Yves Kaiser (born 30 April 1998) is a Swiss professional

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who plays as a

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for

Solothurn Solothurn ( ; ; ; ; ) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located in the north-west of Switzerland on the banks of the Aare and on the foot of the Weissenstein Jura mountains. The town is ...

Club career

Kaiser started his youth football by local club FC Luterbach, but moved to

FC Solothurn FC Solothurn is a Swiss football club based in Solothurn. The club has formerly played in the Challenge League (2nd level) and currently plays in Swiss 1. Liga (4th level). FC Solothurn is ranking as the number 1 club of Switzerland in the all- ...

as 12 year old. Three years later he moved to the youth academy of

FC Basel Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss professional Association football, football club based in Basel, in the Basel-Stadt, Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been List of Swiss footba ...

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 period until the summer of 2020. He then joined Basel's first team during their 2018–19 season under head coach

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. 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 PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

ended in a 2–1 defeat. Kaiser played his domestic league debut with the team in the home game in the

St. Jakob-Park St. Jakob-Park () is a Swiss sports stadium in Basel. It is the largest football venue in Switzerland and home to FC Basel. "Joggeli", as the venue is nicknamed by the locals, was originally built with a capacity of 33,433 seats. The capacity w ...

on 9 December as Basel won 2–0 against

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. Under trainer

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

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1–0. In the quarter-finals Sion were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi-finals

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 Thun () is a List of towns in Switzerland, town and a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the administrative district of Thun (administrative district), Thun in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Canton of Bern, Bern in Switzerland. ...

. Striker Albian Ajeti scored the first goal,

Fabian Frei Fabian Frei (born 8 January 1989) is a former Swiss professional footballer who primarily played as a defensive midfielder and a centre-back. He is best known for holding the records for most appearances in competitive games for giants FC Basel ...

the second for Basel, then Dejan Sorgić netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel. Kaiser played in one of these cup games. On 3 January 2020, FC Basel confirmed that Kaiser had been loaned out to

FC Schaffhausen FC Schaffhausen is a Swiss Association football, football team from the town of Schaffhausen. The club set to plays in the Promotion League from 2025–26, the third tier of Swiss football after relegation from Challenge League (Switzerland), Ch ...

for the rest of the 2019–20 season. 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 Neuchâtel (, ; ; ) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel on Lake Neuchâtel. Since the fusion in 2021 of the municipalities of Neuchâtel, Corcelles-Cormondrèche, Peseux, and Valangin, the city has ap ...

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

Honours

;Basel *

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winner: 2018–19

References

External links

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SFL Profile

SFV U16 Profile

SFV U20 Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaiser, Yves 1998 births Living people Footballers from Solothurn Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders FC Basel players FC Schaffhausen players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players FC Solothurn players Swiss Promotion League players Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players Swiss 1. Liga (football) players 21st-century Swiss sportsmen