Liam Scott Chipperfield (born 14 February 2004) is a Swiss professional

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who plays as a winger for

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in the

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Club career

FC Basel

Chipperfield started his youth football with Basel in 2013. He went through all the junior levels before advancing to their U-18 team in July 2019. In the 2020–21 U-18 Elite League Chipperfield played eight games scoring five goals leading the team to the table top. He advanced to their first team during their 2020–21 season under head coach

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. Chipperfield made his match debut in the test match against FC Schaffhausen in mid-November 2020. The youngster scored the first goal of the match as they took an early lead in the 4–0 win. On 4 December 2020, FC Basel announced that Chipperfield had signed his first professional contract with the club. With the professional contract Chipperfield advanced to Basel's U-21 team and in his first five games scored three goals, two of which were in the game against

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on 13 September 2021. Chipperfield made his first-team debut on 19 September in the second round of the

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as Basel won 3–0 in the match against FC Rorschach-Goldach 17. He scored his first goal for the first team on 13 March 2022 in a 2-0 win against

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FC Sion

On 17 July 2023, he departed Basel to join freshly relegated

in the

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, despite having a contract until November 2023.

International career

Chipperfield has also played for various U-national teams. He made his debut for the U-15 on 16 April 2019 against Wales U15 and his debut in the Swiss U-16 on 24 September in the match against Italy U-16. He scored a goal in the return match two days later as the Swiss won by three goals to one. On 1 July 2021 he advanced to the Swiss U-18 team, for whom he has played twice to date.

Personal life

Liam, who holds both Swiss and Australian nationality, is the son of Australian

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, who has celebrated seven league championship titles with the FC Basel between 2001 and 2012 and helped to shape an era. On the 25th of January 2024, Liam acquired Australian citizenship, making him eligible to represent

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External links

Profile on fcb-archiv.ch homepage

Profile on the ASF/SFV homepage

Profile on Swiss Football League homepage

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chipperfield, Liam 2004 births Living people Footballers from Basel-Stadt Swiss people of Australian descent Swiss men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Switzerland men's youth international footballers Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players FC Basel players FC Sion players 21st-century Swiss sportsmen