André Muff

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Personal information
André Muff

Full name	André Muff
Date of birth	28 January 1981
Place of birth	, Switzerland
Height	1.87 meters
Nickname	Michael Muff
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Grasshopper-Club Zürich
Number	9
Youth clubs
1997-1999	Grasshopper-Club Zürich
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999 2000 2001 2001 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005	Grasshopper Zürich FC Basel FC Lucerne (loan) AC Lugano (loan) FC Basel FC Lucerne (loan) FC Zürich (loan) Grasshopper Zürich Grasshopper Zürich	7 (4) 15 (3) 6 (3) 13 (0) 1 (0) 30 (16) 17 (8) 21 (6) 6 (1)
National team²
2002–2004 2005	Switzerland under-21 Switzerland	27 (8) 4 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 July 2006^[1]. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 20 July 2006^[2]. * Appearances (Goals)

André Muff (born 28 January 1981) is a Swiss footballer. He currently plays for Grasshopper-Club Zürich where he wears the number 9 shirt and has appeared in four matches for the Switzerland national football team.

[edit] Club career

Muff began in the youth program of Grasshopper-Club Zürich in 1997, and was transferred to FC Basel on a four year contract in 2000. After one year in Basel, Muff was aggressively loaned in 2001 to FC Lucerne and AC Lugano, and then back to FC Basel. He was again on loan for the length of 2002 to FC Lucerne and then loaned to FC Zürich in 2003.

When his FC Basel contract expired over summer 2004, Grasshopper-Club Zürich signed Muff for €1 million^[3], bringing him back to the club where his career began.

[edit] National team

While on loan to FC Lucerne, Muff played on the host Switzerland national under-21 football team in the 2002 European Under-21 Football Championship wearing the number 21 shirt.

Muff made four appearances on the national team from 2000 to 2005: a friendly match against Tunisia in 2000, as an unused sub in a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Luxembourg, a friendly match against Northern Ireland in 2004 and as an unused sub in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification match against France^[4].