Yves Kaiser (born 30 April 1998) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Solothurn.
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1998-04-30) 30 April 1998 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Solothurn, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Solothurn | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2010 | Luterbach | ||
2010–2013 | Solothurn | ||
2013–2018 | Basel | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2019 | Basel U21 | 63 | (4) |
2018–2020 | Basel | 6 | (0) |
2020 | → Schaffhausen (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Xamax | 13 | (0) |
2021– | Solothurn | 8 | (0) |
National team | |||
2013 | Switzerland U16 | 1 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Switzerland U20 | 10 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2021 |
A youth product of FC Basel and captain of their youth teams, Kaiser signed his first professional contract on 16 March 2018.[1] He made his professional debut for Basel in a 2–1 UEFA Champions League qualifying loss to PAOK FC on 24 July 2018.[2]
Under trainer Marcel Koller Basel won the Swiss Cup in the 2018–19 season. In the first round Basel beat Montlingen 3–0, in the second round Echallens Région 7–2 and in the round of 16 Winterthur 1–0. In the quarter finals Sion were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi finals Zürich were defeated 3–1. All these games were played away from home. The final was held on the 19 May 2019 in the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern against Thun. Striker Albian Ajeti scored the first goal, Fabian Frei the second for Basel, then Dejan Sorgić netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel.[3] Kaiser played in one cup game.
On 3 January 2020 FC Basel confirmed that Kaiser had been loaned out to FC Schaffhausen for the rest of the 2019–20 season.[4]
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