Peter Marti

Early years

Born in Langenthal, in addition to playing his youth soccer with the local amateur football club, Marti also played ice hockey with SC Langenthal, and he made it to youth internationals in both sports. When he finally had to decide between the two, it is said that he had to flip a coin. After making his decision, 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.

Zürich

During the 1972–73 season, he signed for FC Zürich, this as the up-and-coming FCZ under German trainer Timo Konietzka lured him with a multi-year contract. Marti played his domestic league debut for his new team in the home game in the Letzigrund on 20 October 1972 as FCZ won 4–0 against Grenchen. In the 1972–73 Cupfinal 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. 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.

Basel

In the summer of 1975, Marti transferred to…

After his football career, the father of two adult children ran a cleaning company from Pfeffingen with his life partner, Beatrice Straumann. Marti died on 23 March 2023, at the age of 70. His heart had caused problems for the ex-footballer before, he suffered several heart attacks.

Zürich Swiss Super League: 1973–74, 1974–75 Swiss Cup: 1973 Basel Swiss Super League: 1976–77, 1979–80 Uhrencup: 1978, 1979, 1980 Aarau Swiss League Cup: 1981–82 Swiss Cup: 1984–85