swiss football player

Roman Bürki ( born 14 November 1990 ) is a swiss professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. He besides represented the Switzerland national team .

Club career [edit ]

Switzerland [edit ]

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

SC Freiburg [edit ]

On 24 May 2014, he signed a narrow with SC Freiburg. [ 3 ] For 2014–15 Bundesliga season he succeeded Oliver Baumann as number one goalkeeper. [ 4 ] He played in all 34 games, while being unable to prevent the team from being relegated to 2. Bundesliga .

Borussia Dortmund [edit ]

On 14 June 2015, he signed for Borussia Dortmund. [ 5 ] He made his formal introduction 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 foremost five Bundesliga games. [ 9 ]

International career [edit ]

Bürki with Switzerland in 2015 Bürki played for Switzerland U-21 in the 2011 european Under-21 Championship. In 2014, Bürki was first called up for Switzerland and was besides in the team for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. On 18 November 2014, he made his debut in a friendly match against Poland. [ 10 ] He was contribution of the squad for the 2016 european Championships, but never made it to any match. [ 11 ] ultimately, his team was eliminated in the turn of 16 away after losing 5–4 on penalties against Poland. [ 12 ]

He was included in Switzerland ‘s 23-man police squad for the 2018 World Cup. [ 13 ] In 2018, Burki stated that he did not want to be called up to the Switzerland squad in rate to focus on the 2018–19 season at Dortmund. [ 14 ]

personal life [edit ]

Bürki is the older brother of FC Luzern defender Marco Bürki. [ 15 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 22 May 2021[16]

International [edit ]

As of 22 June 2018[17]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Switzerland 2014 1 0
2015 3 0
2016 2 0
2017 1 0
2018 2 0
Total 9 0

Honours [edit ]

Grasshoppers
Borussia Dortmund

References [edit ]