Christian Fassnacht

Christian Fassnacht (born 11 November 1993) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss Super League club Young Boys and the Switzerland national team.[3]

Christian Fassnacht
Fassnacht playing for Young Boys in 2017
Personal information
Full name Christian Fassnacht[1]
Date of birth (1993-11-11) 11 November 1993[2]
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Young Boys
Number 16
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Tuggen 17 (10)
2015–2016 Winterthur 47 (11)
2016–2017 Thun 35 (10)
2017– Young Boys 142 (45)
National team‡
2018– Switzerland 15 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 October 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2021

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.[4] He played an important role for the club during the title winning season, scoring 11 league goals.[5]

On 3 October 2019, Fassnacht scored a late goal deep into second-half stoppage time to give Young Boys a 2–1 home win over Rangers in the Europa League group stage.[6] On 25 February 2021, he scored in Young Boys' 2–0 second-leg victory over Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League Round of 32, securing passage into the Round of 16 for the first time in club history.[7]

International career

Fassnacht made his debut with the Switzerland national team (he never represented Switzerland before at any level) in a 2–1 away loss against Belgium.[8] In 2021 he was called up to the national team for the 2020 UEFA European Championship, where the team created one of the main sensations of the tournament reaching the quarter-finals.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of 3 October 2021[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tuggen 2014–15 Swiss Promotion League 171011——1811
Winterthur 2014–15 Swiss Challenge League 132———132
2015–16 34930——379
Total 471130——5011
Thun 2016–17 Swiss Super League 351010——3610
Young Boys 2017–18 Swiss Super League 3411619[lower-alpha 1]2—4914
2018–19 3511408[lower-alpha 2]0—4711
2019–20 307638[lower-alpha 3]2—4412
2020–21 36101112[lower-alpha 4]4—4915
2021–22 76007[lower-alpha 2]1—147
Total 14245175449—20359
Career total 241762264490030791
  1. Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and four goals in UEFA Europa League

International goals
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fassnacht goal.[11]
List of international goals scored by Christian Fassnacht
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
116 November 2019Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Gibraltar3–06–1UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
23 June 2021Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland Liechtenstein2–07–0Friendly
34–0
49 October 2021Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland Northern Ireland2–02–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Young Boys

References
  1. "UEFA Europa League 2017/2018: Booking List before Group stage Matchday 5" (PDF). UEFA. p. 2. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  2. "Christian Fassnacht" (in German). Swiss Football League. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  3. "C. Fassnacht". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  4. "Soccer - Young Boys end 32-year wait for Swiss title and end Basel dominance". Reuters. 28 April 2018.
  5. League, Swiss Football. "Torschützen - Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  6. "Young Boys' Christian Fassnacht jolts Rangers' hopes with late winner". The Guardian. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  7. "Leverkusen 0-2 Young Boys". UEFA. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  8. "Belgium 2-1 Switzerland: Romelu Lukaku scores twice as hosts win in Brussels". BBC Sport. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  9. https://www.uefa.com / uefaeuro-2020 / match / 2024485 - switzerland-vs-spain / lineups /? iv = true
  10. "C. Fassnacht". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  11. "Christian Fassnacht". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  12. "Young Boys wins Swiss league title in 54th week of season". Washington Post. Associated Press. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  13. "Young Boys seal third straight Swiss title". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  14. "Young Boys win fourth straight Swiss league title". Yahoo. 18 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  15. "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Statistik und Resultate". www.football.ch (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2020.
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