Mathias Walther

Dienstag, 11. April 1972

Mathias Walther (born 11 April 1972) is a retired Swiss football midfielder and later manager. He was sporting director of Grasshopper Club until 2019 and is now businessman and entrepreneur. Walther came through the youth system of FC Basel and advanced to their U-21 team 1990. He was called up to their first team many times in their 1990–91 season under head coach Ernst August Künnecke. He played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium on 22 December 1990 as Basel won 6–2 against Schaffhausen. In that season he played just three league matches. In the following season he joined the first team squad and had ten appearances.