Nico Elvedi

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Nico Elvedi
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Personal information
Full name Nico Elvedi[1]
Date of birth (1996-09-30) 30 September 1996 (age 24)
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre back, right back
Club information
Current team
 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Number 30
Youth career
2005–2006 FC Greifensee
2006–2013 Zürich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Zürich II 24 (0)
2014–2015 Zürich 18 (1)
2015– Borussia Mönchengladbach 173 (8)
National team‡
2012–2013 Switzerland U17 11 (0)
2014 Switzerland U18 1 (0)
2013–2016 Switzerland U19 19 (2)
2016– Switzerland 33 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:59, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

Nico Elvedi (born 30 September 1996) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Switzerland national team.

Club career[]

Born in Zürich, Elvedi was a youth player for FC Zürich. He made his Swiss Super League debut on 15 May 2014 in a 1–0 away win against FC Lausanne-Sport playing the full match.[3]

Elvedi joined Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2015 for a €4 million transfer fee. He scored his first goal in the Bundesliga during the derby against 1. FC Köln. The match saw Borussia Mönchengladbach win 1–0.[citation needed]

International career[]

Elvedi played for various Swiss youth teams, and made his debut for the senior Switzerland national football team in a friendly 1–2 defeat to Belgium on 28 May 2016.[4]

He was included in the Switzerland national football team 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[5]

In May 2019, he played in 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals, where his team finished 4th.[6]

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. [7]

Personal life[]

Elvedi's twin brother, Jan, is also a professional footballer.[8]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 29 August 2021[9]
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Zürich 2013–14 Swiss Super League 2 0 — — 2 0
2014–15 16 1 3 0 5 0 24 1
Total 18 1 3 0 5 0 26 1
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2015–16 Bundesliga 21 0 1 0 2 0 24 0
2016–17 25 0 2 0 8 0 35 0
2017–18 33 2 3 0 — 36 2
2018–19 30 2 1 0 — 31 2
2019–20 32 1 2 0 5 0 39 1
2020–21 29 3 4 1 7 1 40 5
2021–22 3 0 1 0 — 4 0
Total 173 8 14 1 21 1 209 10
Career total 191 9 17 1 27 1 235 11

International[]

As of 8 September 2021[10]
Switzerland
Year Apps Goals
2016 3 0
2017 1 0
2018 5 1
2019 8 0
2020 5 0
2021 11 0
Total 33 1
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.[10]
List of international goals scored by Nico Elvedi
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 18 November 2018 Swissporarena, Lucern, Switzerland  Belgium 4–2 5–2 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A

References[]

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Switzerland" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
  2. ^ https://www.borussia.de/de/team-saison/die-fohlenelf/spielerkader.html?playerid=312&cHash=39dcb20fbd70388783c118182833cde2
  3. ^ "Lausanne Sport vs. FC Zürich - 15 May 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Switzerland vs. Belgium - Football Match Summary - May 28, 2016 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Switzerland opts for experience in World Cup squad". Associated Press News. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Pickford the hero in England shootout win". BBC Sport.
  7. ^ https://www.uefa.com / uefaeuro-2020 / match / 2024485 - switzerland-vs-spain / lineups /? iv = true
  8. ^ Nico Elvedi at FootballDatabase.eu Edit this at Wikidata
  9. ^ Nico Elvedi at Soccerway
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b "Nico Elvedi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
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