{{Short description|Swiss footballer (born 1982)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ronny Hodel | fullname = Ronny Hodel | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|10|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Horw]], Switzerland | height = 1.82 m | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = [[Left-back]] | youthyears1 = 1990–2000 | youthclubs1 = [[FC Luzern]] | years1 = 2000–2005 | clubs1 = [[FC Luzern]] | caps1 = 110 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2005–2007 | clubs2 = [[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys]] | caps2 = 59 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2007–2009 | clubs3 = [[FC Basel]] | caps3 = 25 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2009–2010 | clubs4 = [[FK Ventspils|Ventspils]] | caps4 = 5 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2010 | clubs5 = [[SC Cham]] | caps5 = 24 | goals5 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2002 | nationalteam1 = [[Switzerland national under-20 football team|Switzerland U-20]] | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2003–2004 | nationalteam2 = [[Switzerland national under-21 football team|Switzerland U-21]] | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 0 }} '''Ronny Hodel''' (born 27 October 1982) is a Swiss former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[left-back]]. He started out with local club [[FC Luzern]] in 2000 before moving on to [[BSC Young Boys]] in 2005. He played there for two years until he was signed by [[FC Basel]] at the end of the 2006/07 season. He was considered one of the best left-backs in Switzerland despite never making his full international debut.
==Football career== Born in [[Horw]], [[Lucerne District|Lucerne]], Hodel played his youth football with local club [[FC Luzern|Luzern]] coming through the ranks. In summer 2000 he advanced from their U-21 team and joined their first team under head coach [[Andy Egli]]. In his second season with the team he became a regular player in the starting eleven. After the [[2002–03 Nationalliga A|season 2002–03]] Luzern suffered relegation. Hodel stayed with the team another two seasons. Then he felt he had to move to a bigger club if he wanted to improve as a footballer and he made this known. In 2005 Luzern advanced to the final of the [[Swiss Cup]], but they lost the game 3–1. Hodel won the runners-up medal.<ref name="sfv-cup-2004/05">{{cite web | first = | last = Swiss Football Verband (SFV) | author-link = | date = 16 May 2005 | url = https://www.football.ch/sfv/schweizer-cups/schweizer-cup/statistik-und-resultate.aspx/oid-1/s-2005/cp-742/cr-0/tg-886715/ | title = Swiss Cup 2004/05 | format = | work = | publisher = Swiss Football Verband (SFV) internet | access-date = 2022-11-16}}</ref>
[[BSC Young Boys]] 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 [[Switzerland national football team|Swiss squad]] for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] in Germany but left-backs [[Christoph Spycher]] and [[Ludovic Magnin]] were chosen instead. Hodel remains uncapped at full international stage but has one U-20 and three U-21 caps.
On 13 June 2007 [[FC Basel]] announced that they had signed Hodel on a three-year contract.<ref name="20min-2007-FCB-Hodel">{{cite web | first = | last = (si) | author-link = | date = 13 June 2007 | url = https://www.20min.ch/story/ronny-hodel-zum-fc-basel-665281968163 | title = Ronny Hodel zum FC Basel | format = | work = | trans-title = Ronny Hodel to FC Basel | publisher = 20min.ch | language = de | access-date = 2022-11-16}}</ref> He was given the No.3 shirt. He is left-footed and was used primarily in the left corridor as a defender or midfielder.<ref name="Onlinereports-2007-FCB-Hodel">{{cite web | first = Peter | last = Knechtli | author-link = | date = 13 June 2007 | url = https://www.onlinereports.ch/News.117+M58d7c28291c.0.html | title = FC Basel holt Ronny Hodel von Young Boys | work = | trans-title = FC Basel sign Ronny Hodel from Young Boys | publisher = onlinereports.ch | language = de | access-date = 2022-11-16}}</ref> He joined Basel's first team for their [[2007–08 FC Basel season|2007–08 season]] under head coach [[Christian Gross]]. After playing in seven test games Hodel played his [[Swiss Super League|domestic league]] debut for the club in the away game in the [[Stadion Wankdorf]] on 5 August as Basel were defeated 1–5 against Hodel's ex-club [[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys]].<ref name="fcb-achiv-2007/08-H-YB-FCB">{{cite web | first = | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | author-link = | date = 5 August 2007 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=9813 | title = BSC Young Boys - FC Basel 5:1 (2:0) | format = | work = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | access-date = 2022-11-16}}</ref> At the end of the 2007–08 season he won the [[Double (association football)|Double]] with the club. They won the [[2007–08 Swiss Super League|League]] Championship title with four points advantage over second placed [[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys]].<ref name="rsssf-Switzerland 2007/08">{{cite web | first = Erik Garin | last = Karel Stokkermans | author-link = | year = 2018 | url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit08.html | title = Switzerland 2007/08 | work = | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation | language = | access-date = 2022-11-16}}</ref> In the [[2007–08 Swiss Cup|Swiss Cup]] via FC Léchelles, [[SC Binningen]], [[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshopper Club]], [[FC Stade Nyonnais|Stade Nyonnais]] and in the semi-final [[FC Thun|Thun]], Basel advanced to the final, and winning this 4–1 against [[AC Bellinzona]] they won the competition. Hodel played in four of the six cup matches but not in the final.<ref name="sfv-cup-2007/08-ACB-FCB">{{cite web | first = | last = Swiss Football Verband (SFV) | author-link = | date = 6 April 2008 | url = https://www.football.ch/sfv/schweizer-cups/schweizer-cup/statistik-und-resultate.aspx/oid-1/s-2008/ | title = AC Bellinzona - FC Basel 1:4 (0:1) | format = | work = | publisher = Swiss Football Verband (SFV) internet | access-date = 2022-11-16}}</ref>
To the beginning of the 2008–09 season he was member of the Basel team that won the [[Uhrencup]]. They beat [[Legia Warsaw]] 6–1 and played a 2–2 draw with [[Borussia Dortmund]] to end the table on top slot above Dortmund and [[FC Luzern|Luzern]].<ref name="rsssf-Uhrencup 2008">{{cite web | first = Erik | last = Garin | author-link = | year =2011 | url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uhren.html#08 | title = Coupe Horlogère - Uhren Cup (Switzerland) | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation | access-date = 2022-11-16}}</ref> But as the season progressed Hodel became increasingly less playing time and in the second half of the season he was not considered for play at all, which also had to do with a knee injury. On 18 June 2009, he was released by Basel after newly appointed manager [[Thorsten Fink]] decided not to offer him a new contract.<ref>[http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID//10044/22376/16/7 Eduardo, Hodel and Gjaslura released by Basel] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622190140/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/10044/22370/16/7 |date=22 June 2009 }}</ref>
During his time with the club, Hodel played a total of 62 games for Basel without scoring a goal. 25 of these games were in the [[Swiss Super League]], four in the [[Swiss Cup]], six in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and Europa League) and 27 were friendly games.<ref name="fcb-achiv-Ronny Hodel">{{cite web | first = | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | authorlink = | year = 2011 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/spieler?command=detail&id=492 | title = Ronny Hodel - FCB statistics | format = | work = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | accessdate = 2022-11-16}}</ref>
He then signed for [[FK Ventspils]] of the [[Latvian Higher League]]. In February 2010 he left Ventspils.<ref name="TA-2009-Hodel-Ventspils">{{cite web | first = | last = (red) | author-link = | date = 14 September 2009 | url = https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ronny-hodel-nach-lettland-918857086185 | title = Ronny Hodel nach Lettland | format = | work = | trans-title = Ronny Hodel to Lettland | publisher = Tages-Anzeiger | language = de | access-date = 2022-11-16}}</ref>
He had expected to sign for [[Servette FC]] from Switzerland but during the medical tests an anomaly in his knee was found and it was not known whether he would be able to continue his career or not. Hodel joined [[SC Cham]], who at that time played in the [[Swiss Promotion League|Promotion League]], the third tier of Swiss football. However, due to continuous knee problems, at the end of 2010 he ended his professional career.
==Honours== '''FC Luzern''' * [[Schweizer Cup|Swiss Cup]] runner-up: 2005
'''Basel''' * [[Swiss Super League]]: 2008 * [[Schweizer Cup|Swiss Cup]]: 2008 * [[Uhrencup|Uhren Cup]]: 2008
==References== {{reflist}}
==Sources== * Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. {{ISBN|978-3-7245-2305-5}} * [https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/home Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage]
==External links== * {{cite web |title=Kader |url=http://www.football.ch/sfl/777819/de/Kader.aspx?pId=331036 |website=Swiss Football League |accessdate=24 June 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213003644/http://www.football.ch/sfl/777819/de/Kader.aspx?pId=331036 |archivedate=13 February 2012}} * {{WorldFootball.net|ronny-hodel}}
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