Marcel Büchel

Marcel Büchel
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-03-18) 18 March 1991
Place of birth Feldkirch, Austria
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Empoli
Youth career
2005–2009 St. Gallen
2009–2010 Siena
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Siena 0 (0)
2010–2011 → Juventus (loan) 0 (0)
2011–2012 → Gubbio (loan) 17 (1)
2012–2013 → Cremonese (loan) 24 (0)
2013–2016 Juventus 0 (0)
2013–2014 → Virtus Lanciano (loan) 33 (1)
2014–2015 → Bologna (loan) 30 (3)
2015–2016 → Empoli (loan) 28 (2)
2016– Empoli 15 (0)
2017–2018 → Verona (loan) 23 (0)
National team‡
2009 Austria U19 3 (0)
2015– Liechtenstein 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:37, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2018

Marcel Büchel (born 18 March 1991) is a professional footballer who plays for Italian club Empoli, as a midfielder.

Born in Austria, he represents Liechtenstein at international level.

Club career

Early career

Born in Feldkirch, Austria, Büchel began his career with the youth teams of Swiss club FC St. Gallen and Italian club Siena. Büchel signed a season-long loan deal with Juventus for the 2010–11 season, and made his professional debut for Juventus in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, in a group stage match against Austrian team Red Bull Salzburg on 4 November 2010.[1]

On 1 July 2011, Büchel was sent out on loan to Serie B side Gubbio on a season-long deal.[2] He finished the 2011–12 Serie B campaign having made 17 league appearances for the club, and scoring 1 goal.[3] Büchel spent the next season out on loan to Cremonese.[3]

Juventus

On 31 January 2013, it was officially communicated that Büchel was sold to former club Juventus in a co-ownership deal. In exchange, Siena also signed Juventus' Primavera captain Andrea Schiavone, also on a co-ownership deal. As part of the negotiations, Büchel's loan spell at Cremonese would continue.[4] He was called up to the Juventus first team by head coach Antonio Conte, as part of a 31-man squad for their pre-season training camp in Valle d'Aosta on 11 July 2013.[5]

On 2 September 2013, Büchel was officially loaned out to Virtus Lanciano on a season-long deal, that expired on 30 June 2014[6][7]

On 26 August 2014, Büchel was officially loaned out to Bologna on a season-long deal, that expired 30 June 2015. [8]

Empoli

On 31 August 2015, he was loaned out to Empoli.[9]

On 22 June 2016, Empoli bought Büchel's loan outright from Juventus.[10][11]

Hellas Verona

Büchel signed with Hellas Verona in August 2017 on loan with a purchase option.[12]

International career

On 18 September 2015, it was announced that Büchel had acquired Liechtensteiner citizenship and was named in their squad for the upcoming UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers in October.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Juventus 0 SV Red Bull Salzburg 0". Sky Sports. 4 November 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  2. ↑ "Gubbio, quattro acquisti e due rinnovi". tuttomercatoweb.com. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  3. 1 2 Marcel Büchel at Soccerway
  4. ↑ "Transfers agreed with Parma and Siena". Juventus F.C. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "31-man Juve squad arrives in Chatillon - Juventus.com". Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Transfer deadline day round-up - Juventus.com". Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Lanciano, Buchel arriva in prestito dalla Juventus - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  8. ↑ http://www.bolognafc.it/news.asp?id=7282%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  9. ↑ "Calciomercato Empoli, ufficiale l'arrivo di Buchel dalla Juventus - Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "Official: Empoli sign Buchel - Football Italia". www.football-italia.net. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  11. ↑ "Esercitato il diritto di riscatto per Buchel" (in Italian). Empoli F.C. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  12. ↑ "Buchel: «Hellas? Non puoi pensarci due volte..." (in Italian). L'Arena. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  13. ↑ "Marcel Büchel spielt künftig für Liechtenstein - derStandard.at". DER STANDARD. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
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