Hügi was born in the town of Riehen on 23 January 1930 and played football from an early age but did not start to take the sport all that seriously until he went to the University of Basel in the late 1940s. His first professional club was FC Basel, whom he signed for in 1948. He would spend the next fourteen years of his life playing for the RotBlau, playing 320 league matches and scoring 224 goals. In 1962, he signed for FC Zürich but he played just two games there and went on to spend the rest of his career in the lower divisions with FC Porrentruy and FC Laufen. He became a coach at FC Basel after his retirement from playing.
He was capped 34 times for the Swiss national team between 1951 and 1960, scoring 22 goals. At the 1954 FIFA World Cup, he scored six goals, tied second-best for the tournament, which makes him the all-time top goalscorer for Switzerland in World Cups.
josef, hügi, january, 1930, april, 1995, swiss, international, footballer, played, striker, during, late, 1940s, 1950s, early, 1960s, personal, informationdate, birth, 1930, january, 1930place, birthriehen, switzerlanddate, death16, april, 1995, 1995, aged, pl. Josef Hugi 23 January 1930 16 April 1995 was a Swiss international footballer who played as a striker during the late 1940s 1950s and early 1960s Josef HugiPersonal informationDate of birth 1930 01 23 23 January 1930Place of birthRiehen SwitzerlandDate of death16 April 1995 1995 04 16 aged 65 Place of deathBasel SwitzerlandHeight1 73 m 5 ft 8 in Position s StrikerSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1948 1962FC Basel320 244 1962 1963FC Zurich2 0 1963 1964FC Porrentruy33 19 1964 1965FC LaufenTotal355 263 1 International career1951 1960Switzerland34 22 Club domestic league appearances and goals Contents 1 Career 2 Honours 3 References 4 External linksCareer EditHugi was born in the town of Riehen on 23 January 1930 and played football from an early age but did not start to take the sport all that seriously until he went to the University of Basel in the late 1940s His first professional club was FC Basel whom he signed for in 1948 He would spend the next fourteen years of his life playing for the RotBlau playing 320 league matches and scoring 224 goals In 1962 he signed for FC Zurich but he played just two games there and went on to spend the rest of his career in the lower divisions with FC Porrentruy and FC Laufen He became a coach at FC Basel after his retirement from playing He was capped 34 times for the Swiss national team between 1951 and 1960 scoring 22 goals At the 1954 FIFA World Cup he scored six goals tied second best for the tournament which makes him the all time top goalscorer for Switzerland in World Cups Honours EditBaselSwiss Super League 1952 53References Edit Spieler FC Basel Archiv External links EditJosef Hugi player profile in German Josef Hugi at National Football Teams com This biographical article related to association football in Switzerland about a forward is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Josef Hugi amp oldid 1134844846, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
