Heinz Blumer


Heinz Blumer is a retired Swiss footballer who played in the 1960s and 70s. He played mainly in the position as defender, but also as midfielder.

Football career

Basel

Blumer played in the youth teams of FC Basel and advanced to their first team in 1961. Between the years 1961 and 1965 he played a total of 135 games for Basel scoring a total of 56 goals. 72 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 15 games were in the Swiss Cup, 14 were international games and 34 were friendly games. He scored 30 goal in the domestic league, 8 in the Cup, 3 international and the other 15 were scored during the test games.
In his first season for Basel Blumer played 16 league games, scoring six goals. In his league debut on 20 April 1962 he scored the first two goals as Basel won 4–2 in the home game at the Landhof against Biel-Bienne. In his second season he played 22 of the 26 league games scoring 16 times, thus was the team's league top scorer. In the final of the Swiss Cup on 15 April 1963, Blumer scored the first goal as Basel won the Cup with a 2–0 win.
In his third season Blumer played 23 domestic league games scoring five times. In the 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup first round Basel were matched against Celtic but lost 1–10 on aggregate. Blumer scored the only Basel goal. In the following season Blumer played the first half of the season, in 11 games he scored three goals.

Chiasso

In the second half of the season Blumer moved to Chiasso, playing 14 games and scoring 3 goals. But he could not stop Chiasso being relegated at the end of the season.

Lugano, Lausanne, Lugano

Blumer moved on to Lugano, where he played for two seasons. He played for Lausanne-Sport in the 1967–68 season, returning to Lugano for another two years.

Mendrisio

In 1970 Blumer transferred to Mendrisio and stayed there 8 years before retiring from his football career.

Honours and Titles

Basel