Stéphane Grichting
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stéphane Grichting | ||
| Date of birth | 30 March 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Sierre, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1996 | Sion | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–2002 | Sion | 124 | (5) |
| 2002–2012 | Auxerre | 250 | (1) |
| 2012–2015 | Grasshoppers | 89 | (0) |
| Total | 463 | (6) | |
| International career | |||
| 2004–2011 | Switzerland | 45 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Stéphane Grichting (born 30 March 1979 in Sierre) is a Swiss former professional football defender.
He earned 36 caps for the Swiss national team,[1] and was called up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup squads. He was in the squad for the 2004 European Football Championship, but pulled out due to injury.
After Switzerland beat Turkey in the deciding qualifier to 2006 FIFA World Cup, he was injured in the riots that occurred after the match.
At the end of the 2014–15 season, he retired from professional football at the age of 36.[2]
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 September 2009 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland |  Greece |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2010 WCQ |
References
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/groups_and_teams/team/switzerland
- ^ "Stéphane Grichting, der schweigsame Cowboy, tritt zurück" (in German). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
External links
- Stéphane Grichting at ESPN FC
- Stéphane Grichting – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Stéphane Grichting at National-Football-Teams.com
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