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Switzerland: Veteran Thomas Haberli to Star at EURO 2008

Thomas Haberli is 34 years old, but this hasn’t stopped Switzerland’s national football team’s coach Jakob Kuhn to call him up in order to replace Blaise Kufo, who will miss the tournament because of a torn thigh muscle.

Thus, a player’s misfortune becomes another’s reason to be happy; veteran forward Thomas Haberli wouldn’t have had the chance to star again in his country’s squad, if it hadn’t been for Kufo to get injured.

Although Thomas Haberli has been capped only once (in 2004), he is now able to make a surprise appearance at EURO 2008 thanks to coach Jakob Kuhn, who decided to give him a chance to shine before retiring from football.

Haberli, who has played this season for the BSC Young Boys has been in great shape and has scored 18 goals for his team. This means that he might impress some fans at EURO 2008!

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