Full name Walter Balmer Role Footballer Name Walter Balmer | Playing position Place of birth Thun, Switzerland Position Forward | |
Date of birth (1948-03-28)28 March 1948 Date of death 27 December 2010(2010-12-27) (aged 62) Place of death Interlaken, Switzerland Died December 27, 2010, Interlaken, Switzerland | ||
Walter Balmer (* 28 March 1948 in Thun; † 27. December 2010 in Interlaken) was a Swiss international footballer.
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Club career
Balmer started his youth football with his local team in Thun. He played as Striker (right winger) for FC Thun between 1964 and 1968. Between 1969 and 1976 he played for FC Basel in the Nationalliga A and won four league titles in the years 1969, 1970, 1972 and 1973. In the Swiss Cup Final in 1975 Balmer scored the winning goal five minutes before the end of overtime. Balmer also won the first edition of the Swiss League Cup in 1972 with Basel.
International career
Between the years 1969 and 1973 Balmer played a total twenty games for the Swiss National team in which he scored two goals. In 1971, he scored during the 4–0 win against Turkey and in 1972 during the 1–1 draw with Denmark.
On 28 June 1976 Balmer (aged just 28 years) retired from his semi-professional football career and from then on he worked as a teacher in the Gymnasium in Interlaken and also as a sport journalist.
Honours
Basel