Marc Hottiger is a retired
SwissSwitzerland 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....
football defender.
He was capped 63 times and scored 5 goals for the
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between 1989 and 1996. He was in the Swiss squad at the
1994 FIFA World CupThe 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in nine cities across the United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988...
, playing all four games, as well as the 1996 UEFA European Championship.
After starting his club career in his native Switzerland, he headed for
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on 1 August 1994 to sign for Premier League side Newcastle United in a £525,000 deal. He was their first choice right-back in the
1994-95 season-Premiership:Blackburn Rovers ended their 81-year wait for the league title thanks to the strike partnership of Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton which scored a total of more than 50 league goals. Manchester United would have made it three league titles in a row if they had been able to turn a 1-1 draw...
, during which he memorably scored a 25-yard goal in a victory over
Blackburn RoversBlackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
in the
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third round. However, manager
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signed right-back
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from
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the following summer and Hottiger lost his place in the first team for the
1995-96 season- Premiership :Newcastle United were 12 points clear at the top of Manchester United, but Alex Ferguson's relatively young and inexperienced side overhauled them during the second half of the season to win the title....
.
On 19 January 1996, he agreed terms with
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for a £700,000 transfer, but had difficulty obtaining a work permit, which was finally granted on 9 March 1996 when his long wait to become an Everton player ended. However, he only made limited appearances for Everton and left in June 1997 to sign for his hometown club Lausanne in a £25,000 deal. He then moved back to FC Sion in 1999 and remained there until the end of his playing career in 2002.
Career statistics
| Season |
Club |
Country |
Matches |
Goals
|
| 1988/89 | Lausanne Sports |  Switzerland | 20 | 3
|
| 1989/90 | Lausanne Sports | Switzerland | 35 | 1
|
| 1990/91 | Lausanne Sports | Switzerland | 33 | 1
|
| 1991/92 | Lausanne Sports | Switzerland | 35 | 0
|
| 1992/93 | FC SionFC Sion is a Swiss football team from the city of Sion. The club was founded in 1909, and play their home games at the Stade Tourbillon. They have won the Swiss Super League twice, and the Swiss Cup in each of their twelve appearances in the final, the most recent being in 2011.The first team also...
| Switzerland | 32 | 7
|
| 1993/94 | FC SionFC Sion is a Swiss football team from the city of Sion. The club was founded in 1909, and play their home games at the Stade Tourbillon. They have won the Swiss Super League twice, and the Swiss Cup in each of their twelve appearances in the final, the most recent being in 2011.The first team also...
| Switzerland | 35 | 6
|
| 1994/95 | Newcastle United F.C.Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
|  Kingdom of England | 38 | 1
|
| 1995/96 | Newcastle United F.C.Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
| Kingdom of England | 1 | 0
|
| Everton F.C.Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
| Kingdom of England | 9 | 1
|
| 1996/97 | Everton F.C.Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
| Kingdom of England | 8 | 0
|
| 1997/98 | Lausanne Sports | Switzerland | 29 | 0
|
| 1998/99 | Lausanne Sports | Switzerland | 16 | 1
|
| 1999/00 | FC SionFC Sion is a Swiss football team from the city of Sion. The club was founded in 1909, and play their home games at the Stade Tourbillon. They have won the Swiss Super League twice, and the Swiss Cup in each of their twelve appearances in the final, the most recent being in 2011.The first team also...
| Switzerland | 14 | 0
|
| 2000/01 | FC SionFC Sion is a Swiss football team from the city of Sion. The club was founded in 1909, and play their home games at the Stade Tourbillon. They have won the Swiss Super League twice, and the Swiss Cup in each of their twelve appearances in the final, the most recent being in 2011.The first team also...
| Switzerland | 33 | 1
|
| 2001/02 | FC SionFC Sion is a Swiss football team from the city of Sion. The club was founded in 1909, and play their home games at the Stade Tourbillon. They have won the Swiss Super League twice, and the Swiss Cup in each of their twelve appearances in the final, the most recent being in 2011.The first team also...
| Switzerland | 35 | 0
|
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