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FM19 19.3.0

Staff · Retired

Benjamin Huggel

Born 7 Jul 1977 · Dornach (age 40)

Record at game start, 1 Jul 2018

Current ability
80 of 200
Best job (calc)
—
World reputation
3,5000 / 5 calc
Current reputation
5,500
Wage
—
Contract until
—

Tactics

Preferred approach

Playing style
—
Pressing style
—
Mentality
—
Coaching style
—

Tactical tendencies

  • Attacking—
  • Directness—
  • Pressing—
  • Sitting back—
  • Tempo—
  • Width—
  • Depth—
  • Flamboyancy—
  • Flexibility—

Team management

  • Free roles—
  • Marking—
  • Offside trap—
  • Set pieces—
  • Squad rotation—
  • Use of playmaker—
  • Use of substitutes—
  • Dirtiness allowance—

Stored preferences and tactical tendencies. Each tendency uses the game’s 1–20 scale.

Staff attributes

Coaching 12

  • Attacking—
  • Defending—
  • Fitness—
  • Mental—
  • Tactical—
  • Technical—
  • Working with youngsters—
  • GK distribution—
  • GK handling—
  • GK shot stopping—
  • Coaching (general)—
  • Technique (coaching)—

Mental 4

  • Determination—
  • Discipline—
  • Man management—
  • Motivating—

Knowledge 8

  • Judging player ability—
  • Judging player potential—
  • Judging staff ability—
  • Tactical knowledge—
  • Negotiating—
  • Analysing data—
  • Presenting data—
  • Judging team data—

Medical 2

  • Physiotherapy—
  • Injury management—

Board 9

  • Business—
  • Buying players—
  • Hardness of training—
  • Interference—
  • Mind games—
  • Patience—
  • Resources—
  • Versatility—
  • Eccentricity—

Personality 8

  • Adaptability14
  • Ambition13
  • Controversy12
  • Loyalty18
  • Pressure16
  • Professionalism14
  • Sportsmanship9
  • Temperament13

Stored staff attributes, 1–20. A dash means the attribute is not recorded for this person in this build.

Coaching stars (calc)

  • Overall——
  • Quickness——
  • Strength——
  • GK shot stopping——
  • GK handling——
  • Defending (tactical)——
  • Defending (technical)——
  • Possession (tactical)——
  • Possession (technical)——
  • Attacking (tactical)——
  • Attacking (technical)——

Calculated by fm-reader per training category, as FM shows them. Missing ratings remain blank.

Job ratings (calc)

JobRatingStars calc Preference
Director of football—0.5 of 5 stars—
Manager First Team—1 of 5 stars10
Assistant Manager First Team—1 of 5 stars—
Coach First Team—2.5 of 5 stars20
Scout—0.5 of 5 stars—
Physio First Team—0.5 of 5 stars—
Gk Coach First Team—0.5 of 5 stars—
Fitness Coach First Team—0.5 of 5 stars—
Head of Youth Development—0.5 of 5 stars—
Data Analyst First Team—0.5 of 5 stars—
Sports Scientist First Team—0.5 of 5 stars—

Calculated by fm-reader (1–200); preference is the stored 1–20 wish for the job.

Staff profile

Coaching badge
Continental B License
Potential ability
-7
Best job (calc)
—
Home reputation
5,500
Reputation scope (calc)
National
Personality (calc)
—
Media handling (calc)
—

Personal

Full name
—
First name
Benjamin
Last name
Huggel
Common name
—
Date of birth
7 Jul 1977 age 40 at game start
Place of birth
Dornach
Nationality
Switzerland
Height
—
Weight
—
Languages
German, Italian (10/10), French (9/10)

Contract

Club
Unattached last club FC Black Stars Basel
Job
—
Contract type
—
Joined club
30 Jun 2016
Contract starts
—
Contract expires
—
Weekly wage
—
Leaves at end of contract
—
Needs work permit
—
Retired
23 May 2012 (Total player retirement)

Playing career

14
SeasonTeamDivisionAppsGoalsFee
2011 FC Basel Swiss Super League 234 Unknown fee
2010 FC Basel Swiss Super League 263 Unknown fee
2009 FC Basel Swiss Super League 3211 Unknown fee
2008 FC Basel Swiss Super League 3310 Unknown fee
2007 FC Basel Swiss Super League 303 Unknown fee
2006 Eintracht Frankfurt Bundesliga 251 Unknown fee
2005 Eintracht Frankfurt Bundesliga 280 Unknown fee
2004 FC Basel Swiss Super League 243 £376,024
2003 FC Basel Swiss Super League 328 Unknown fee
2002 FC Basel Swiss Super League 147 Unknown fee
2001 FC Basel Swiss Super League 161 Unknown fee
2000 FC Basel Swiss Super League 308 Unknown fee
1999 FC Basel Swiss Super League 344 Unknown fee
1998 FC Basel Swiss Super League 30 Unknown fee
Total (site's sum of the stored rows)35014/14 recorded6314/14 recorded

Up to 200 stored seasons. The site's sums cover the displayed rows only; missing appearances and goals are excluded separately.

Honours

WinnerSwiss Super League7×2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
WinnerSwiss Cup5×2002, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2012

Grouped by the site from the stored career highlights (winners, runners-up, third place, play-off winners).

International

NationCapsGoalsU21
Switzerland4120 / 0

Awards

1
2010Swiss National Team Player of the Season FC Basel

Staff career

3

  1. FC Black Stars Basel

    1 Jul 2015 – 30 Jun 2016

    Manager First Team

  2. FC Luzern

    1 Jul 2014 – 30 Jun 2015

    Coach (U18 Team)

  3. FC Basel

    — – 30 Jun 2014

    Coach (U18 Team)

Up to 200 stored career entries. A missing departure date remains unknown.

Career highlights

12
2012WinnerFC BaselSwiss Cup
2012WinnerFC BaselSwiss Super League
2011WinnerFC BaselSwiss Super League
2010WinnerFC BaselSwiss Cup
2010WinnerFC BaselSwiss Super League
2008WinnerFC BaselSwiss Super League
2008WinnerFC BaselSwiss Cup
2005WinnerFC BaselSwiss Super League
2004WinnerFC BaselSwiss Super League
2003WinnerFC BaselSwiss Cup
2002WinnerFC BaselSwiss Cup
2002WinnerFC BaselSwiss Super League

Favourite clubs

FC Basel Player100

Favourite people

Marco Streller Teammate/Former Teammate85
Valentin Stocker Teammate/Former Teammate75
Alexander Frei Teammate/Former Teammate60

About this record

  1. calc marks a calculated figure. Position and role ratings, values, personality, job ratings and stars come from fm-reader.
  2. A dash means this build does not store the value. Numeric zero is shown as stored.
  3. Ages, employment and contracts are at game start, 1 Jul 2018.