Yves Kaiser (born 30 April 1998) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Solothurn.

Yves Kaiser
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-04-30) 30 April 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Solothurn, Switzerland
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Solothurn
Number 5
Youth career
2005–2010 Luterbach
2010–2013 Solothurn
2013–2018 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Basel U21 63 (4)
2018–2020 Basel 6 (0)
2020Schaffhausen (loan) 14 (0)
2020–2021 Xamax 13 (0)
2021– Solothurn 8 (0)
International career
2013 Switzerland U16 1 (0)
2017–2019 Switzerland U20 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2021

Club career

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Kaiser started his youth football by local club FC Luterbach, but moved to FC Solothurn as 12 year old. Three years later he moved to the youth academy of FC Basel and advanced through all stages. On 16 March 2018 Yves Kaiser, the captain of the U-21 team, signed his first professional contract with the club over a two year year period until the summer of 2020.[1] He then joined Basel's first team during their 2018–19 season under head coach Marcel Koller. Kaiser had already played 12 test games with team, as he made his professional debut for them on 24 July 2018 in the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase, but the match against Greek team PAOK ended in a 2–1 defeat.[2] Kaiser played his domestic league debut with the team in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 9 December as Basel won 2–0 against Zürich.[3]

Under trainer Marcel Koller Basel won the Swiss Cup in the 2018–19 season. In the first round Basel beat Montlingen 3–0, in the second round Echallens Région 7–2 and in the round of 16 Winterthur 1–0. In the quarter-finals Sion were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi-finals Zürich were defeated 3–1. All these games were played away from home. The final was held on the 19 May 2019 in the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern against Thun. Striker Albian Ajeti scored the first goal, Fabian Frei the second for Basel, then Dejan Sorgić netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel.[4] Kaiser played in one of these cup games.

On 3 January 2020, FC Basel confirmed that Kaiser had been loaned out to FC Schaffhausen for the rest of the 2019–20 season.[5] Following this loan period he returned to the club and played in another four test games. On 10 September 2020 Basel confirmed that Kaiser had transferred to Neuchâtel Xamax.[6]

During the 2020–21 season Kaiser played 13 league matches for Xamax and then he transferred back to his club of origin FC Solothurn.

Honours

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Basel

References

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  1. ^ FC Basel 1893 (16 March 2018). "Yves Kaiser unterscreibt Profivertrag beim FCB". Yves Kaiser signs professional contract with FCB (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 16 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ UEFA.com (24 July 2018). "PAOK FC - FC Basel 2:1 (1:0)". Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  3. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (9 December 2018). "FC Basel - FC Zürich 2:0 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  4. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (19 May 2019). "FC Basel - FC Thun 2:1 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  5. ^ FC Basel 1893 (3 January 2020). "Yves Kaiser wechselt leihweise-zum-FC Schaffhausen". Yves Kaiser is on loan to FC Schaffhausen (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 16 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ FC Basel 1893 (10 September 2020). "Yves Kaiser wechselt zu Xamax". Yves Kaiser moves to Xamax (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 16 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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