Thomas Bickel
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Thomas Bickel (born 6 October 1963) is chief scout for FC Zürich and a former Switzerland national football team midfielder.
He was capped 52 times including three games at the 1994 FIFA World Cup and scored five goals for the Switzerland national team between 1986 and 1995.[1]
Working mostly as an entrepreneur in gastronomy after his career, he returned to football for good in 2013 as head of scouting at FC Zürich where he had started his professional career as a player in 1985. From 2016 to 2020 he was part of the club management as head of the sport department. Subsequently he returned to his former role as head of scouting.[2]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | ||
| Biel-Bienne | 1984–85 | Nationalliga B | 29 | 6 |
| Zürich | 1985–86 | Nationalliga A | 30 | 3 |
| 1986–87 | 29 | 8 | ||
| 1987–88 | 33 | 8 | ||
| Total | 92 | 19 | ||
| Grasshopper Zürich | 1988–89 | 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 | ||
| Total | 198 | 24 | ||
| Vissel Kobe | 1995 | Football League | 25 | 6 |
| 1996 | 30 | 12 | ||
| 1997 | J1 League | 20 | 3 | |
| Total | 75 | 21 | ||
| Career total | 394 | 70 | ||
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 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
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- ↑ Thomas Bickel Statistics FIFA. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
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External links
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