Name: Peter Marti
Nickname: "Pesche"



Country: Switzerland
Club: FC Basel
Number: 7
Position: *CF, WF
Side: RF/RS
Age: 27-28 years (12/07/1952)

Height: 170 cm
Weight: 75 kg



Attack: 82
Defence: 35
Balance: 75
Stamina: 81
Top Speed: 90
Acceleration: 88
Response: 79
Agility: 83
Dribble Accuracy: 84
Dribble Speed: 84
Short Pass Accuracy: 74
Short Pass Speed: 75
Long Pass Accuracy: 78
Long Pass Speed: 78
Shot Accuracy: 77
Shot Power: 82
Shot Technique: 78
Free Kick Accuracy: 62
Curling: 75
Header: 75
Jump: 76
Technique: 78
Aggression: 84
Mentality: 73
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 72

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition/Fitness: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 5
Weak Foot Frequency: 5
Consistency: 6
Growth type: Standard

CARDS:
P04 - Darting Run
P07 - Early Cross

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Dribbling

Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Attack-Minded



INFO:
"He's the fastest striker in Switzerland," was the cry on Swiss football pitches in the 70s. Small, lively attacker, he was probably one of the fastest FCB players of all time (10.70 seconds over 100 metres). But he was not only fast, but also strong in the dribble. With his sharp crosses from the right wing, he set up many teammates a goal. His left foot wasn't necessarily his strong foot.

Integral part of the successful FCB team that won two league titles under coach Helmut Benthaus in the post-Karli Odermatt era. In total, 203 games and 64 goals for FCB. The one goal against Bilbao can justifiably be described as a kind of "Goal of the Year". Peter Marti still has to smile today when he talks about this hammer goal: "Detlev Lauscher crossed almost from the corner flag. I was standing in the box and headed the ball in."

Born in Langenthal, Marti moved to the youth department of the Young Boys in 1969, advancing to their first team a year later. Across all competitions, league, Cup and UIC, he had 57 appearances scoring seven goals. During the 1972–73 season he signed for FC Zürich. In the 1972–73 Cup final Marti scored the first goal as Zürich beat Basel 2–0 after extra time. At the end of the season Marti had made 21 appearances, 15 in the league and six in the Cup. His performance in the final was described as this: 'Marti combined all the clichés that were used in sports reporting at the time – far more than today – for small wingers: cheeky, nimble, strong in dribbling, quick as an arrow, unpredictable." At the end of the 1973–74 season and again at the end of the 1974–75 season Marti won the championship with FCZ, where as his playing time in his third season with the team diminished markedly and, therefore, he moved on. During his time with the club, Marti had 61 appearances, 34 in the league, 15 in the domestic Cup and 12 at international level (European Cup and UIC) scoring in total nine goals.

In the summer of 1975, Marti transferred to FC Basel under head coach Helmut Benthaus. In his first season with Basel they ended in the season in third position, but in the 1976–77 season they won the national championship after ending level in points with Servette, but winning the play-off. He stayed with the club for six years winning the league title again in the 1979–80 season. Basel won the championship in the last matchday of the season, away against Marti's former club Zürich and he scored one of the goals as Basel won 4–1. At that time, he was recalled to the national team due to his good performances.

In the 1982–83 season Marti played for newly promoted FC Aarau and they ended the league season in seventh position, well away from the relegation zone. With Aarau, in that season, Marti won the League Cup, winning the two legged final 1–0 on aggregate against St. Gallen. Marti then returned to play for Basel for the 1982–83 season, but at the end of the season he decided to move on definitively. Between the years from 1975 to 1981 and again 1982–83 he played a total of 286 games for Basel scoring a total of 88 goals. 46 of these games were in the domestic league, 15 in the Swiss Cup, 13 in the League Cup, 29 in the UEFA competitions (European Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Cup, and Cup of the Alps) and 65 were friendly games. He scored 45 goals in the domestic league, three in the Swiss Cup, 11 in the League Cup, five in the European games and the other 24 were scored during the test games. In summer 1983 Marti signed for FC Aarau under head coach Zvezdan Čebinac. The following season, under new and up-coming head coach Ottmar Hitzfeld the team won the Swiss Cup for the first and only time in the club's history. Marti retired from his football career in 1985.

The striker also made it into the Swiss national team. Aged just 19 he made his debut in a friendly against Turkey. In total, he completed six games in the dress of the national team.