swiss association football player

Nico Elvedi ( natural 30 September 1996 ) is a swiss professional football player who plays as a center back for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Switzerland national team .

Club career [edit ]

Born in Zürich, Elvedi was a youth musician for FC Zürich. He made his swiss Super League debut on 15 May 2014 in a 1–0 aside win against FC Lausanne-Sport playing the full match. [ 3 ]

Elvedi joined Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2015 for a €4 million transfer tip. He scored his first gear goal in the Bundesliga during the bowler hat against 1. FC Köln. The match saw Borussia Mönchengladbach win 1–0. [ citation needed ]

International career [edit ]

Elvedi played for diverse swiss youth teams, and made his debut for the aged Switzerland national football team in a friendly 1–2 frustration to Belgium on 28 May 2016. [ 4 ] He was included in the Switzerland national football team 23-man police squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. [ 5 ] In May 2019, he played in 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals, where his team finished 4th. [ 6 ]

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. [ 7 ]

personal biography [edit ]

Elvedi ‘s gemini brother, Jan, is besides a professional football player who plays for 2. Bundesliga club Jahn Regensburg. [ 8 ] [ 9 ]

career statistics [edit ]

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As of 2 October 2021[10]
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Zürich 2013–14 Swiss Super League 2 0 — — 2 0
2014–15 16 1 3 0 5 0 24 1
Total 18 1 3 0 5 0 26 1
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2015–16 Bundesliga 21 0 1 0 2 0 24 0
2016–17 25 0 2 0 8 0 35 0
2017–18 33 2 3 0 — 36 2
2018–19 30 2 1 0 — 31 2
2019–20 32 1 2 0 5 0 39 1
2020–21 29 3 4 1 7 1 40 5
2021–22 7 0 1 0 — 8 0
Total 177 8 14 1 21 1 213 10
Career total 195 9 17 1 27 1 239 11

International [edit ]

As of 12 October 2021[11]
Switzerland
Year Apps Goals
2016 3 0
2017 1 0
2018 5 1
2019 8 0
2020 5 0
2021 13 0
Total 35 1
Scores and results list Switzerland’s goal tally first.[11]
List of international goals scored by Nico Elvedi
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 18 November 2018 Swissporarena, Lucern, Switzerland  Belgium 4–2 5–2 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A

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