Date of death 13 September 1982(1982-09-13) (aged 57)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
FC Birsfelden
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
until 1947 FC Birsfelden
1947–1958 FC Basel 151 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hans-Rudolf Fitze (* 3 September 1925; † 13 September 1982) was a Swiss footballer who played for nearly his entire football career for FC Basel. He played as defender

Football career

In summer 1947 Fitze moved from his home club FC Birsfelden to FC Basel. Between the years 1947 and 1958 he played a total of 237 games for Basel scoring a total of four goals. 151 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 24 in the Swiss Cup and 62 were friendly games. He scored one sole goal in the domestic league, two in the Cup and the other goal was scored during the test games.[1]

Fitze played his debut in domestic league game on 12 September 1948 against Young Fellows Zürich in the Hardturm stadium. The game ended in a 3–3 draw.[2] He scored his only domestic league goal for Basel on 6 May 1951 as Basel lost their home game against Cantonal Neuchatel.[3] His biggest success in his career was as Basel won the championship title in Basel's 1952–53 season.

Titles and Honours

See also

References

  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Hans-Rudolf Fitze". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  2. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Young Fellows Zürich - FC Basel 3:3". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  3. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Cantonal Neuchâtel 2:3". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

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