Full name Marco Zwyssig Name Marco Zwyssig Years Team Role Football player | 1993–1996 Gossau Height 1.90 m 1996–2001 St. Gallen | |
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Date of birth (1971-10-24) 24 October 1971 (age 44) Place of birth St. Gallen, Switzerland | ||
Marco Zwyssig (born 24 October 1971) is a retired Swiss football defender. He is best remembered for his time at FC St. Gallen and FC Basel. He also played for the Switzerland national football team.
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Football career
Marco Zwyssig started his football career at local club FC Gossau in the city St. Gallen. Zwyssig greatly impressed there and in 1996 he signed for the city's biggest club, FC St. Gallen. He continued to play well, even at a higher level, and received a call up to the Swiss national team in 2000 after his sides 1999/2000 title win. He then moved to Austrian Bundesliga club FC Wacker Tirol in 2001 where he won the Championship in the 2001/02 season. Wacker Tirol went bankrupt, however, and were forced to sell their most valuable players; Zwyssig enevitabley left, signing for FC Basel in 2002. At Basel he won the Championship in 2002 and 2004 as well as being part of their famous 2002/03 UEFA Champions League squad where they made it to the second group stage. He retired with Basel in 2005 after playing nearly 100 games for the club.
He played for the Swiss national team between 2000 and 2004 but never really broke into the first team due to the amount of competition for places. He got 20 caps and 1 goal and was an unused substitute at the 2004 European Football Championship.