Tranquillo Barnetta

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Tranquillo Barnetta
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-05-22) 22 May 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth St. Gallen, Switzerland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1991–1996 FC Rotmonten St. Gallen
1996–2002 St. Gallen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 St. Gallen 60 (15)
2004–2012 Bayer Leverkusen 180 (23)
2004–2005 → Hannover 96 (loan) 7 (2)
International career‡
Switzerland U-17
2004– Switzerland 59 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2011
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 June 2011

Tranquillo Barnetta (born 22 May 1985 in St. Gallen) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Swiss national team. He usually plays out wide as a winger but can also play in a more withdrawn role as a defensive midfielder.

Career

Club

Barnetta started his career with St. Gallen in his hometown but was soon snapped up by German side Bayer Leverkusen in January 2004[1] During his first season at Bayer, he had a loan spell at Hannover 96, returning to Bayer in March 2005.[2]

After a good showing at the World Cup in Germany, Barnetta became a regular in the Bayer squad. The 2008–09 season was one to forget for him, after Bayer finished two places lower than the previous season and his goals tally dropped slightly. During the summer transfer window, he was linked with a move away from Bayer as his place in the squad seemed under threat from loanee Toni Kroos.[3] He regained his good form in the 2009–10 season, scoring a brace in only his second league game of the season and contributing to Bayer's unbeaten run for the entire first half of the season.

International

Barnetta is a former youth international and was in the Swiss U-17 squad that won the 2002 U-17 European Championships along with senior teammates Philippe Senderos and Reto Ziegler.[4] He has been a member of the senior national team and was first called up to the squad for the Euro 2004 but did not make an appearance. At the 2006 World Cup, he scored the second goal in Switzerland's group stage win over Togo,[5] but missed a penalty kick in the shootout with Ukraine winning 3–0. On 4 July, Barnetta was shortlisted for the tournament's Best Young Player award. He was ever present in 2010 World Cup qualifying as the Swiss secured a place by finishing top of their group.[6] On 4 June 2011, Barnetta scored two free kicks in quick succession against England in the Euro 2012 qualifiers.

International goals

As of 9 June 2011

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Reports
1. 1 March 2006 Hampden Park, Glasgow  Scotland 1–0 3–1 Friendly [7]
2. 27 May 2006 St. Jakob-Park, Basel  Ivory Coast 1–0 1–1 Friendly [8]
3. 19 June 2006 Westfalenstadion, Dortmund  Togo 2–0 2–0 2006 World Cup [9]
4. 22 August 2007 Stade de Genève, Geneva  Netherlands 1–0 (penalty) 2–1 Friendly [10]
5. 2–0
6. 7 September 2007 Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna  Chile 1–0 2–1 Friendly [11]
7. 4 June 2011 Wembley Stadium, London  England 1–0 2–2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying [12]
8. 2–0

Honours

International

References

  1. ^ "Leverkusen holt St. Gallens Jungstar Barnetta". Netzeitung (in German). 9 January 2004. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Barnetta zurück zu Bayer". Blick (in German). 9 March 2005. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  3. ^ Ostendorp, Heiko; Böni, Andreas (15 May 2009). "Tranquillo kann in jeder Liga der Welt spielen". Blick (in German).
  4. ^ Tschoumy, Renaud (10 November 2009). "Les «Rouge» admirent les «Rougets»". Le Matin (in French).
  5. ^ "Ice-cool Barnetta soothes Swiss nerves". fifa.com. 16 June 2006.
  6. ^ "Swiss duo riding high". fifa.com. 21 October 2009.
  7. ^ "Football - Match Friendlies : Scotland vs. Switzerland". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  8. ^ "Football - Match Friendlies : Switzerland vs. Ivory Coast". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  9. ^ "Togo-Switzerland". FIFA.com. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  10. ^ "Football - Match Friendlies : Switzerland vs. Netherlands". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  11. ^ "Football - Match Friendlies : Switzerland vs. Chile". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  12. ^ "UEFA EURO 2012 – England-Switzerland". UEFA.com. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.

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