Thomas Bickel

Thomas Bickel
Personal information

Full name	Thomas Bickel
Date of birth	(1963-10-06) October 6, 1963
Place of birth	Aarberg, Switzerland
Height	1.84 m (6 ft ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder (retired)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1984-1985	Biel-Bienne
1985-1988	Zürich
1988-1995	Grasshopper Zürich
1995-1997	Vissel Kobe
National team
1986-1995	Switzerland	52	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Thomas Bickel (born 6 October 1963 in Aarberg) is a retired Swiss football midfielder.

He was capped 52 times and scored 5 goals for the Swiss national team between 1986 and 1995, including three games at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.^[1]

Club career statistics

Club performance			League
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals
Switzerland			League
1984/85	Biel-Bienne	Nationalliga B	29	6
1985/86	Zürich	Nationalliga A	30	3
1986/87			29	8
1987/88			33	8
1988/89	Grasshopper Zürich	Nationalliga A	24	2
1989/90			30	2
1990/91			33	1
1991/92			31	7
1992/93			32	3
1993/94			29	7
1994/95			19	2
Japan			League
1995	Vissel Kobe	Football League	25	6
1996		Football League	30	12
1997		J. League 1	20	3
Country	Switzerland		319	49
Country	Japan		75	21
Total			394	70

International career statistics

Switzerland national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1986	5	1
1987	6	0
1988	5	0
1989	1	0
1990	4	1
1991	7	0
1992	5	1
1993	3	0
1994	11	2
1995	5	0
Total	52	5

References

↑ Thomas Bickel Statistics FIFA. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
↑ Thomas Bickel at National-Football-Teams.com

Swiss Footballer of the Year

Previous winners	1972–73: Karl Odermatt 1973–74: verilmedi 1974–75: Umberto Barberis 1975–76: Köbi Kuhn 1976–77: Hansjörg Pfister 1977–78: Rudolf Elsener 1978–79: Umberto Barberis 1979–80: Umberto Barberis 1980–81: Heinz Lüdi 1981–82: Claudio Sulser 1982–83: Lucien Favre 1983–84: Heinz Hermann 1984–85: Heinz Hermann / Rolf Osterwalder 1985–86: Heinz Hermann 1986–87: Heinz Hermann 1987–88: Heinz Hermann 1988–89: Peter Nadig 1989–90: André Egli 1990–91: Adrian Knup 1991–92: Jean-Paul Brigger 1992–93: Ciriaco Sforza 1993–94: Thomas Bickel 1994–95: Nestor Subiat 1995–96: Kubilay Türkyilmaz 1996–97: Kubilay Türkyilmaz 1997–98: Kubilay Türkyilmaz

Foreigner of the Year	1974–75: Ilija Katić 1975–76: Ilija Katić 1976–77: Eigil Nielsen 1977–78: Martin Chivers 1978–79: Jurica Jerković 1979–80: Piet Hamberg 1980–81: Robert Kok 1981–82: Jurica Jerković 1982–83: Jurica Jerković 1983–84: Raúl Nogués 1984–85: Charly Herberth 1985–86: Lars Lunde 1986–87: Robert Prytz 1987–88: John Eriksen 1988–89: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 1989–90: Iván Zamorano 1990–91: Edwin Gorter 1991–92: Igor Dobrovolski 1992–93: Sonny Anderson 1993–94: Élber 1994–95: Petar Aleksandrov 1995–96: Viorel Moldovan 1996–97: Viorel Moldovan 1997–98: Shabani Nonda

Switzerland squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup

1 Pascolo 2 Hottiger 3 Quentin 4 Herr 5 Geiger (c) 6 Bregy 7 Sutter 8 Ohrel 9 Knup 10 Sforza 11 Chapuisat 12 Lehmann 13 Egli 14 Subiat 15 Grassi 16 Bickel 17 Fournier 18 Rueda 19 Studer 20 Sylvestre 21 Wyss 22 Brunner Coach: Hodgson