Alain Geiger

Alain Geiger ( born November 5, 1960 in St-Léonard ) is a former Swiss football player who has worked as a coach since 1998.

Career

Clubs

Geiger began his footballing career as a defender with FC Sion ( July 1978 - June 1981). The technically talented Walliser won on 26 May 1980 with the Elf from the cantonal capital of the Cup final in 1980 with 2:1 goals against Young Boys Bern. In Servette Geneva ( since 1981 /82) Geiger experienced the three-time runner-up in the years 1982-1984; the lost Cup Final 1983 ( in replay ) against Grasshoppers; the lost with 0:1 goals playoff for the championship in 1984 and the Cup victory on June 11, 1984 1:0 nV against Lausanne, where he worked in the 95th minutes scored the decisive goal, before he could celebrate winning the championship in Switzerland after the round in 1984/85 for the first time. After the Cup Final 1986 - 1:3 defeat against Sion - he moved to Lake Neuchatel Xamax Neuchatel to. With coach Gilbert Gress the man from Sion won the title in his two years at Xamax twice, in 1987 and 1988. Thereafter, it moved the 27 -year-olds for two rounds to France for AS Saint- Etienne. As a returnee - he played from 1990/91 again for Sion - he immediately had great success behind the team from Hardturmstraße (Stadium ) (GC) was the veteran as runner-up in the championship round and won on 20 May 1991, the Cup final 3-2 goals against Young Boys Bern. However, the coronation took the championship win in the next round in 1991/92 before Xamax and GC. His fourth Cup success celebrated violinist on 5 June 1995 with a 4-2 win against GC. His playing career, he finished in 1997 after 494 games in the NLA.

National

On November 19, 1980, the 20 -year-old violinist celebrated his debut in the Swiss national football team. Coach Leon Walker appointed him for the World Cup qualifier against England. In London, the "Nati " lost with 1:2 goals and Walker lost to December 21, 1980 his post. The highlight for the captain of the national team under coach Roy Hodgson should be the successful qualification for the World Cup 1994 in the USA and the tournament itself. Libero violinist played in all three group matches against the United States, Romania and Colombia and retired with his teammates Stephane Chapuisat, Adrian Knup, Ciriaco Sforza and Alain Sutter on July 2, 1994 Washington in the second round after a 0-3 defeat against Spain out of the tournament from. The final game in the national team played a violinist with the European Football Championship in England in 1996. On June 8, he completed a 1-1 draw against England his 112th international game, ending his international career. Coach Artur Jorge relieved him in central defense by Stéphane Henchoz and Ramon Vega.

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