Wilfried Fritz (born 4 June 1940) is a German former footballer who played for FC Basel in the early 1960s. He played mainly in the position of striker, but also as midfielder.

Wilfried Fritz
Personal information
Full name Wilfried Fritz
Date of birth (1940-06-04) 4 June 1940 (age 84)
Place of birth Germany
Position(s) Midfielder, Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1963 FC Basel 22 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fritz joined Basel's first team for their 1961–62 season under manager Jiří Sobotka. Fritz played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game on 27 August 1961 as Basel played against Lausanne-Sport.[1] He scored his first goal for his club on 10 September in the away game against Grasshopper Club. In fact he scored two goals in that game, but he could not save Basel from a 3–4 defeat.[2]

Fritz played two seasons for Basel. Between the years 1961 and 1963 he played a total of 32 games for them scoring a total of eight goals. 22 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, four in the Swiss Cup, one in the International Football Cup and five were friendly games. He scored six goals in the domestic league and the other two were scored during the test games.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "FC Lausanne-Sport - FC Basel 6:1 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Grasshopper Club - FC Basel 4:3 (1:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Wilfried Fritz - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.

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