Christoph Spycher
 Spycher in June 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christoph Spycher[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 March 1978[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Wolhusen, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1992 | FC Sternenberg | ||
| 1992–1997 | SC Bümpliz 78 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1999 | FC Münsingen | 32 | (2) |
| 1999–2001 | Luzern | 66 | (0) |
| 2001–2005 | Grasshoppers | 103 | (6) |
| 2005–2010 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 120 | (0) |
| 2010–2014 | Young Boys | 99 | (7) |
| Total | 420 | (15) | |
| International career | |||
| 2003–2010 | Switzerland | 46 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Christoph Spycher (born 30 March 1978) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a left-back. Spycher is chief sports officer of BSC Young Boys.
Career
[edit]Born in Wolhusen, Spycher played for Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga for five years, mainly as a full-back.
He had a trial with Rangers FC in June 2004.[2]
In the 2007–08 season he was vice captain at Eintracht. He was appointed captain of the team in July 2009. In May 2010, it was reported that he joined BSC Young Boys.
International career
[edit]He represented the national team at 2008 UEFA Euro, where the team showed good performance in the tournament, achieving the best result at the time.[3][4]
On 18 May 2010, Spycher was forced to pull out of Switzerland's 2010 FIFA World Cup squad because of a knee injury and also retired from international football.[5]
Honours
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
- ^ Grahame, Ewing; Peters, Keith (20 July 2004). "Rangers send Stewart back to Manchester". The Daily Telegraph. London.
- ^ "Switzerland-Portugal | Line-ups | UEFA EURO".
- ^ http://en.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles /Download/PressRelease/uefa/UEFAMedia/70/24/56/702456_DOWNLOAD.pdf
- ^ "Defender Christoph Spycher quits Switzerland set-up". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 May 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
External links
[edit]- Christoph Spycher at eintracht-archiv.de
- Christoph Spycher at National-Football-Teams.com
- Christoph Spycher at Swiss Football League
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- 1978 births
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- Swiss expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Swiss Super League players
- Bundesliga players
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- Grasshopper Club Zurich players
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- BSC Young Boys players
- UEFA Euro 2004 players
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 2008 players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
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