Otto Soltermann
Otto Soltermann was a Swiss footballer who played as Striker.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Otto Soltermann | ||
| Date of birth | unknown | ||
| Place of birth | Switzerland | ||
| Date of death | unknown | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| until 1950 | FC Birsfelden | ||
| 1949–1950 | FC Basel | 1 | (1) |
| 1950– | FC Birsfelden | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Soltermann first played for FC Birsfelden and he joined FC Basel's first team for their 1949–50 season. He played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game at the Landhof on 26 March 1950 against La Chaux-de-Fonds. He scored his first goal for the club in the same game as Basel won 4–3.[1]
In this season Soltermann played a total of six games for Basel scoring that one goal. One of these games was in the Nationalliga A, one was in the Swiss Cup and the other four were friendly games.[2]
Following his time in Basel Soltermann returned to FC Birsfelden.
References
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 4:3 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Otto Soltermann - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
Sources
- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2189-1
- Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage
(NB: Despite all efforts, the editors of these books and the authors in "Basler Fussballarchiv" have failed to be able to identify all the players, their date and place of birth or date and place of death, who played in the games during the early years of FC Basel)