Adrian Knup
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| Adrian Knup | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adrian Knup | |
| Date of birth | July 2, 1968 | |
| Place of birth |  Liestal, Switzerland |
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| Playing position | Striker | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1986-1988 1988-1989 1989-1992 1992-1994 1994-1996 1996 1996-1998 |
FC Basel FC Aarau FC Lucerne VfB Stuttgart Karlsruher SC Galatasaray SK FC Basel |
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| National team2 | ||
| 1989-1996 | Switzerland | 49 (26) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Adrian Knup (born 2 July 1968 in Liestal) is a retired Swiss football striker.
He was capped 49 times and scored 26 goals for the Swiss national team between 1989 and 1996, including three games at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
[edit] Football Career
Knup was a typical No. 9 and was famed for the power he could get behind his headers. He started his career at FC Basel in 1986 and joined FC Aarau in 1988. He spent only one season at Aarau and signed for FC Lucerne in 1989 where he was an immediate success. In 1990 he was voted Lucerne's Player of the Year. He was then signed by German Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart in 1992 where he played until 1994 when he signed for Karlsruher SC. He reached the cup final with Karlsruher in 1996 but they were beaten 1-0 by 1.FC Kaiserslautern. He then had a short spell with Galatasaray SK in Turkey before returning to Basel and retiring in 1998.
He played for the Switzerland national football team between 1989 and 1996. He scored 26 goals in 49 games. Two of his goals came against Romania in a 4-1 win at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the USA.
[edit] Clubs
- 1986-1988: FC Basel
- 1988-1989: FC Aarau
- 1989-1992: FC Lucerne
- 1992-1994:
VfB Stuttgart - 1994-1996: Karlsruher SC
- 1996:
Galatasaray SK - 1996-1998: FC Basel
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