Alexandre Rey

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playername= Alexandre Rey
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dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1972|9|22|df=y
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countryofbirth = Switzerland
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position = Striker
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years = 1991-1994 1994-1996 1996-1997 1997-2001 2001-2002 2002-2006
clubs = FC Sion FC Basel FC Sion Servette FC FC Lucerne Neuchâtel Xamax Total
caps(goals) = 65 (23) 61 (15) 5 (0) 132 (54) 16 (5) 122 (49) 401 (146)
nationalyears = 1998-2005
nationalteam = Switzerland
nationalcaps(goals) = 18 (5)

Alexandre Rey (born September 22 1972) is a Swiss former footballer who played as a striker during the 1990's and 2000's. He is best known for his spells at Servette FC and Neuchâtel Xamax.

Career

Rey began playing professionally in 1991 with FC Sion, helping the club win the Swiss Cup in 1991 and the League in 1992 before moving to FC Basel in 1994. He spent just two seasons at Basel and returned to Sion ahead of the 1996/97 season. Athough he was a success during his first spell at the club, Rey struggled to win a place in the starting eleven, playing just five games in six months, and left for Servette FC in January 1997. He was a major hit at Servette, playing the best football of his career and earning a call-up to the Switzerland squad. After making 132 appearances and scoring 54 goals for the club, Rey left to join FC Lucerne in January 2001. He signed for Neuchâtel Xamax the following January and proved to be a good signing as he went on to score almost fifty goals for the club before his retirement in 2006.

Alexandre Rey was capped 18 times for the Swiss national team, scoring five goals. He made his international debut as a substitute against Hungary at the Ferenc Puskás Stadium in Budapest on November 18 1998. He went on to make another fourteen appearances for Switzerland between then and 2001 when he was no longer included in the squad. He made a comeback to the national team when he replaced the suspended Alexander Frei and scored a hat-trick in the match against the Faroe Islands on September 4 2004.

External links

* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=8691 Career Stats]