Martin Büchel
FullnameMartin Büchel
Birth date19 February 1987 (age 39)
Birth placeRuggell, Liechtenstein
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
PositionMidfielder
Youthyears 11996–2005
Youthclubs 1FC Ruggell
Years 12005–2006
Years 22006–2012
Years 32010
Years 42011
Years 52012–2018
Years 62018–2019
Years 72019–2021
Years 82021–2022
Clubs 1FC Vaduz
Clubs 2FC Zürich[1]
Clubs 3FC Vaduz (loan)
Clubs 4Deportivo B (loan)[2]
Clubs 5FC Unterföhring
Clubs 6FC Zürich II
Clubs 7FC Red Star Zürich
Clubs 8FC Ruggell
Caps 10
Goals 10
Caps 233
Goals 22
Caps 39
Goals 30
Caps 412
Goals 41
Caps 5122
Goals 55
Caps 66
Goals 60
Caps 716
Goals 70
Caps 80
Goals 80
Nationalyears 12004–2021
Nationalteam 1Liechtenstein[3]
Nationalcaps 191
Nationalgoals 12
Pcupdate26 June 2023
Ntupdate14 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

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

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

Scores and results list Liechtenstein's goal tally first.[10]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.29 February 2012Ta' Qali National Stadium, Mdina, MaltaMalta1–01–2Friendly
2.7 June 2013Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, LiechtensteinSlovakia1–01–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. ^ Statistics FC Zürich
  2. ^ Martin Büchel – Fussballdaten – Die Fußball-Datenbank
  3. ^
  4. ^ Rückrundenplanung: drei Neuverpflichtungen, Beni Fischer verlässt FC Vaduz Archived 10 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "FC Zürich – Profile". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  6. ^ "Martin Büchel wechselt zum FC Vaduz". Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  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.