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{{short description|Swiss footballer (born 1978)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Bernt Haas
| image = Bernt Haas.jpg
| upright = 0.8
| caption = Haas with [[FC St. Gallen|St. Gallen]] in 2007
| full_name = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1978|4|8}}
| birth_place = [[Vienna]], Austria
| height = 1.85 m
| position = [[Right-back]]
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = [[FC Freienbach]]
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 = [[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshopper Club]]
| years1 = 1994–2001
| clubs1 = [[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshopper Club]]
| caps1  = 165
| goals1 = 6
| years2 = 2001–2002
| clubs2 = [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]]
| caps2  = 27
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2002–2003
| clubs3 = → [[FC Basel]] (loan)
| caps3  = 22
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2003–2005
| clubs4 = [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]
| caps4  = 46
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2005
| clubs5 = → [[SC Bastia|Bastia]] (loan)
| caps5  = 4 
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2005–2006
| clubs6 = [[SC Bastia|Bastia]]
| caps6  = 12
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2006–2007
| clubs7 = [[1. FC Köln]]
| caps7  = 19
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2007–2009
| clubs8 = [[FC St. Gallen|St. Gallen]]
| caps8  = 1
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2009–2010
| clubs9 = [[FC St. Gallen|St. Gallen U-21]]
| caps9  = 2
| goals9 = 0
| totalcaps = 298
| totalgoals = 9
| nationalyears1 = 1996–2005
| nationalteam1  = [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]]
| nationalcaps1  = 36
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| manageryears1  = 2015–2018
| managerclubs1  = [[FC Vaduz|Vaduz]] (Director of football)
| manageryears2  = 2020–2022
| managerclubs2  = [[FC Schaffhausen|Schaffhausen]] (Sporting Director)
| manageryears3  = 2022–2024
| managerclubs3  = [[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshopper Club]] (Sporting Director)
| manageryears4  = 2025–
| managerclubs4  = [[FC Schaffhausen|Schaffhausen]] (Sporting Director)
}}

'''Bernt Haas''' ({{IPA|de-CH|bɛrnt haːs}}; born 8 April 1978) is a Swiss former professional [[association football|football]]er who played as a [[right-back]]. He is the [[sporting director]] of [[FC Schaffhausen]].

==Club career==
Haas was born in [[Vienna]], Austria. He played his early youth football with local club [[FC Freienbach]] before he moved to the youth department of [[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshoppers Zurich]]. Aged just 16 years he signed his first professional contract and advanced from the U-21 team to GC first team under head coach [[Christian Gross]] during the [[1994–95 Nationalliga A]] season. Haas played his debut on 31 May 1995 as GC won an away game 3–1 against [[FC Lausanne-Sport|Lausanne-Sport]]. At the end of the season he won the Swiss Championship. Haas play his Champions League debut on 1 November 1995 as GC played a goalless draw against [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]].<ref name="Uefa-CL-1995/96-GC-Ajax">{{cite web | last = uefa.com | author-link = | date =1 November 1995 | url = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/52151--grasshoppers-vs-ajax/ | title = Grasshoppers 0:0 Ajax | format = | publisher = [[UEFA]] | access-date = 16 November 2022}}</ref> Haas played with GC for seven seasons before moving to England to join [[Premier League]] club [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] in August 2001.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.safc.com/news.asp?article=54424&aindex=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011120223850/http://www.safc.com/news.asp?article=54424&aindex=1 |archive-date=20 November 2001 |title=Haas Deal Complete |website=SAFC.com |publisher=Sunderland Association Football Club |first=Nick |last=Alexander |date=3 August 2001 |access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref> Despite making 27 appearances for the club in 2001–02, he did not play for Sunderland during the following season and was loaned out to [[FC Basel]].

On 30 August 2002, it was announced that Haas had joined Basel's first team during their [[2002–03 FC Basel season|2002–03 season]] under head coach [[Christian Gross]], who in the meantime had moved on.<ref name="fcb2">{{cite web | last = Weber | first = Dominik | year = 2002 | url = http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/-/3436/27/7/7 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130219192646/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/-/3436/27/7/7 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 19 February 2013 | title = Bernt Haas leihweise bis 2003 zum FC Basel | publisher = FC Basel 1893 | access-date = 30 August 2002 | language = de }}</ref> Haas played his [[Swiss Super League|domestic league]] debut for the club in the home game in the [[St. Jakob-Park]] on 11 September 2002 as Basel won 7–1 against [[FC Wil|Wil]].<ref name="fcb-achiv-">{{cite web | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | author-link = | date = 11 September 2002 | url =  https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=11138| title = FC Basel - FC Wil 1900 7:1 (3:1) | format = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | access-date = 16 November 2022}}</ref> Basel advanced to the [[2002–03 UEFA Champions League first group stage|group stage]] and they ended this in second position behind [[Valencia CF|Valencia]], but ahead of [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] and [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] to advance to the [[2002–03 UEFA Champions League second group stage|second group stage]]. They ended this in third position behind [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] and [[Juventus FC|Juventus]], but ahead of [[Deportivo de La Coruña|Deportivo La Coruña]].<ref name="swissinfo.ch-2003-03-18-Basel bow out of Europe – for now">{{cite web | first = Mark | last = Ledsom | date = 18 March 2003 | url = https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/basel-bow-out-of-europe---for-now/3220794 | title = Basel bow out of Europe – for now | publisher = swissinfo.ch | access-date = 16 November 2020}}</ref> Haas scored his first goal for the club on 8 March 2003 in the home game as Basel won 2–0 against [[Servette FC|Servette]].<ref name="fcb-achiv-2002/03-F-FCBServette">{{cite web | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | author-link = | date = 8 March 2003 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=11187 | title = FC Basel - Servette FC 2:0 (1:0) | format = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | access-date = 16 November 2022}}</ref> 

Although Basel had a buy out option in the loan contract, Hass decided he wanted to return to England. During his 10 months with the club he played a total of 43 games for Basel scoring that one goal. 22 of these games were in the [[Swiss Super League]], four in the [[Swiss Cup]], 11 in the Champions League and six were friendly games.<ref name="fcb-achiv-Bernt Haas">{{cite web | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | authorlink = | year = 2010 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/spieler?command=detail&id=986 | title = Bernt Haas - FCB statistics | format = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | accessdate = 16 November 2022}}</ref>

Haas joined [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]] in 2003,<ref>{{cite news |title=Baggies seal Haas deal |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/3058863.stm |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |date=14 July 2003 |access-date=26 April 2007 }}</ref> and was a regular at right-back as Albion were promoted back to the Premier League. He scored with a superb volley in the 2–0 League Cup win against [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Baggies bounce Man Utd out |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/3246994.stm |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=3 December 2003 |access-date=2 September 2009 }}</ref> having already scored in an earlier round against Brentford.<ref>{{cite web |title=West Brom 4–0 Brentford |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/3133189.stm |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=12 August 2003 |access-date=4 November 2009 }}</ref> He also scored once in the league against Crewe.<ref>{{cite web |title=West Brom 2–2 Crewe |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/3296545.stm |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=13 December 2003 |access-date=2 September 2009 }}</ref> However, he found his chances limited in the top-flight, and left the club by mutual consent on 21 January 2005.<ref>{{cite news |title=Haas parts company with West Brom |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/4164543.stm |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |date=21 January 2005 |access-date=26 April 2007 }}</ref> The following day he signed for [[SC Bastia]] in France, whom he played for prior to joining [[1. FC Köln]]. 

After just one season at Cologne, he joined [[Swiss Super League]] club [[FC St. Gallen]] in 2007. But injuries obstructed his progress. The career of the strong right-back ended in some doctor's room in St. Gallen. Cartilage damage and osteoarthritis in the knee.<ref name="BaZ-2016-Haas-Spieler Spielerberater Sportchef">{{cite web | first = Marcel | last = Rohr | author-link = | date = 23 April 2016 | url = https://www.joggeli.ch/presseschau?id=34478-Spieler_Spielerberater_Sportchef | title = Spieler Spielerberater Sportchef | format = | trans-title = Player, Player Advisor, Head of Sport | publisher = Basler Zeitung | language = de | access-date = 16 November 2022}}</ref>

==International career==
Haas played for the [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland national team]] at [[UEFA Euro 2004|Euro 2004]] and was sent off in the match against [[England national football team|England]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/jun/17england.htm | title = Rooney nets twice in England's 3-0 win | work = rediff.com | date = 18 June 2004 | first = Trevor | last = Huggins | access-date = 6 July 2012}}</ref>

==Post-retirement==
Following his retirement in 2010, Haas decided to go self-employed and became a player consultant. He functioned as director of football for [[Liechtenstein]]er club [[FC Vaduz]] from 2015 until 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/superleague/ex-nati-star-uebernimmt-bei-den-hoppers-bernt-haas-wird-neuer-gc-sportchef-id17624245.html |title=Bernt Haas wird neuer GC-Sportchef|publisher=[[Blick]] |date=1 July 2022 |access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref> He remained living in Wollerau and commuted the 40 minutes by car to the Principality.<ref name="BaZ-2016-Haas-Spieler Spielerberater Sportchef" />

Between 2020 and 2022, he functioned as Sporting Director at [[Swiss Challenge League]] side [[FC Schaffhausen]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://schaffhausen24.ch/articles/140392-bernt-haas-wird-sportchef-bei-gc |title=Bernt Haas wird Sportchef bei GC |publisher=schaffhausen24.ch |date=1 July 2022 |access-date=7 January 2022 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> On 7 September 2023, he was fined 2,000 {{CHF}} for his role in Schaffhausen fielding ineligible players during the [[2021–22 Swiss Challenge League|2021–22 season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shn.ch/region/kanton/2023-09-07/zwei-fcs-spieler-sind-ohne-arbeitsbewilligung-angetreten-der-club-muss |title=Zwei FCS-Spieler sind ohne Arbeitsbewilligung angetreten - Der Club muss eine Geldstrafe bezahlenpay|publisher=Schaffhauser Nachrichten|date=9 July 2023 |access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/challengeleague/zwei-funktionaere-gebuesst-schaffhausen-setzte-spieler-ohne-bewilligung-ein-id18923216.html |title=Schaffhausen setzte Spieler ohne Bewilligung ein|publisher=[[Blick]] |date=9 July 2023 |access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref> That season's top scorer [[Joaquín Ardaiz]] and his fellow Uruguayan [[Agustín González (footballer, born 1997)|Agustín González]] had made appearances in 21 games without a valid work permit. 

On 1 July 2022, he was appointed sporting director of his former club [[Grasshopper Club Zürich]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/news/article/bernt-haas-appointed-new-sporting-director-of-gc-zurich/ |title=BERNT HAAS APPOINTED NEW SPORTING DIRECTOR OF GC ZURICH |publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich |date=1 July 2022 |access-date=7 January 2022 |archive-date=1 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701150039/https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/news/article/bernt-haas-appointed-new-sporting-director-of-gc-zurich/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was dismissed from this position on 27 March 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/17/gc-zurich-appoints-stephan-schwarz-as-sports-director/|title=GC ZURICH APPOINTS STEPHAN SCHWARZ AS SPORTS DIRECTOR|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|date=27 March 2024|access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref>

On 3 March 2025, he returned to the sporting director position at Schaffhausen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fcschaffhausen.ch/2025/03/03/bernt-haas-kehrt-zurueck/|title=Bernt Haas kehrt zurück|publisher=FC Schaffhausen|date=3 March 2025|access-date=3 March 2025}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He has a twin sister named Dina, once a talented sports photographer and well known in the football business.<ref name="BaZ-2016-Haas-Spieler Spielerberater Sportchef" />

Haas once worked as a model for [[Armani]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shaw |first1=Phil |title=Haas claims underdog tag will aid Swiss |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/haas-claims-underdog-tag-will-aid-swiss-731650.html |access-date=11 March 2020 |work=The Independent |date=10 June 2004}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.level-k.com/player/B_Haas.htm | title = Bernt HAAS | publisher = level-k.com | access-date = 6 July 2012}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National cup
!colspan="2"|League cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshoppers]]
|[[1994–95 Nationalliga A|1994–95]]
|rowspan="7"|[[Swiss Super League]]
|2||0||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[1995–96 Nationalliga A|1995–96]]
|20||0||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[1996–97 Nationalliga A|1996–97]]
|29||1||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[1997–98 Nationalliga A|1997–98]]
|27||2||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[1998–99 Nationalliga A|1998–99]]
|28||1||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[1999–2000 Nationalliga A|1999–2000]]
|16||1||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[2000–01 Nationalliga A|2000–01]]
|25||1||||||||||||||||
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!147!!6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]]
|[[2001–02 Premier League|2001–02]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|16278|2001}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|[[Premier League]]
|27||0||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||29||0
|-
|[[2002–03 Premier League|2002–03]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|16278|2002}}</ref>
|0||0||||||||||||||||
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!27!!0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|-
|[[FC Basel|Basel]]
|[[2002–03 Nationalliga A|2002–03]]
|Swiss Super League
|22||1||||||||||||||||
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]
|[[2003–04 Football League|2003–04]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|16278|2003}}</ref>
|[[Football League First Division|First Division]]
|36||1||1||0||5||2||colspan="2"|–||42||3
|-
|[[2004–05 Premier League|2004–05]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|16278|2004}}</ref>
|Premier League
|10||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||10||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!46!!1!!1!!0!!5!!2!!0!!0!!52!!3
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[SC Bastia|Bastia]]
|[[2004–05 Ligue 1|2004–05]]
|[[Ligue 1]]
|4||0||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[2005–06 Ligue 2|2005–06]]
|[[Ligue 2]]
|12||1||||||||||||||||
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!15!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|-
|[[1. FC Köln]]
|[[2006–07 2. Bundesliga|2006–07]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Bernt Haas » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe10610/bernt-haas/club-matches/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=4 April 2025}}</ref>
|[[2. Bundesliga]]
|19||0||3||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||22||0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[FC St. Gallen|St. Gallen]]
|[[2007–08 Swiss Super League|2007–08]]
|Super League
|1||0||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[2008–09 Swiss Challenge League|2008–09]]
|[[Swiss Challenge League]]
|0||0||||||||||||||||
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!1!!0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!277!!9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{NFT player|6429|access-date=6 August 2025}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="9"|[[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]]
|1996||1||0
|-
|1998||3||0
|-
|1999||3||1
|-
|2000||2||0
|-
|2001||2||0
|-
|2002||7||0
|-
|2003||6||2
|-
|2004||11||0
|-
|2005||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!36!!3
|}

:''Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Haas goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Bernt Haas
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1
|{{dts|28 April 1999}}
|[[Olympic Stadium (Athens)|Spyros Louis Stadium]], [[Athens]], Greece
|{{fb|Greece}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|style="text-align:center"|1–1
|[[Friendly  (association football)|Friendly]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Greece vs. Switzerland|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/24656/Greece_Switzerland.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=6 August 2025}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2
|{{dts|12 February 2003}}
|[[Nova Gorica Sports Park]], [[Nova Gorica]], Slovenia
|{{fb|Slovenia}}
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|style="text-align:center"|5–1
|Friendly
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Slovenia vs. Switzerland|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/18949/Slovenia_Switzerland.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=6 August 2025}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|3
|{{dts|11 June 2003}}
|[[Stade de Genève]], [[Lancy]], Switzerland
|{{fb|Albania}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|style="text-align:center"|3–2
|[[UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Switzerland vs. Austria|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/1134/Switzerland_Albania.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=6 August 2025}}</ref>
|}

==Honours==
'''Grasshoppers'''
*[[Swiss Super League|Swiss Championship]]: [[1994–95 Nationalliga A|1994–95]], [[1995–96 Nationalliga A|1995–96]], [[1997–98 Nationalliga A|1997–98]], [[Swiss Football League 2000–01|2000–01]]

'''FC Basel'''
*[[Swiss Cup]]: 2003

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Sources==
* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. {{ISBN|978-3-7245-2305-5}}
* [https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/home Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage]

==External links==
*{{Soccerbase}}

{{Switzerland squad UEFA Euro 2004}}

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