Yann Sommer
| Yann Sommer | |||
 Sommer with Swiss National Team (June 2011) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1988-12-17) 17 December 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Morges, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–1997 | FC Herrliberg | ||
| 1997–2003 | Concordia | ||
| 2003–2005 | Basel | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2005–2007 | Basel U-21 | 36 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Vaduz (loan) | 50 | (0) |
| 2009 | Basel | 6 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Grasshopper (loan) | 33 | (0) |
| 2010–2014 | Basel | 107 | (0) |
| 2014– | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003–2004 | Switzerland U-16 | 6 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Switzerland U-17 | 10 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Switzerland U-19 | 18 | (0) |
| 2007–2011 | Switzerland U-21 | 31 | (0) |
| 2011– | Switzerland | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 May 2014. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Yann Sommer (born 17 December 1988 in Morges) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga. Since 2012 he also represents his country in the Swiss national football team.
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Football career
Club career
As a child Sommer played in the youth teams of his local side FC Herrliberg and later by Concordia Basel. He moved to the Basel youth in 2003. He signed his first professional contract with Basel in 2005. He became the first choice goalkeeper in the Under-21 squad almost immediately, fending off opposition like Jayson Leutwiler and Orkan Avci, and was third choice for the senior squad behind Franco Costanzo and Louis Crayton.
During the Summer of 2007, he signed a new contract, dated until 2011, and was loaned out to Liechtensteiner club Vaduz to gain first-team experience in an environment somewhat more competitive than with the Reserves in the Swiss 1. Liga. He was made the first-choice goalkeeper and played 33 matches over the course of the Swiss Challenge League 2007–08 season, playing a major part in Vaduz's promotion to the Swiss Super League. His loan deal was extended, lasting until January 2009. He made his Super League debut for Vaduz on 20 July 2008 in the 2:1 away win against Luzern. Sommer was recalled to Basel on 7 January 2009 because their first choice goalie, Costanzo, was injured.[1]
He made his Super League debut for Basel in a 3–2 defeat to BSC Young Boys at the Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf on 7 February 2009. He played six games for Basel up until the end of the season. On 16 June 2009, he joined Grasshopper on a one season-long loan.[2] During his season for the Grasshoppers he played 33 League matches.
On 14 June 2010 Yann Sommer signed a five-year contract with Basel.[3] He served as second goalie behind Franco Costanzo. During March 2011 Basel announced that they would not prolong the contract with Costanzo and therefore Sommer was to become the teams first-choice goalkeeper. Sommer played five Super League games during the 2010-11 season and so was part of the championship winning team.
Yann Sommer played his UEFA Champions League debut on the 14 September 2011 in the 2:1 home win against Oțelul Galați.[4] He was first choice goalkeeper 2011-12 and at the end of the 2011–12 season he won the Double, the League Championship title[5] and the Swiss Cup.[6]
At the end of the Swiss Super League seaon 2012–13 Sommer won the Championship title,[7] having played in all 36 league matches, for the third time in a row. He was Swiss Cup runner up.[8] In the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Basel advanced to the semi-finals, there being matched against the reigning UEFA Champions League holders Chelsea, but they were beaten 2-5 on aggregate.[9]
On 10 March 2014 Basel announced that Sommer had agreed and signed a five-year deal with Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach, effective from 1 July 2014.[10]
International career
Yann Sommer has represented Switzerland at various age levels including Under-16s, Under-17s, Under-19s and Under-21s. Sommer made his Swiss U-16s debut on 26 August 2003, but the match ended in a 0-5 defeat against the Germany U-16s. His U-17s debut was on 20 November 2003 in the 1-1 draw against England U-17s.
Sommer made his debut for the Swiss Under-21s on 22 August 2007, as he was substituted in at half time during the 2-1 away win against the Belgium Under-21 team. He was Goalkeeper and captain of the Swiss U-21 team that competed in the final tournament of the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, hosted by Denmark between 11 and 25 June 2011. The Swiss team reached the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final on 25 June 2011 without conceding a goal (quote Eufa: goalkeeper Yann Sommer's unbeaten streak – an unprecedented run for this tournament[11]–), but then lost to Spain U-21 2-0. This was Sommer's last game for the Under-21s.
Sommer made his debut for the senior side on 30 May 2012 in the Swissporarena, in Lucerne, in the 0–1 defeat against Romania in a friendly match. On 13 May 2014, he was named in the 23-men roster of the Swiss NT for the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil.[12]
Titles and Honours
Vaduz
- Swiss Challenge League Champion: 2008
Basel
- Swiss Super League champion (4): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
- Swiss Cup winner (1): 2011–12
- Swiss Cup runner up (2): 2012–13, 2013–14
- Uhren Cup winner(1): 2013
International
- 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship: Finalist
Individual
- 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship: Team of the Tournament
References
- Jump up ^ Mastroberardino, Svenja (2009). "Costanzo: Sommer ist einer der besten Goalies". sport.ch. Retrieved 2009-02-05. (German)
- Jump up ^ "Sommer leihweise zu GC – Colomba zum FCB". FC Basel 1893. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-16. (German)
- Jump up ^ "Yann Sommer mit Fünfjahres-Vertrag zurück zum FCB". FC Basel 1893. 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-14. (German)
- Jump up ^ (si)/mro (2011). "FC Basel mit Glück zum 2:1-Sieg". tagblatt.ch. Retrieved 2010-09-15. (German)
- Jump up ^ "Jetzt hat Basel den Titel auf sicher". football.ch. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-29. (German)
- Jump up ^ "Matchtelegram FC Basel 1893 5:3 FC Luzern". football.ch. 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-16. (German)
- Jump up ^ Schifferle, Michael (2013). "Season review: Switzerland". Eufa. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
- Jump up ^ SFV (2013). "Telegramm Schweizer Cup Final". Schweizerischer Fussballverband. Retrieved 2013-05-20. (German)
- Jump up ^ Haylett, Trevor (2013). "Basel take heart after Chelsea defeat". Eufa. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
- Jump up ^ "Yann Sommer wechselt auf die neue Saison zu Borussia Mönchengladbach". (German)
- Jump up ^ Hart, Patrick (2012). "While champions Spain and Switzerland emerged with distinction, they were not the only bright prospects to impress in a memorable UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Denmark". eufa.com. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
- Jump up ^ "Das 23-Mann-Aufgebot der Schweiz". football.ch. 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-15. (German)
External links
- Profile at FC Basel (German)
- Yann Sommer on the website of the Swiss Football League
- Soccerway profile
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