Marco Tschopp Explained

Marco Tschopp
Fullname:Marco Tschopp
Birth Date:20 January 1978
Height:1.84 m
Position:Midfielder, Attacking Midfielder
Youthyears1:until 1995
Youthclubs1:Basel
Years1:1995–2001
Clubs1:Basel
Caps1:63
Goals1:5
Years2:2000–2001
Clubs2:Xamax (loan)
Caps2:23
Goals2:1
Years3:2001–2003
Clubs3:Yverdon Sport FC
Caps3:61
Goals3:12
Years4:2003–2004
Clubs4:Luzern
Caps4:10
Goals4:1
Years5:2004–2005
Clubs5:Wangen bei Olten
Caps5:15
Goals5:1
Years6:2005–
Clubs6:FC Liestal
Pcupdate:16 November 2018

Marco Tschopp (* 20 January 1978) is a retired Swiss footballer who played as midfielder or attacking midfielder in the 1990s and 2000s.

Club career

Tschopp played in the youth team of his local side Basel and joined their first team during their 1995–96 season signing his first professional contract under head-coach Claude Andrey. Tschopp played his League debut for Basel on 26 August 1995 in the away match against Servette.[1]

During his first season he played only that one match, during his second only two and during his third season he had 11 appearances in the league. Nine of these were as substitute and twice he was in the starting team. During their 1998–99 season under head-coach Guy Mathez he had more chances to play. He scored his first League goal on 9 August 1998 in St. Jakob Stadium Basel in the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium and it was the winning goal as Basel won 1–0 against Luzern.[2]

But because he was not playing regularly[3] for the season 2000–2001 he was loaned out to Xamax to gain more playing experience.[4] After his return from the loan period Basel's new head-coach Christian Gross was building a new team, so Tschopp moved on. Between the years 1995 and 2001 Tschopp played a total of 100 games for Basel scoring a total of 12 goals. 63 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, one in the Swiss Cup, six in the UI Cup and 30 were friendly games. He scored five goals in the domestic league, one in the domestic cup and the other six were scored during the test games.[5]

In the pre-season 2001 Tschopp transferred to Yverdon Sport FC. During the winter break 2003–04 he moved to Luzern and played for them for half a year. Then after a year by Wangen bei Olten he ended his professional career and moved to local amateur club FC Liestal.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” . Servette FC - FC Basel 1:2 (0:2) . Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” . 2020-11-16.
  2. Web site: Joggeli.ch . 1998 . Telegramm FC Basel FC Luzern 1:0 . Joggeli.ch . 2018-11-16.
  3. Web site: . 1999 . Weniger Personal fuer mehr Effizienz beim FCB . FC Basel 1893 . 2018-11-16.
  4. Web site: Dominik . Weber . FC Basel 1893 . 2000 . Transfers . FC Basel 1893 . 2018-11-16.
  5. Web site: Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” . Marco Tschopp - FCB-Statistik . Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” . 2020-11-16.