About Valentin Stocker
Valentin Stocker (born 12 April 1989) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a left midfielder, and as an attacking midfielder. He also played for the Switzerland national team. == Club career == === Basel === Born in Lucerne, Stocker began his youth career with SC Kriens, playing there between 1996 and December 2005. As of January 2006 he transferred to the youth department of Basel. He played in their U-18 team for the second half of the 2005–06 season, under coach Patrick Rahmen and his assistant Marco Walker and with them won both the Swiss U-18 championship and the U-19/18 national cup that season. He also played for their Under-21 team in the Swiss 1. Liga, which at that time the third highest tier of the Swiss football league system. A year later, in the 2006–07 season they won their division and the team became Swiss champions at U-21 level. The team defended their title in the 2007–08 season, as division (group2) winners, again becoming champions at U-21 level. During Basel's 2007–08 season, head coach Christian Gross called Stocker into the first team.
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