André Muff is a former Swiss

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 footballer

Football (soccer)

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. He last played for FC Concordia Basel

FC Concordia Basel

FC Concordia Basel is a Swiss football club based in Basel. The club was founded in 1907. They play in the 2nd regional league which is the fifth level, and their home stadium is Rankhof Stadium....

. He has also appeared in the squad four times for the Switzerland national football team

Switzerland national football team

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, but played only twice. On the 18 June 2009 he retired from professional football due to his reoccurring injuries.

Club career

Muff began in the youth program of Grasshopper-Club Zürich in 1997, and was transferred to FC Basel

FC Basel

Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel is a Swiss football club based in Basel. They are one of the most successful clubs in Swiss football, having won the Swiss Super League 14 times, the third most for any Swiss club. They were most successful in the late 1960s and 1970s, winning the...

 on a four year contract in 2000. After one year in Basel

Basel

Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...

, Muff was aggressively loaned in 2001 to FC Lucerne

FC Lucerne

FC Luzern is a Swiss football club, founded in 1901. The club colors are blue and white, derived from the Canton of Lucerne and the City of Lucerne coats of arms.- History :...

 and AC Lugano, and then back to FC Basel. He was again on loan for the length of 2002 to FC Lucerne and then loaned to FC Zürich

Fussballclub Zürich

Fussballclub Zürich, commonly abbreviated to just FC Zürich, is a Swiss football club from the city of Zürich. The club was founded in 1896 and have won the Swiss Super League 12 times and the Swiss Cup 7 times. The club won the 2009 Swiss Super League and last won the Swiss Cup in 2005...

 in 2003.

When his FC Basel contract expired over summer 2004, Grasshopper-Club Zürich signed Muff for €

Euro

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1 million, bringing him back to the club where his career began.

National team

While on loan to FC Lucerne, Muff played on the host Switzerland national under-21 football team

Switzerland national under-21 football team

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 in the 2002 European Under-21 Football Championship wearing the number 21 shirt.

Muff made 2 appearances on the national team from 2000 to 2005: a friendly match against Tunisia

Tunisia national football team

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 in 2000, as an unused sub in a 2002 FIFA World Cup

2002 FIFA World Cup

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 qualification match against Luxembourg

Luxembourg national football team

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, a friendly match against Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland national football team

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 in 2004 and as an unused sub in a 2006 FIFA World Cup

2006 FIFA World Cup

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 qualification match against France

France national football team

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