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]
![]() Fassnacht playing for Young Boys in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Christian Fassnacht[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 28)[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 | 156 | (51) |
National team‡ | |||
2018– | Switzerland | 15 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 July 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2021 |
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | Swiss Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tuggen | 2014–15 | Swiss Promotion League | 17 | 10 | 1 | 1 | — | 18 | 11 | |
Winterthur | 2014–15 | Swiss Challenge League | 13 | 2 | — | — | 13 | 2 | ||
2015–16 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 0 | — | 37 | 9 | |||
Total | 47 | 11 | 3 | 0 | — | 50 | 11 | |||
Thun | 2016–17 | Swiss Super League | 35 | 10 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 10 | |
Young Boys | 2017–18 | Swiss Super League | 34 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 9[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 49 | 14 |
2018–19 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 47 | 11 | ||
2019–20 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 8[lower-alpha 3] | 2 | 44 | 12 | ||
2020–21 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12[lower-alpha 4] | 4 | 49 | 15 | ||
2021–22 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 9[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 28 | 12 | ||
2022–23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 5] | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
Total | 156 | 51 | 18 | 5 | 47 | 10 | 221 | 66 | ||
Career total | 255 | 82 | 23 | 6 | 47 | 10 | 325 | 98 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 16 November 2019 | Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar | ![]() | 3–0 | 6–1 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
2 | 3 June 2021 | Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland | ![]() | 2–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
3 | 4–0 | |||||
4 | 9 October 2021 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Young Boys
BSC Young Boys – current squad | |
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Switzerland squad – UEFA Euro 2020 | ||
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a Kobel replaced Omlin after Switzerland's first match. |