Silvan Thüler

Silvan "Sämi" Thüler (1 August 1932 – 13 August 2011) was a Swiss footballer. He played as Defender.

Sämi Thüler
Personal information
Full name Silvan Thüler
Date of birth (1932-08-01)1 August 1932
Place of birth Solothurn, Switzerland
Date of death 13 August 2011(2011-08-13) (aged 79)
Place of death Riehen, Switzerland
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
until 1950 FC Solothurn
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1955 FC Solothurn 76 (11)
1955–1962 FC Basel 148 (4)
1962–1963 FC Concordia Basel
National team
1956–1958 Switzerland 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

Between 1950 and 1955 Thüler played for FC Solothurn. Solothurn won the Swiss 1. Liga (third national level) in 1952 and were promoted to the Nationalliga B.[1] Between 1955 and 1962 he played for FC Basel in the Nationalliga A. During this time Thüler played a total of 216 games for Basel scoring a total of six goals. 148 of these games were in the Swiss Serie A, 13 in the Swiss Cup, six were in the International Football Cup and 49 were friendly games. He scored four goal in the domestic league, the other two were scored in the Swiss Cup matches.[2] From 1962 to 1963 Thüler played for FC Concordia Basel in the Swiss 1. Liga.

International career

"Sämi" Thüler played two games for the Swiss National team. His debut was on the 21 November 1956 in the 3:1 away win against Germany at the Waldstadion in Frankfurt.[3]

Private Life

Thüler married Lotti Feller in April 1956. They had two daughters, twins, Barbara and Silvia. First he worked for the local gas and waterboard. Later he was landlord and managed various restaurants, before he took over as manager of the Wenkenhof in Riehen.[4]

Honours

Solothurn

References
  1. FC Solothurn News (2011). "Sämi Thüler ist gestorben" (in German). FC Solothurn. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Silvan 'Sämi' Thüler". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  3. eu-football.info (2011). "Portrait of Silvan Thüler". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
  4. Zindel, Josef (2011). "Ex-FCB-Spieler Sämi Thüler gestorben" (in German). FC Basel. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
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