Rainer Hasler

Rainer Hasler

Personal information
Date of birth	(1958-07-02)2 July 1958
Place of birth	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Date of death	c. 29 October 2014(2014-10-29) (aged 56)
Position(s)	Right-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1978	Grasshoppers
1978–1979	FC Vaduz
1979–1983	Neuchâtel Xamax
1983–1989	Servette
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rainer Hasler (2 July 1958 – c. 29 October 2014) was a Liechtenstein footballer who played as a right-back. In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's jubilee, he was selected by the Liechtenstein Football Association as the country's Golden Player, the greatest player of the last 50 years.

Club career

Hasler played for Grasshoppers, FC Vaduz, Neuchâtel Xamax and Servette FC. With Xamax, he reached the UEFA Cup quarter-final in the 1981–82 season and at Servette, he was captain for two years and won the 1984–85 Swiss championship and the Swiss Cup.

He retired from football in 1989 at 31 years of age.

International career

Hasler never played for Liechtenstein, as the national team barely participated in any games before he retired.

Death

Hasler died c. 29 October 2014 at the age of 56.

External links

• Liechtenstein's Hasler scaled Swiss peaks