Nicolas Hasler

Nicolas Hasler (born 4 May 1991) is a Liechtensteiner professional footballer who plays as a left or right midfielder for Swiss Challenge League club Vaduz and captains the Liechtenstein national team. He is the son of Rainer Hasler, who was one of Liechtenstein's greatest professional footballers.[1]

Nicolas Hasler
Hasler with Sporting Kansas City in 2019
Personal information
Full name Nicolas Hasler
Date of birth (1991-05-04) 4 May 1991
Place of birth Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Wide midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Vaduz
Number 4
Youth career
2001–2003 FC Triesen
2003–2009 FC Balzers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 FC Balzers 18 (4)
2010–2011 USV Eschen/Mauren 21 (3)
2011–2017 Vaduz 136 (10)
2017–2018 Toronto FC 24 (3)
2018–2019 Chicago Fire 13 (0)
2019 Sporting Kansas City 9 (0)
2020–2022 FC Thun 75 (7)
2022– Vaduz 31 (3)
International career‡
2009 Liechtenstein U-19 3 (0)
2009–2012 Liechtenstein U-21 10 (0)
2010– Liechtenstein 94 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 June 2023

Club career

FC Triesen & FC Balzers

Hasler began his youth career with FC Triesen and moved onto FC Balzers youth side in 2003.[2]

FC Vaduz

In June 2017, Hasler left Vaduz, a club he had been with for the previous six seasons, after he was unable to come to terms with the club over a new contract.[3]

Toronto FC

On 13 July 2017 Hasler signed with Toronto FC of Major League Soccer.[4] In the first season with Toronto, he won the MLS Cup and MLS Supporters Shield, and reached the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League final, which Toronto lost on penalties.

Chicago Fire

On 20 July 2018, Hasler was traded to Chicago Fire in exchange for Jon Bakero and $50,000 in General Allocation Money.[5]

On 28 March 2019, Hasler was released by Chicago.[6]

Sporting Kansas City

On 2 April 2019, Hasler was signed by Sporting Kansas City.[7] The club placed him on waivers at the end of the season, but he was not signed by any other MLS club.[8]

FC Thun

Hasler joined Swiss club FC Thun for the remainder of the season on 14 January 2020.[9] However, the club failed to stave off relegation to the Challenge League and Hasler was released. However, Hasler would later return to Thun on a one-year deal.[10]

Return to FC Vaduz

On 18 May 2022, it was announced that Hasler was returning to Vaduz on a three-year deal.[11]

International career

He was a member of the Liechtenstein national under-21 football team and had 10 caps. Hasler received his first call-up to the senior team and made his debut in the friendly versus Iceland on 11 August 2010.[12] He is the current captain of the Liechtenstein national football team.

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Vaduz 2011–12[13] Swiss Challenge League 181202000221
2012–13[13] Swiss Challenge League 212300000242
2013–14[13] Swiss Challenge League 325322000377
2014–15[13] Swiss Super League 251111100273
2015–16[13] Swiss Super League 90113000131
2016–17[13] Swiss Super League 311103000351
Total 136101141110015815
Toronto FC 2017[13] MLS 123000020123
2018 MLS 14 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 20 0
Total 243105020323
Chicago Fire 2018 MLS 100100000113
2019 MLS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 130100000130
Sporting KC 2019[13] MLS 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
FC Thun 2020[13] Swiss Super League 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
Career total 202131341612023018
  1. Includes UEFA Europa League matches.
  2. Includes CONCACAF Champions League matches.

International
Liechtenstein[13]
YearAppsGoals
201030
201170
201270
201391
201470
201550
201650
201761
201881
2019100
202062
202190
202290
202330
Total945

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 October 2013Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina1–41–42014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.7 June 2017Veritas Stadion, Turku, Finland Finland1–11–1Friendly
3.19 November 2018Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein Armenia2–12–22018–19 UEFA Nations League D
4.8 September 2020Stadio Romeo Neri, Rimini, Italy San Marino1–02–02020–21 UEFA Nations League D
5.7 October 2020Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Luxembourg2–02–1Friendly

Honours

FC Vaduz

Toronto FC

Individual

References
  1. uefa.com (29 October 2014). "Member associations - Switzerland - News". UEFA.com.
  2. "Nicolas Hasler - FC Balzers". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  3. "Fussball: Nicolas Hasler verlässt FC Vaduz definitiv". radio.li. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  4. "Toronto FC sign Liechtenstein International Nicolas Hasler". Toronto FC. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  5. "Chicago Fire acquire Nicolas Hasler". Chicago Fire. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  6. "Chicago Fire Soccer Club Waives Defender Nicolas Hasler". Chicago Fire. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  7. "Sporting KC signs 27-year-old defender Nicolas Hasler | Sporting Kansas City". Sportingkc.com. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  8. "2019 MLS End-of-Year Waiver Draft set for Monday at 3 pm ET | MLSSoccer.com".
  9. "Across State Lines: Hasler Signs in Switzerland". SBNation - The Blue Testament. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  10. "Nicolas Hasler kehrt zu Thun zurück".
  11. "Nicolas Hasler zurück zum FC Vaduz".
  12. - Profile at LFV website
  13. "N. Hasler Summary". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  14. "Recap: Toronto FC vs Seattle Sounders". mlssoccer.com. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
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