Gregor Kobel

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Gregor Kobel
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Kobel with Borussia Dortmund in 2021
Personal information
Full name Gregor Kobel[1]
Date of birth (1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 24)
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Borussia Dortmund
Number 1
Youth career
Zürich
2013–2016 Grasshoppers
2014–2016 → 1899 Hoffenheim (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 1899 Hoffenheim 1 (0)
2019 → FC Augsburg (loan) 16 (0)
2019–2020 → VfB Stuttgart (loan) 31 (0)
2020–2021 VfB Stuttgart 33 (0)
2021– Borussia Dortmund 16 (0)
National team‡
2014 Switzerland U17 4 (0)
2015 Switzerland U18 1 (0)
2015–2016 Switzerland U19 6 (0)
2016 Switzerland U20 2 (0)
2016–2018 Switzerland U21 9 (0)
2021– Switzerland 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:16, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 September 2021

Gregor Kobel (born 6 December 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Switzerland national team.[3]

Club career[]

Hoffenheim[]

Kobel made his professional debut for 1899 Hoffenheim on 12 August 2018, starting in the first round of the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal against 3. Liga side Rot-Weiß Erfurt. The match finished as a 1–0 away win for Hoffenheim.[4]

VfB Stuttgart[]

For the 2019–20 season Kobel was loaned out to VfB Stuttgart.[5] On 28 July 2020, Kobel moved permanently to VfB Stuttgart and signed a contract until June 2024.[6]

Borussia Dortmund[]

On 31 May 2021, Kobel signed a five-year contract with Borussia Dortmund ahead of the 2021–22 season. The transfer fee paid to VfB Stuttgart was of 15 million euros.[7]

International career[]

Kobel was a youth international for Switzerland. In 2021 he was called up to the national team for the 2020 UEFA European Championship, where the team created one of the main sensations of the tournament reaching the quarter-finals. [8]

He made his debut on 1 September 2021 in a friendly against Greece, a 2–1 victory at home.[9]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 30 October 2021[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1899 Hoffenheim II 2015–16 Regionalliga Südwest 5 0 — — — 5 0
2016–17 Regionalliga Südwest 26 0 — — — 26 0
2017–18 Regionalliga Südwest 8 0 — — — 8 0
2018–19 Regionalliga Südwest 1 0 — — — 1 0
Total 40 0 — — — 40 0
1899 Hoffenheim 2016–17 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2017–18 Bundesliga 0 0 2 0 1[a] 0 — 3 0
2018–19 Bundesliga 1 0 2 0 0 0 — 3 0
Total 1 0 4 0 1 0 — 6 0
FC Augsburg 2018–19 Bundesliga 16 0 1 0 — — 17 0
VfB Stuttgart (loan) 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 31 0 0 0 — — 31 0
VfB Stuttgart 2020–21 Bundesliga 33 0 1 0 — — 34 0
Total 64 0 1 0 0 0 — 65 0
Borussia Dortmund 2021–22 Bundesliga 10 0 1 0 3[b] 0 1[c] 0 15 0
Career total 131 0 7 0 4 0 1 0 143 0
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International[]

As of match played 1 September 2021[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Switzerland 2021 1 0
Total 1 0

References[]

  1. ^ "Gregor Kobel". Bundesliga. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Gregor Kobel". fcaugsburg.de (in German). FC Augsburg. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Gregor Kobel". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Rot-Weiß Erfurt – 1899 Hoffenheim 0:1 (DFB-Pokal 2017/2018, 1. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Gregor Kobel joins VfB". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Gregor Kobel signs for VfB". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Borussia Dortmund sign Gregor Kobel from VfB Stuttgart". Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  8. ^ https://www.uefa.com / uefaeuro-2020 / match / 2024485 - switzerland-vs-spain / lineups /? iv = true
  9. ^ "Switzerland v Greece game report". ESPN. 1 September 2021.
  10. ^ Gregor Kobel at Soccerway
  11. ^ "Gregor Kobel". European Football. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

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