André Muff


André Muff is a former Swiss footballer. He last played for FC Concordia Basel. He has also appeared in the squad four times for the Switzerland national football team, but played only twice. On 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 on a four-year contract in 2000. After one year in Basel, Muff was aggressively loaned in 2001 to FC Lucerne and AC Lugano, before he returned to Basel. He was again on loan for the year 2002 to FC Lucerne and then loaned to FC Zürich in 2003.
When his FC Basel contract expired over summer 2004, Grasshopper Club Zürich signed Muff for €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 in the 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship wearing the number 21 shirt.
Muff made 2 appearances on the national team from 2000 to 2005: a friendly match against Tunisia in 2000, as an unused sub in a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Luxembourg, a friendly match against Northern Ireland in 2004 and as an unused sub in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification match against France.