Erni Maissen

Football player infobox| playername= Erni Maissen
fullname = Ernst Maissen
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1958|1|1
cityofbirth = flagicon|Switzerland Basel
countryofbirth = Switzerland
height = height|m=1.70
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Midfielder, Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1975-1982 1982-1983 1983-1987 1987-1989 1989-1991
clubs = FC Basel FC Zürich FC Basel BSC Young Boys FC Basel Total
caps(goals) = 117 (42) 24 (4) 104 (36) 40 (5) 20 (16) 305 (103)
nationalyears = 1980-1988
nationalteam = Switzerland
nationalcaps(goals) = 29 (?)
pcupdate = 4 October 2007
ntupdate = 18 July 2007

Ernst "Erni" Maissen (born 1 January 1958 in Basel) is a Swiss former footballer who played as a midfielder or striker during the 1970's, 1980's and early 1990's. He is best known for his three spells at FC Basel.

Football career

Maissen started his career at local club FC Basel in 1975. He spent seven years there, and was part of the title winning sides of 1977 and 1980, before joining rivals FC Zürich in 1982. He had an unsuccessful time at Zürich, though, and returned to Basel a season later. When Basel were relagated to the Nationalliga B in 1987 he left to join BSC Young Boys. After two seasons at Young Boys he returned to Basel where he finished his career in 1991.

He made his international debut in Switzerland's 2-0 win over Czechoslovakia in Basel on the 26 March 1980. After 29 caps his last game for Switzerland was in a 1-0 defeat to West Germany in Kaiserslautern on the 27 April 1988.

External links

* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=22826 Career Stats]