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Christian Fassnacht
Personal information
Full name Christian Fassnacht
Date of birth (1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Young Boys
Number 16
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Tuggen 18 (11)
2014–2016 Winterthur 47 (11)
2016–2017 Thun 35 (10)
2017– Young Boys 78 (25)
International career
2018– Switzerland 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 November 2018

Christian Fassnacht (born 11 November 1993) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a winger for Young Boys. [1]

Club career

Fassnacht was part of the Young Boys squad that won the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, their first league title in 32 years.[2] He played an important role for the club during the title winning season, scoring 11 league goals.[3]

On 3 October 2019, Fassnacht scored a late goal deep into second-half stoppage time to give Young Boys a 2–1 home victory over Rangers in the Europa League group stage.[4]

International career

Fassnacht made his debut with the Swiss senior national team (he never represented Switzerland before at any level) in a 2–1 away loss against Belgium.[5]

International goals

Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.[6]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 16 November 2019 Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar  Gibraltar 3–0 6–1 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

Honours

Young Boys

References

  1. ^ "C. FASSNACHT". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  2. ^ https://www.reuters.com/article/amp/idUKKBN1HZ0YS
  3. ^ League, Swiss Football. "Torschützen - Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  4. ^ "Young Boys' Christian Fassnacht jolts Rangers' hopes with late winner". The Guardian. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Belgium 2-1 Switzerland: Romelu Lukaku scores twice as hosts win in Brussels". BBC Sport. 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  6. ^ "Christian Fassnacht". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 November 2019.