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Benjamin Huggel

Benjamin Huggel

Midfield - Defensive Midfield  at Retired
Age48
CitizenshipSwitzerland
Height1.90 m
FootN/A
BornJuly 7, 1977
👕200+ Apps 50+ Goals 🏴25+ Caps Veteran
Market value
Rating · 99/00 5.6 Solid
Defensive Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

3
clubs played for
00/01
debut season
0.17
goals / match
FC Basel 1893
top club · 402 apps

Position rank · 99/00

#39
goals rank
#115
assists rank
82
season goals
36
season assists

Among 228 Midfield - Defensive Midfields · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€2.00m
peak value · 2007
€800k
top transfer fee · 05/06
14
best season · 09/10
41 / 2
int'l caps / goals

Born the same day

Shares 1977-07-07 · 1 player total

471Appearances
82Goals
36Assists
79Yellow cards
1Red cards
141Full matches (90′)
Full nameBenjamin Huggel
Date of birth1977-07-07 (48 yrs)
Place of birthDornach, Switzerland, Switzerland
CitizenshipSwitzerland
PositionMidfield - Defensive Midfield (main: Midfield)
FootN/A
Height190.00 m
Current clubRetired
Joined2012-07-01
Contract expires
Jul 2012
12/13 — FC Basel 1893 U21
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2012
Transfer: FC Basel → Retired
12/13 · Transfer
Jul 2011
11/12 — FC Basel 1893
32 matches · 7 G · 4 A · across 3 competitions
Feb 2011
Injury: unknown
9 games missed
Dec 2010
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2010
10/11 — FC Basel 1893
36 matches · 3 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2009
09/10 — FC Basel 1893
48 matches · 14 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2008
08/09 — FC Basel 1893
46 matches · 13 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Oct 2007
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2007
Transfer: E. Frankfurt → FC Basel
07/08 · Transfer · €500k
Jul 2007
07/08 — FC Basel 1893
43 matches · 6 G · 5 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2006
06/07 — Eintracht Frankfurt
34 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2005
Transfer: FC Basel → E. Frankfurt
05/06 · Transfer · €800k
Jul 2005
05/06 — Eintracht Frankfurt
34 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2004
04/05 — FC Basel 1893
35 matches · 5 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2003
03/04 — FC Basel 1893
37 matches · 10 G · 12 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2002
02/03 — FC Basel 1893
22 matches · 8 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2001
01/02 — FC Basel 1893
21 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2000
00/01 — FC Basel 1893
36 matches · 8 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 1999
99/00 — FC Basel 1893
43 matches · 4 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 1998
Transfer: FC Münchenstein → FC Basel
98/99 · Transfer
Jul 1998
98/99 — FC Basel 1893
3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €2.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 185 other Midfield - Defensive Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 99/00. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals4 total · 0.51/90
88
Assists0 total · 0.00/90
0
G+A4 total · 0.51/90
80
Yellow cards7 total · 0.90/90
13
12,731 min
Minutes played by club
FC Basel 1893 84.1%
FC Basel 1893 U21 0.0%
Eintracht Frankfurt 15.9%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
FC Basel 1893 12 00/01 99/00 402 79 32 10,705
FC Basel 1893 U21 1 12/13 12/13 1 0 0 0
Eintracht Frankfurt 2 05/06 06/07 68 3 4 2,026

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

6€500K11€1M17€1.5M22€2M00/01 — 8 goals (FC Basel 1893)800/0101/02 — 1 goals (FC Basel 1893)101/0202/03 — 8 goals (FC Basel 1893)802/0303/04 — 10 goals (FC Basel 1893)03/04 — 12 assists2203/0404/05 — 5 goals (FC Basel 1893)04/05 — 2 assists704/0505/06 — 2 goals (Eintracht Frankfurt)05/06 — 1 assists305/0606/07 — 1 goals (Eintracht Frankfurt)06/07 — 3 assists406/0707/08 — 6 goals (FC Basel 1893)07/08 — 5 assists1107/0808/09 — 13 goals (FC Basel 1893)08/09 — 1 assists1408/0909/10 — 14 goals (FC Basel 1893)09/10 — 4 assists1809/1010/11 — 3 goals (FC Basel 1893)10/11 — 4 assists710/1111/12 — 7 goals (FC Basel 1893)11/12 — 4 assists1111/1212/1399/00 — 4 goals (FC Basel 1893)499/0004/05 — €1.8M05/06 — €1.3M06/07 — €1.8M07/08 — €2M08/09 — €1.5M10/11 — €1.7M11/12 — €600K12/13 — €300KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

00/01: 8800/0101/02: 1101/0202/03: 8802/0303/04: 101003/0404/05: 5504/0505/06: 2205/0606/07: 1106/0707/08: 6607/0808/09: 131308/0909/10: 141409/1010/11: 3310/1111/12: 7711/1212/13: 0012/1398/99: 0098/9999/00: 4499/00

Assists by season

00/01: 0000/0101/02: 0001/0202/03: 0002/0303/04: 121203/0404/05: 2204/0505/06: 1105/0606/07: 3306/0707/08: 5507/0808/09: 1108/0909/10: 4409/1010/11: 4410/1111/12: 4411/1212/13: 0012/1398/99: 0098/9999/00: 0099/00
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
99/00 Nationalliga A FC Basel 1893 34 4 0 5 0 702
99/00 Swiss Cup FC Basel 1893 3 0 0 0 0 0
99/00 UI Cup FC Basel 1893 6 0 0 2 0 0
98/99 Nationalliga A FC Basel 1893 3 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 1.Liga Promotion FC Basel 1893 U21 1 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 Champions League FC Basel 1893 5 1 1 2 0 396
11/12 Super League FC Basel 1893 23 4 3 2 0 491
11/12 Swiss Cup FC Basel 1893 4 2 0 0 0 172
10/11 Champions League FC Basel 1893 4 0 1 0 0 0
10/11 Champions League Qu. FC Basel 1893 4 0 2 0 0 0
10/11 Super League FC Basel 1893 26 3 1 4 0 670
10/11 Swiss Cup FC Basel 1893 2 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 Europa League FC Basel 1893 5 1 0 0 0 450
09/10 Europa League Qualifying FC Basel 1893 6 1 0 2 0 440
09/10 Super League FC Basel 1893 32 11 4 7 1 255
09/10 Swiss Cup FC Basel 1893 5 1 0 0 0 416
08/09 Champions League FC Basel 1893 6 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Champions League Qu. FC Basel 1893 4 2 0 1 0 180
08/09 Super League FC Basel 1893 33 10 1 11 0 284
08/09 Swiss Cup FC Basel 1893 3 1 0 0 0 300
07/08 Super League FC Basel 1893 30 3 2 7 0 821
07/08 Swisscom Cup FC Basel 1893 4 2 1 0 0 180
07/08 UEFA Cup FC Basel 1893 7 1 2 1 0 585
07/08 UEFA-Cup Qualifikation FC Basel 1893 2 0 0 1 0 0
06/07 Bundesliga Eintracht Frankfurt 25 1 3 3 0 1,799
06/07 DFB-Pokal Eintracht Frankfurt 4 0 0 2 0 0
06/07 UEFA Cup Eintracht Frankfurt 5 0 0 3 0 0
05/06 Bundesliga Eintracht Frankfurt 28 0 0 2 0 0
05/06 DFB-Pokal Eintracht Frankfurt 6 2 1 1 0 227
04/05 Champions League Qu. FC Basel 1893 2 1 0 1 0 180
04/05 Super League FC Basel 1893 24 3 2 5 0 634
04/05 Swisscom Cup FC Basel 1893 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/05 UEFA Cup FC Basel 1893 8 1 0 1 0 720
03/04 Super League FC Basel 1893 32 8 12 4 0 331
03/04 Swisscom Cup FC Basel 1893 2 2 0 0 0 80
03/04 UEFA Cup FC Basel 1893 3 0 0 1 0 0
02/03 Champions League FC Basel 1893 4 0 0 0 0 0
02/03 Nationalliga A FC Basel 1893 14 7 0 1 0 133
02/03 Swiss Cup FC Basel 1893 4 1 0 0 0 278
01/02 Nationalliga A FC Basel 1893 16 1 0 3 0 1,371
01/02 UI Cup FC Basel 1893 5 0 0 0 0 0
00/01 Nationalliga A FC Basel 1893 20 5 0 5 0 360
00/01 NLA - Final round FC Basel 1893 10 3 0 2 0 276
00/01 Swiss Cup FC Basel 1893 2 0 0 0 0 0
00/01 UEFA Cup FC Basel 1893 4 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
98/99 1998-07-20 FC Münchenstein FC Basel Transfer 0
05/06 2005-07-14 FC Basel E. Frankfurt Transfer 1750000 €800k
07/08 2007-07-04 E. Frankfurt FC Basel Transfer 1800000 €500k
12/13 2012-07-01 FC Basel Retired Transfer 300000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
07/08 concussion 2007-10-28 2007-11-01 5 2
10/11 Back problems 2010-12-01 2011-01-01 32 3
10/11 surgery 2011-02-14 2011-04-01 47 9
Current€300k
Peak€2.00m
Low
Δ since start−€1.45m
€500k€1.00m€1.50m€2.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.70m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.30m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.30m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.25m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.75m
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #3384 #6 41 2 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Xherdan Shaqiri 2 2 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
09/10 Super League FC Basel 1893 11 32
08/09 Super League FC Basel 1893 10 33
03/04 Super League FC Basel 1893 8 32

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
03/04 Super League FC Basel 1893 12 32
09/10 Super League FC Basel 1893 4 32
06/07 Bundesliga Eintracht Frankfurt 3 25

Teams faced most often by Benjamin Huggel's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Bayern München 6 2 1 3 4 19 -15 33%
Manchester United 2 1 1 0 5 4 +1 50%
Werder Bremen 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0%
Borussia Dortmund 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 50%
FC Schalke 04 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 0%
FC St. Pauli 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 100%
VfL Wolfsburg 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 50%
Hamburger SV 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 0%
1. FC Kaiserslautern 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 50%
1. FC Nürnberg 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 50%
Bor. Mönchengladbach 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 50%
SC Freiburg 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 0%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
00/01 Senior debut season
00/01 First senior goal
08/09 Goal #50 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
99/00 43 702 7 0 0 0.9
11/12 32 1,059 4 2 0 0.51
10/11 36 670 4 0 0 0.54
09/10 48 1,561 9 0 1 0.58
08/09 46 764 12 0 0 1.41
07/08 43 1,586 9 0 0 0.51
06/07 34 1,799 8 0 0 0.4
05/06 34 227 3 0 0 1.19
04/05 35 1,534 7 0 0 0.41
03/04 37 411 5 0 0 1.09
02/03 22 411 1 0 0 0.22
01/02 21 1,371 3 0 0 0.2
00/01 36 636 7 0 0 0.99

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Super League
287 apps
59 G
25 A
Swisscom Cup
30 apps
9 G
1 A
Champions League Qu.
10 apps
3 G
2 A
NLA - Final round
10 apps
3 G
0 A
UEFA Cup
27 apps
2 G
2 A
DFB-Pokal
10 apps
2 G
1 A
Bundesliga
53 apps
1 G
3 A
Champions League
19 apps
1 G
2 A
Europa League
5 apps
1 G
0 A
Europa League Qualifying
6 apps
1 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Benjamin Huggel

Who is Benjamin Huggel?

Benjamin Huggel is a Switzerland professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfield for Retired.

How old is Benjamin Huggel?

Benjamin Huggel is 48 years old. He was born on July 7, 1977 in Dornach, Switzerland.

What position does Benjamin Huggel play?

Benjamin Huggel plays as a defensive midfield (Midfield - Defensive Midfield).

What club does Benjamin Huggel play for?

Benjamin Huggel currently plays for Retired.

How many career goals has Benjamin Huggel scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Benjamin Huggel has scored 82 goals in 471 appearances.