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{{short description|Swiss footballer (born 1977)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name= Benjamin Huggel
| image = Benjamin Huggel.JPG
| upright = 0.9
| full_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1977|7|7}}
| birth_place = [[Dornach]], Switzerland
| height = 1.90 m
| position = [[Defensive midfielder]]
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1987–1996
| youthclubs1 = FC Münchenstein
| youthyears2 = 1996–1998
| youthclubs2 = FC Arlesheim
| years1 = 1998–2005
| clubs1 = [[FC Basel|Basel]]
| caps1  = 153
| goals1 = 31
| years2 = 2005–2007
| clubs2 = [[Eintracht Frankfurt]]
| caps2  = 53
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2007–2012
| clubs3 = [[FC Basel|Basel]]
| caps3  = 144
| goals3 = 31
| totalcaps = 350
| totalgoals = 63
| nationalyears1 = 2003–2010
| nationalteam1 = [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]]
| nationalcaps1 = 41
| nationalgoals1 = 2
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'''Benjamin "Beni" Huggel''' (born 7 July 1977) is a Swiss former [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[defensive midfielder]] for [[FC Basel]] in the [[Swiss Super League]] and for [[Eintracht Frankfurt]] in the [[Bundesliga]].

He won a total of twelve titles with Basel, seven League Championships and five [[Swiss Cup]] titles. He played in four Swiss Cup Finals (he missed one due to an injury) and scored a goal in each Final. For Frankfurt he played in the [[2005–06 DFB-Pokal#Final|2006 DFB-Pokal Final]], but the team finished as runner-up. Huggel played 41 times as a [[Switzerland national football team|Swiss international]] scoring two goals, the second of which being the 1000th goal in the history of the Swiss national team.<ref name="fifa 2">{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/players/player=214477/profile.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123083825/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/players/player=214477/profile.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 January 2013 |year=2012 |title=Benjamin Huggel player profile |publisher=FIFA.com |access-date=30 July 2010 }}</ref> He was well known because of his height, his strength and for being a fearless fighter in the centre of the pitch. He now works for Basel as assistant trainer for the U-21 team.<ref name="fcb 10">{{cite web |date=30 March 2012 |title=Anschlussvertrag mit Trainerausbildung für Benjamin Huggel |trans-title=Follow-up contract with coach training for Benjamin Huggel. |url=http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/27698/26/7/7 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115213018/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/27698/26/7/7 |archive-date=15 January 2013 |access-date=2 July 2012 |publisher=FC Basel 1893 |language=de}}</ref>

==Early life==
Born in [[Dornach]], Huggel grew up and went to School in suburban [[Münchenstein]], ten minutes from Basel and close to the borders of France and Germany. He has a younger brother. Their parents are both teachers and his mother is a well known local politician. Huggel completed his [[apprenticeship]] as [[Gardener|Landscape Gardener]] before he became professional footballer.

==Club career==

===Early years and Basel===
Huggel began his youth football with local club FC Münchenstein and came through the ranks between 1987 and 1996. He was loaned out to FC Arlesheim for two years (the price of which was a match ball), before completing his move to [[FC Basel]] in 1998. In his first year in Basel, under Manager [[Guy Mathez]], he was solely a reserve player. Huggel made his debut for Basel on 6 December 1998, as he was transferred in during the 65th minute, in the 2–1 away win in the [[Wankdorf Stadium]] against [[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys]].<ref name="FCB 12">{{cite journal | last = Zindel | first = Josef | year = 2012 | title = Rotblau: FC Basel 1893, Das Magazin | journal = Rotblau | publisher = FC Basel Marketing AG | issn = 1660-0878 }}</ref> In the [[1998–99 Nationalliga A|1998–99 season]] he made just three short appearances as [[Substitute (association football)|substitute]] in the first team. But during the following year in the [[1999–2000 Nationalliga A]], under new Manager [[Christian Gross]], he advanced into the starting team and played 34 of the 36 league games, scoring four goals. He scored his first goal for the team on 15 August 1999 as Basel won 2–0 against [[FC Luzern|Luzern]] at home in the [[Stadion Schützenmatte|Schützenmatte Stadion]]. Huggel enjoyed his best campaign in 2000–01 when he scored eight goals in 29 league games from the centre of midfield.

Huggel was part of the side that won the [[Double (association football)|Double]] in the year 2002. But he missed the Cup Final due to an injury.<ref name="fcb 1">{{cite web |last=Weber |first=E. |date=12 May 2002 |title=FCB gewinnt auch den CH-Cup! |trans-title=FCB also wins the Swiss Cup! |url=http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/-/2853/27/7/7 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115212953/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/-/2853/27/7/7 |archive-date=15 January 2013 |access-date=2 July 2012 |publisher=FC Basel 1893 |language=de}}</ref> He first rose to international prominence with his displays for FC Basel during their [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] run in the [[2002–03 UEFA Champions League|2002–03]] season. A series of injuries had previously badly hampered his progress and the midfielder struggled in the face of stiff competition to win his way back into the side. However, he did play as Basel knocked [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] out of the Champions League in 2002. Basel finished second in the [[Swiss Super League]] that season and won the [[Swiss Cup]] after beating [[Neuchâtel Xamax]] 6–0 in the final, thus Huggel won his second Cup title. Huggel scored the first goal in that final.<ref name="fcb 2">{{cite web |last=Weber |first=E.2003 |date=11 May 2003 |title=FC Basel ist Cupsieger 2003!! |trans-title=FC Basel are 2003 Cup winners!! |url=http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/-/5318/27/7/7 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116030909/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/-/5318/27/7/7 |archive-date=16 January 2013 |access-date=2 July 2012 |publisher=FC Basel 1893 |language=de}}</ref>

During the following year, Huggel had another successful season, scoring eight times in 32 games during the [[2003–04 Swiss Super League|2003–04 League season]], as Basel won the [[Swiss Super League|Swiss title]] back from [[Grasshopper Club Zürich]]. Another year later Huggel won his third Championship title at the end of the [[2004–05 Swiss Super League|2004–05 season]].

===Eintracht Frankfurt===
In 2005, Huggel transferred to the newly promoted German club [[Eintracht Frankfurt]], in the [[Bundesliga]]. In that season he played 28 Bundesliga games and, with the team, he reached the [[2005–06 DFB-Pokal#Final|DFB-Pokal Final]] in the [[Olympic Stadium (Berlin)|Olympic Stadium]] ([[Berlin]]) against [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]], but this ended in a 0–1 defeat. On 5 May 2007, he scored his first (and only) Bundesliga goal, in his 51st League game for Frankfurt, in the match against [[Alemannia Aachen]]. In June 2007, Eintracht announced that Huggel was transferred back to his home club Basel, for an estimated fee of €400,000.<ref name="faz">{{cite web |date=25 June 2007 |title=Huggel kehrt nach Basel zurück |trans-title=Huggel returns to Basel. |url=https://www.faz.net/artikel/C30140/eintracht-frankfurt-huggel-kehrt-nach-basel-zurueck-30142307.html |access-date=25 June 2007 |publisher=Frankfurter Allgemeine |language=de}}</ref><ref name="fcb 3">{{cite web |last=FC Basel 1893 |date=25 June 2007 |title=FCB verpflichtet Benjamin Huggel |trans-title=FCB signs Benjamin Huggel. |url=http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID///18592/27/7/7 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622190140/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/10044/22370/16/7 |archive-date=22 June 2009 |access-date=2 July 2012 |publisher=FC Basel 1893 |language=de}}</ref>

===Return to Basel===
[[File:Scott Brown.jpg|thumb|right|170px|Huggel (left) in action for [[FC Basel|Basel]] against [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] in the [[Uhrencup]] in July 2007.]]
Following Huggels return to Basel for the [[2007–08 FC Basel season|2007–08 season]], he became a constant fixture in the centre of midfield in their domestic and European encounters. That year he won the [[2007–08 Swiss Super League|Swiss Super League]] for the fourth time and the [[Swiss Cup]] for a third. In the [[2007–08 Swiss Cup#Final|2008 cup final]] on 6 April 2008, he scored Basel's fourth goal as they beat [[AC Bellinzona]] 4–1.<ref name="fcb 4">{{cite web | last = Weber | first = Dominik | url = http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/-/20062/27/7/7 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130115212748/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/-/20062/27/7/7 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 15 January 2013 | title = FCB ZUM NEUNTEN MAL CUPSIEGER! | publisher = FC Basel 1893 | date = 6 April 2008 | language = de | access-date = 2 July 2012 }}</ref>

During Basel's [[2008–09 FC Basel season|2008–09 season]], Huggel showed his goal scoring qualities. Basel played their opening game of the season in [[Bern]] on 18 July 2008 against [[BSC Young Boys]], which they won 2–1. Basel's goals were scored by [[Marko Perović (footballer born 1984)|Marko Perović]] and Benjamin Huggel. Basel entered the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] in the Second Qualifying Round and were drawn against [[IFK Göteborg]] of the [[Allsvenskan]]. The first leg was on 30 July 2008 at [[Ullevi]] and finished 1–1. Huggel scored the Basel goal. The second leg was played on 6 August at [[St. Jakob-Park]]. Basel came from behind twice to win 4–2, Huggel scored the equaliser to 1–1, and Basel qualified for the [[UEFA Champions League]] Group Stages against [[FC Barcelona]], [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk]] and [[Sporting Clube de Portugal]]. In the League. despite remaining in first or second position for most of the season, Basel finished only in third position behind [[FC Zürich]] and [[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys]]. Huggel scored ten league goals that season, only second behind [[Scott Chipperfield]], who scored 12 times.

[[Thorsten Fink]] was appointed as Basel's new manager on 9 June 2009. Basel entered the [[2009–10 UEFA Europa League|Europa League]] in the second qualifying round playing against Andorrans [[FC Santa Coloma|Santa Colma]], against [[Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur|KR Reykjavík]] of Iceland in the third round, against [[FK Baku]] of Azerbaijan in the play-offs and they qualified for the Europa League group stage. FCB were then drawn into Group E alongside [[A.S. Roma]] ([[Serie A]]), [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] ([[Premier League]]) and [[PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia]] ([[Bulgarian A Professional Football Group]]). But they only finishing in third place. Huggel played all twelve Europa League matches. In domestic affairs Basel swept the board. Despite a poor start to the season they came back to win the title on the last day of the season in the match against favourites [[BSC Young Boys]] at the [[Stade de Suisse]]. Huggel played 32 League matches, scoring eleven goals. At the end of [[2009–10 FC Basel season|Basel's 2009–10 season]] Huggel also won the Swiss Cup and yet again he scored a goal in the [[2009–10 Swiss Cup#Final|cup final]] as they beat [[FC Lausanne-Sport|Lausanne-Sport]] 6–0. At the end of the season, the goal that Huggel scored in the 2–2 away draw on 28 October 2009 against [[FC Zürich|Zürich]] was voted "Best European Goal of the Season 2009–2010" on guardian.co.uk, where it was chosen by a massive lot of over 84%.<ref name="guardian 1">{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/football/poll/2010/may/22/european-goal-of-the-season | title = Vote for your European goal of the season | publisher = guardian.co.uk | access-date = 24 May 2010 | date = 24 May 2010}}</ref>

Huggel won his sixth league championship in 2011, playing 26 games and scoring three goals. Basel ended the [[2010–11 Swiss Super League]] only one point ahead of [[FC Zürich|Zürich]] winning the last game of the season 3–0 against [[FC Luzern|Luzern]] in front of 37,500 spectators in the sold-out [[St. Jakob-Park|St. Jakob-Park Stadium]]. Huggel missed that game due to a one match ban because he received his fourth yellow card of the season during the penultimate game away to [[FC St. Gallen]].

The following season turned out to be his last as professional [[Association football|footballer]] as he announced his retirement on 30 March 2012.<ref name="fcb 10" /> The [[2010–11 FC Basel season|2010–11 season]] was Basel's most successful season in the club's history. Huggel won his fourth [[Double (association football)|Double]], the [[2011–12 Swiss Super League|League]] Championship title<ref name="sfv 1">{{cite web |date=29 April 2012 |title=Jetzt hat Basel den Titel auf sicher |trans-title=Basel has secured the title now. |url=http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/27863/26/7/7 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016142727/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/27863/26/7/7 |archive-date=16 October 2013 |access-date=2 July 2012 |publisher=football.ch |language=de |df=dmy-all}}</ref> and the [[2011–12 Swiss Cup|Swiss Cup]]<ref name="sfv 2">{{cite web |year=2012 |title=Matchtelegram FC Basel 1893 5:3 FC Luzern |trans-title=Match report FC Basel 1893 5:3 FC Luzern |url=http://www.football.ch/sfv/chcup/de/telegramm.aspx?tg=1973921 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121204154542/http://www.football.ch/sfv/chcup/de/telegramm.aspx?tg=1973921 |archive-date=4 December 2012 |access-date=16 May 2012 |publisher=football.ch |language=de}}</ref> with the club. He played 23 league games scoring four goals. He played four of the six cup games, scoring an away goal against [[FC Schötz]] in the second round and a goal in the final. The final was played against [[FC Luzern|Luzern]] in the [[Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf|Stade de Suisse]], [[Bern]], and this goal meant that had scored a goal in each of the four Swiss Cup finals that he had played in. The game was drawn 1–1, but Basel won the title in a [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]].

Basel also played very impressive away games in the [[2011–12 UEFA Champions League]] and Huggel scored his first [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] goal on 2 November 2011, the equaliser, during a [[2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group C|group stage]] match away to [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]].<ref name="uefa 1">{{cite web | last = Brassell | first =Andy | url = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2007630--benfica-vs-basel/ | title = Basel's Huggel pegs back Benfica | publisher = [[UEFA]] | access-date = 2 July 2012 | date = 2 November 2011}}</ref> Thus Basel remained undefeated in the away games, winning against [[FC Oțelul Galați|Oțelul Galați]] and drawing against [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] and Benfica and they qualified for the knockout phase. In the [[2011–12 UEFA Champions League knockout phase|Round of 16]] they were drawn against [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]. Despite a 1–0 home win they lost the second leg in the [[Allianz Arena]] and were knocked out.

At the end of their [[2011–12 FC Basel season|2011–12 season]] Huggel retired from his active career and on 1 July 2012 became [[Coach (sport)|assistant]] to coach [[Carlos Bernegger]] of the U-21 team. Huggel's last professional match came on 23 May 2012 when he was substituted out in the 73rd minute. Between the years 1998 to 2005 and again from 2007 to 2012 Huggel played a total of 536 games for Basel scoring a total of 102 goals. 297 of these games were in the [[Swiss Super League]], 30 in the [[Swiss Cup]], 74 in the European competitions ([[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]], [[UEFA Europa League|Europa League]] and [[UEFA Intertoto Cup|UIC]]) and 135 were friendly games. He scored 62 goals in the domestic league, 9 in the cup, 8 in the European competitions and the other 23 were scored during the test games. Huggel won the Swiss championship seven times and the cup five times.<ref name="fcb-achiv-Beni Huggel">{{cite web | first = | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | authorlink = | year = 2012 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/spieler?command=detail&id=32 | title = Beni Huggel - FCB-Statistic | format = | work = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | accessdate = 16 November 2021}}</ref>

==International career==

Huggel had a tough introduction to international football on 20 August 2003 as the Swiss lost 2–0 against [[France national football team|France]]. He also appeared in Switzerland's final two matches during the [[Euro 2004]] qualification campaign – a 4–1 defeat against [[Russia National Football Team|Russia]] and 2–0 victory over the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]]. He appeared in all three of Switzerland's Euro 2004 matches. However, he was unable to prevent the Swiss having a disappointing tournament – they were eliminated at the group stage following defeats to France and [[England national football team|England]] and a draw with [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]]. However, Huggel did not start in any Switzerland's qualifying games for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]]. He also missed the tournament after receiving a six-game ban for kicking a Turkish coach [[Mehmet Özdilek]], after his nation's play-off victory over [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sanctions for incidents during Turkey v. Switzerland pronounced final |url=http://fifa.com/en/media/index/0,1369,118129,00.html |publisher=FIFA |access-date=9 November 2013 |date=6 September 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070504092254/http://www.fifa.com/en/media/index/0%2C1369%2C118129%2C00.html |archive-date=4 May 2007}}</ref> The [[FIFA]] Appeal Committee later reduced the ban to four matches.<ref>{{cite news | date=24 June 2006 | url=https://www.fifa.com/en/media/index/0,1369,118129,00.html | title=Reduced penalties for Turkish football association, Huggel and Belözoğlu | publisher=[[FIFA]] | access-date=16 February 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060906043205/http://fifa.com/en/media/index/0%2C1369%2C118129%2C00.html | archive-date=6 September 2006 | url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-06-26 |title=FIFA reduce Turkey ban to three matches |url=https://timesofmalta.com/article/fifa-reduce-turkey-ban-to-three-matches.49502 |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=Times of Malta |language=en-gb}}</ref> Huggel was included in the squad to play at [[Euro 2008]], but did not play a game. Huggel's second national goal was also the 1000th goal in the history of the Swiss national team.<ref name="fifa 2" /> He scored it, a header from a set piece, on 10 October 2009 against [[Luxembourg national football team|Luxembourg]] during the 3–0 away win in the [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2|2010 World Cup qualifier]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Contra |first=Cosmin |date=2023-02-01 |title=DF999 |url=https://df999play.online |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=df999play.online}}</ref><ref name="bbc 1">{{cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/groups_and_teams/team/switzerland/benjamin_huggel | year = 2010 | title = Benjamin Huggel Player Profile | publisher = BBC Sport | access-date = 2 July 2012 | archive-date = 13 July 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120713093129/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/groups_and_teams/team/switzerland/benjamin_huggel | url-status = dead }}</ref> Huggel was in the squad for the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]], he was in the starting eleven in all three games. But after they were eliminated during the [[2010 FIFA World Cup Group H|Group Stage]], he announced his international retirement.<ref name="fifa 1">{{cite web | url = https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1279541.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100803200431/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1279541.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 3 August 2010 | title = Huggel quits international game | publisher = FIFA.com | access-date = 30 July 2010 | date = 30 July 2010}}</ref> Huggel played 41 games for the national team, in which he scored two goals and was yellow carded only four times.

==Coaching career==
At the end of the 2011–2012 season Huggel retired from active professional football and started working as [[Coach (sport)|assistant manager]] for the [[FC Basel#Reserve team .28under-21.29|Basel U-21 team]] on 1 July 2012. He was also eligible to play for the U-21 team and he made his debut for the team on 8 September 2012 in the 3–1 away win against [[SC Young Fellows Juventus|Young Fellows Juventus]]. He also worked as a youth coach at the club, before becoming youth coach at [[FC Luzern]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |date=13 March 2015 |title=Benjamin Huggel verlässt den FC Luzern - geht er nun zu den Black Stars? |trans-title=Benjamin Huggel leaves FC Luzern - is he now going to the Black Stars? |url=https://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/sport/basel/benjamin-huggel-verlasst-den-fc-luzern-geht-er-nun-zu-den-black-stars-ld.1680029 |access-date=5 May 2024 |work=[[Luzerner Zeitung]] |language=de}}</ref> In May 2015, he was appointed head coach of [[FC Black Stars Basel]], before being dismissed against in February 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hoskyn |first1=Jonas |date=4 May 2018 |title=Ungerechtfertigt - Nach fristloser Entlassung: Beni Huggel holt seinen letzten Sieg als Trainer vor Bundesgericht |trans-title=Unjustified - After immediate dismissal: Beni Huggel secures his final victory as a coach before the Federal Supreme Court. |url=https://www.bzbasel.ch/sport/basel/nach-fristloser-entlassung-beni-huggel-holt-seinen-letzten-sieg-als-trainer-vor-bundesgericht-ld.1502175 |access-date=5 May 2024 |work=bz Basel |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Simonsen |first1=Leif |date=13 June 2018 |title=Tennis an der Birs - Nach Rauswurf bei den Black Stars: Schon wieder wird Beni Huggel geschasst |trans-title=Tennis on the Birs - After being kicked out by the Black Stars: Beni Huggel is sacked again. |url=https://www.tagblatt.ch/basel/baselland/nach-rauswurf-bei-den-black-stars-schon-wieder-wird-beni-huggel-geschasst-ld.1510917 |access-date=5 May 2024 |work=St. Galler Tagblatt |language=de}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
:''Scores and results lists Switzerland's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 11 February 2009 || [[Stade de Genève]], Geneva || {{fb|BUL}} || '''1'''–1 || 1–1 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 2. || 10 October 2009 || [[Stade Josy Barthel]], [[Luxembourg (city)|Luxembourg]] || {{fb|LUX}} || '''3'''–0 || 3–0 || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2|2010 World Cup qualifier]]
|-
|}

==Honours==
'''Basel'''
*[[Swiss Super League]]: [[2001–02 Nationalliga A|2001–02]], [[2003–04 Swiss Super League|2003–04]], [[2004–05 Swiss Super League|2004–05]], [[2007–08 Swiss Super League|2007–08]], [[2009–10 Swiss Super League|2009–10]], [[2010–11 Swiss Super League|2010–11]], [[2011–12 Swiss Super League|2011–12]]
*[[Swiss Cup]]: 2001–02, 2002–03, [[2007–08 Swiss Cup|2007–08]], [[2009–10 Swiss Cup|2009–10]], [[2011–12 Swiss Cup|2011–12]]

'''Eintracht Frankfurt'''
*[[DFB-Pokal]]: Runner-up [[2005–06 DFB-Pokal|2005–06]]

'''Individual'''
*[[Swiss Footballer of the Year|Credit Suisse Player of the Year]]: 2010
*''Guardian'' European Goal of the Season: 2009–10<ref name="guardian 1" />

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://archive.today/20130115195514/http://www.sfl.ch/de/Raiffeisen-Super-League/Klubs-Raiffeisen-Super-League/FC-Basel-1893/Kader-FC-Basel-1893/Portrait-FC-Basel-1893.aspx/tid-52457/p-307866 Profile at Swiss Football League Website] {{in lang|de}}
* {{Soccerway|benjamin-huggel/1803}}

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