Rainer Hasler

Rainer Hasler
Personal information
Date of birth	2 July 1958
Place of birth	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Date of death	c. 29 October 2014 (aged 56)
Position(s)	Right-back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1976–1978	Grasshoppers
1978–1979	FC Vaduz
1979–1983	Neuchâtel Xamax
1983–1989	Servette
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rainer Hasler (2 July 1958 – c. 29 October 2014) was a Liechtenstein footballer who played as a right-back. In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's jubilee, he was selected by the Liechtenstein Football Association as the country's Golden Player, the greatest player of the last 50 years.^[1]

Club career

Hasler played for Grasshoppers, FC Vaduz, Neuchâtel Xamax and Servette FC. With Xamax, he reached the UEFA Cup quarter-final in the 1981–82 season and at Servette, he was captain for two years and won the 1984–85 Swiss championship and the Swiss Cup.^[2]

He retired from football in 1989 at 31 years of age.^[3]

International career

Hasler never played for Liechtenstein, as the national team barely participated in any games before he retired.^[3]

Death

Hasler died c. 29 October 2014 at the age of 56.^[3]

References

^ "Golden Players take centre stage". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 29 November 2003. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
^ Ionescu, Romeo (27 September 2001). "Swiss Clubs' Players in European Cups 1955–2001". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Liechtenstein's finest Hasler dies aged 56". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.