Michel Aebischer

Michel Aebischer
Personal information
Full name Michel Aebischer[1]
Date of birth (1997-01-06) 6 January 1997 (age 27)[1]
Place of birth Fribourg, Switzerland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bologna
Number 20
Youth career
0000–2016 Young Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2022 Young Boys 133 (12)
2022 → Bologna (loan) 12 (0)
2022– Bologna 75 (1)
International career‡
2012 Switzerland U16 1 (0)
2017–2018 Switzerland U20 8 (0)
2018 Switzerland U21 6 (0)
2019– Switzerland 29 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024

Michel Aebischer (born 6 January 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Bologna and the Switzerland national team.[2]

Club career

Aebischer is a youth exponent from Young Boys. He made his Swiss Super League debut on 10 September 2016 against Luzern.[3]

He was part of the Young Boys squad that won the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, their first league title for 32 years.[4]

On 25 January 2022, he joined Bologna in Italy. The transfer was initially a loan with a future obligation to buy the rights permanently.[5]

International career

Aebischer made his debut for Switzerland national team on 18 November 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Gibraltar. He came on as a substitute for Ruben Vargas in the 85th minute.[6] On 9 November 2022, he was called up for the Swiss squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar,[7] where he made one appearance as a 76th-minute substitute for Djibril Sow in the 1–0 Group G loss to Brazil.[8]

On 7 June 2024, Aebischer was named in the 26-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2024.[9] On 15 June, he scored his first international goal and provided an assist in a 3–1 victory over Hungary in Switzerland's opening match of the tournament.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 October 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Young Boys 2016–17 Swiss Super League 14 1 1 0 2 0 17 1
2017–18 19 0 4 0 6 0 29 0
2018–19 26 4 3 0 6 0 35 4
2019–20 32 3 6 1 8 0 46 4
2020–21 27 2 1 0 11 0 39 2
2021–22 15 2 2 1 11 1 28 3
Total 133 12 17 2 44 1 194 15
Bologna (loan) 2021–22 Serie A 12 0 — — 12 0
Bologna 2022–23 Serie A 32 1 2 0 — 34 1
2023–24 36 0 4 0 — 40 0
2024–25 7 0 0 0 1[a] 0 8 0
Total 75 1 6 0 1 0 82 1
Career total 220 13 23 2 45 1 288 16
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 15 October 2024[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Switzerland 2019 1 0
2020 2 0
2021 4 0
2022 6 0
2023 3 0
2024 13 1
Total 29 1
As of match played 15 October 2024
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.
List of international goals scored by Michel Aebischer
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 15 June 2024 RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany 21  Hungary 2–0 3–1 UEFA Euro 2024 [12]

Honours

Young Boys

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Switzerland (SUI)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 28. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ Michel Aebischer at Soccerway
  3. ^ "BSC Young Boys vs. Luzern - 10 September 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Soccer - Young Boys end 32-year wait for Swiss title and end Basel dominance". Reuters. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Aebischer al Bologna" (in Italian). Bologna. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Gibraltar v Switzerland game report". UEFA. 18 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Murat Yakin gibt Schweizer WM-Aufgebot bekannt" [Murat Yakin announces Swiss World Cup squad] (in German). Swiss Football Association. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Brazil 1-0 Switzerland: Casemiro winner seals last-16 spot". BBC Sport. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Männer-Nationalteam: Das EM-Kader steht – Zeqiri reist nicht nach Deutschland" [Men’s national team: The European Championship squad is set – Zeqiri will not travel to Germany] (in German). Swiss Football Association. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Switzerland holds on to beat Hungary 3-1 at Euro 2024". AP News. 15 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Michel Aebischer". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Hungary 1–3 Switzerland". UEFA. 15 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Young Boys wins Swiss league title in 54th week of season". Washington Post. Associated Press. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Young Boys seal third straight Swiss title". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  15. ^ "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Statistik und Resultate". www.football.ch (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  16. ^ "SAFP Golden 11 2019". Golden11. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  17. ^ "SAFP Golden 11 Winners 2020". Golden11. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2022.