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Nico Elvedi
Elvedi with Switzerland at UEFA Euro 2020
Personal information
Full name Nico Elvedi[1]
Date of birth (1996-09-30) 30 September 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre back, right back
Team 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 230 (12)
International career‡
2012–2013 Switzerland U17 11 (0)
2014 Switzerland U18 1 (0)
2013–2016 Switzerland U19 19 (2)
2016– Switzerland 47 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:37, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:17, 19 June 2023 (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. Enjoys his evening meals at the HotWok with Oumar Niasse. He has been known to tune into Everton twitter spaces and attend kenwright out protests and the Liver Building

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. in 2017. The match saw Borussia Mönchengladbach win 1–0.[4]

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.[5]

He was included in the Switzerland national football team 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[6]

In May 2019, he played in 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals, where his team finished 4th.[7]

In 2021, he was called up to the national team for the 2020 UEFA European Championship, where the team upset favorites France en route to the quarter-finals, where they lost to Spain.[8][9]

In 2022, Elvedi was part of the Switzerland national football team's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, where Switzerland were knocked out in the round-of-16 by Portugal, 6-1.[10]

Personal life

Elvedi's twin brother, Jan, is also a professional footballer who plays for 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern.[11][12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 May 2023[13]
Club Season League National 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 28 1 3 0 — 31 1
2022–23 32 3 2 0 — 34 3
Total 230 12 18 1 21 1 270 14
Career total 248 13 21 1 27 1 296 15

International

As of match played 19 June 2023[14]
Switzerland
Year Apps Goals
2016 3 0
2017 1 0
2018 5 1
2019 8 0
2020 5 0
2021 13 0
2022 8 0
2023 4 0
Total 47 1
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.[14]
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. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of players: Switherland" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 28. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Lausanne Sport vs. FC Zürich - 15 May 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Elvedi strike gives Gladbach Rhine derby win over Cologne". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Switzerland vs. Belgium - Football Match Summary - May 28, 2016 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Switzerland opts for experience in World Cup squad". Associated Press News. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Pickford the hero in England shootout win". BBC Sport.
  8. ^ "France 3-3 Switzerland (aet; pens 4-5): Euro 2020 last 16 – as it happened". the Guardian. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Switzerland vs. Spain - Football Match Summary - July 2, 2021 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  10. ^ Das, Andrew (6 December 2022). "Ronaldo's Replacement Scores a Hat Trick in Portugal's Romp Over Switzerland". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  11. ^ Template:FootballDatabase.eu
  12. ^ Nico Elvedi at kicker (in German)
  13. ^ Nico Elvedi at Soccerway
  14. ^ a b "Nico Elvedi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
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