Reto Baumgartner (born 28 April 1967) is a retired Swiss professional footballer who played in the late 1980s and early 1990s as defender.
[3] Baumgartner then found a helping hand from Basel and joined their first team for their 1990–91 season under head-coach Ernst August Künnecke.
Baumgartner played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium on 6 October 1990 as Basel won 2–1 against Kriens.
[6] During his last season with the club, Basel's 1993–94 season, his team mates were the likes of Swiss international goalkeeper Stefan Huber, defenders Massimo Ceccaroni, Marco Walker and Samir Tabakovic, the midfielders Mario Cantaluppi, Martin Jeitziner, Admir Smajić and Ørjan Berg and the Swiss international striker Dario Zuffi.
[9] Following his time with Basel, Baumgartner moved on to amateur local team FC Amicitia Riehen.
But he hung his football boots on a hook and turned to professional beach soccer and played for the Swiss national team.
Following his professional football career, from 1992 to 2001 Baumgartner worked for Manor (department store) at their headquarters in Basel and was HR specialist and manager responsible for their apprentices.