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Roman Bürki
Bürki with Borussia Dortmund in 2017
Personal information
Full name Roman Bürki[1]
Date of birth (1990-11-14) 14 November 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Münsingen, Switzerland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Borussia Dortmund
Number 1
Youth career
1999–2005 FC Münsingen
2005–2009 Young Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Young Boys 2 (0)
2009–2010 → FC Thun (loan) 4 (0)
2010 → FC Schaffhausen (loan) 9 (0)
2011–2013 → Grasshopper (loan) 76 (0)
2013–2014 Grasshopper 34 (0)
2014–2015 SC Freiburg 34 (0)
2015– Borussia Dortmund 93 (0)
International career‡
2011–2012 Switzerland U21 12 (0)
2014– Switzerland 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:12, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 June 2018

Roman Bürki (born 14 November 1990) is a Swiss professional footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Borussia Dortmund. Before that Bürki was part of the winning squad of Grasshoppers that beat FC Basel 4–3 on a penalty shootout in the Swiss Cup 2013 final.

He is the older brother of the defender Marco Bürki.

Club career

Swiss league

Bürki began his career in 2007 with the reserve squad of the BSC Young Boys. In 2009, he moved to FC Thun, and half a year later to FC Schaffhausen. In the summer of 2010 he went back to BSC Young Boys, and again half a year later he was transferred to Grasshopper Club Zürich. First, he was the back-up goalkeeper, later the first goalkeeper. He was on loan until 2013, when Grasshoppers bought his rights.

SC Freiburg

On 24 May 2014, he signed a contract with SC Freiburg.[3] For the season 2014/15 of Bundesliga it undertook SC Freiburg as the successor of Oliver Baumann [4] In Freiburg Bürki played in all 34 games, but he couldn't prevent the team from being relegated to 2. Bundesliga.

Borussia Dortmund

On 14 June 2015, he signed for Borussia Dortmund.[5] He made his formal debut for the team on 15 August 2015, in a 4–0 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach.[6] He kept 12 clean sheets for Dortmund in the league, making 33 appearances.[7] In the 2016–17 season, he made 27 league appearances, keeping 9 clean sheets.[8]

In the 2017–18 season, Bürki became the first goalkeeper to keep five clean sheets in the first five Bundesliga games.[9]

International career

Bürki with Switzerland in 2015

Roman Bürki played for Switzerland U-21 in the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. In 2014 he was first called up for Switzerland and was also in the squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. On 18 November 2014 he made his debut in a friendly match against Poland.[10] He was included in the Swiss 23 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 September 2017 [12]
Club performance League Cup Continental Other Total
Club League Season Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Switzerland League Swiss Cup Europe Other Total
FC Thun (loan) 2009–10 Challenge League 4 0 2 0 – – 6 0
FC Schaffhausen (loan) 2009–10 Challenge League 9 0 0 0 – – 9 0
Young Boys 2010–11 Super League 2 0 0 0 2 0 – 4 0
Grasshopper (loan) 2010–11 11 0 0 0 0 0 – 11 0
2011–12 31 0 0 0 – – 31 0
2012–13 34 0 4 0 – – 38 0
Grasshopper 2013–14 34 0 3 0 4 0 – 41 0
Total 125 0 9 0 6 0 0 0 140 0
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Other[a] Total
SC Freiburg 2014–15 Bundesliga 34 0 2 0 – – 36 0
Borussia Dortmund 2015–16 33 0 6 0 3 0 – 42 0
2016–17 27 0 4 0 8 0 1 0 40 0
2017–18 32 0 3 0 10 0 1 0 46 0
Total 115 0 13 0 11 0 2 0 123 0
Career Total 240 0 22 0 17 0 2 0 263 0
  1. ^ Includes DFB-Supercup and FIFA Club World Cup matches.

International

As of 22 June 2018[13]
Switzerland
Year Apps Goals
2014 1 0
2015 3 0
2016 2 0
2017 1 0
2018 2 0
Total 9 0

Honours

Grasshopper Club Zürich
Borussia Dortmund

References

  1. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 30. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  2. ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Herzlich Willkommen, Roman Bürki!" (in German). SC Freiburg. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  4. ^ message
  5. ^ Dortmund získal švajčiarskeho brankára Bürkiho (in Slovak)
  6. ^ "Borussia Dortmund 4-0 Borussia Monchengladbach". BBC Sport. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Roman Bürki | Football Statistics | Form Guide | Squawka.com". www2.squawka.com. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Roman Bürki | Football Statistics | Form Guide | Squawka.com". www2.squawka.com. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Hamburger SV 0-3 Borussia Dortmund". BBC Sport. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  10. ^ Swiss vs Poland
  11. ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-5804211/Switzerland-opts-experience-World-Cup-squad.html
  12. ^ "Burki Statistic". soccerway.com.
  13. ^ "Roman Bürki". European Football. 24 June 2018.
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