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Dimitri Oberlin (born 27 September 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for Thun on loan from Servette and the Switzerland national team.

Dimitri Oberlin

Oberlin in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Dimitri Joseph Oberlin Mfomo
Date of birth	(1997-09-27) 27 September 1997 (age 25)
Place of birth	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Thun
Number	10
Youth career
	FC Étoile-Broye
2008–2009	FC Thierrens
2009–2011	Lausanne-Sport
2011–2015	Zürich
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2015	Zürich	1	(0)
2015–2018	Red Bull Salzburg	12	(3)
2015	→ Liefering (loan)	15	(7)
2016–2017	→ Rheindorf Altach (loan)	20	(9)
2017–2018	→ Basel (loan)	26	(5)
2018–2021	Basel	20	(0)
2019	→ Empoli (loan)	5	(0)
2019–2020	→ Zulte Waregem (loan)	18	(2)
2021	Bayern Munich II	12	(1)
2021–	Servette	24	(2)
2022–	→ Thun (loan)	3	(1)
National team‡
2012	Switzerland U15	7	(2)
2012	Switzerland U16	3	(1)
2014	Switzerland U17	8	(4)
2014–2016	Switzerland U19	9	(9)
2016–2018	Switzerland U21	11	(5)
2018–	Switzerland	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2018

Club career

Youth

Oberlin started his youth football with FC Étoile-Broye, FC Thierrens and Lausanne-Sport, with whom he won an Under-15 championship in Switzerland.[1]

Zürich

In 2011 he moved to FC Zürich, and signed his first professional contract with the club in 2014. While he was initially promised playing time in the first team, he was used sparingly at the club, and for that reason Oberlin sought to transfer away from the club. He was sought after by Manchester United in England, but would've started in their academy with the Under-18 team. For that reason, Oberlin chose to transfer to Red Bull Salzburg in Austria, where a path to the first team was clearer.[2] Oberlin was often compared with fellow Cameroon-born, Swiss international Breel Embolo, and Zürich chairman Ancillo Capella remarked upon Oberlin's departure that he did not want "hysterical mothers claiming that their sons are at least as good as Embolo".

Salzburg

On 30 June 2015, Red Bull Salzburg made the announcement that they had signed a three-year contract with Oberlin.[3] Oberlin scored his first goal with Salzburg in his second game with the club, against Rapid Wien on 1 August, after coming on as a second-half substitute. He ended up splitting his first season with Salzburg and their farm club, Liefering. He scored three goals with Salzburg, and seven with Liefering in the Erste Liga. Oberlin received an offer from Red Bull parent club RB Leipzig in the German Bundesliga, but declined, citing the importance of playing first team football.[4]

Rheindorf Altach

Oberlin was loaned out to fellow Austrian Football Bundesliga club Rheindorf Altach for the 2016–17 season. Oberlin got off to a good start with Altach, as he scored six goals in his first five games with the club. He finished the first half of the season with nine goals, second in the league to Deni Alar, as Altach were the surprise leaders of the league at the halfway point of the season.[5] Oberlin was recalled by RB Salzburg at that point, and he found the back of the net on his first match back, scoring the only goal in a 1–0 win over Mattersburg.[6] He made three more appearances before missing nearly two months with a muscle tear in his thigh, picked up while on international duty with the Swiss under-20 team.[7] Expected to miss the rest of the season, Oberlin returned in time to make a substitute appearance against his former club that season, Altach, in the final game.[8] Altach were in fourth by that point in the season, and Salzburg won 1–0 as they ran away with the championship, their fourth in a row.

Basel

On 20 June 2017, FC Basel announced that they had acquired Oberlin on loan from Salzburg, with the option of a definite transfer.[9]

Basel, as champions of the Swiss Super League the previous year, earned a spot in the group stage of the Champions League. Oberlin appeared as a substitute against Manchester United at Old Trafford, but started for Basel against Portuguese club Benfica. On 27 September 2017, Oberlin played in the starting eleven in the Champions League Group stage match against Benfica. Basel ran out 5–0 victors at St. Jakob-Park, with Oberlin scoring two goals and assisting a third, highlighted by his full-field sprint after heading away a Benfica corner to finish off a Basel counter-attack with a goal.[10][11] Oberlin made four starts in the group stage, scoring four goals as Basel advanced to the knockout stages, second in their group behind Manchester United. Drawn against Manchester City, Basel lost 5–2 on aggregate, but they did defeat City in the second leg in Manchester 2–1, as Oberlin started both legs. He also scored on his debut with the club in the league on 5 August, finishing off a 3–0 victory over Thun with his stoppage time goal.

Under trainer Marcel Koller Basel won the Swiss Cup in the 2018–19 season. In the first round Basel beat FC Montlingen 3–0, in the second round Echallens Région 7–2 and in the round of 16 Winterthur 1–0. In the quarter finals Sion were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi finals Zürich were defeated 3–1. All these games were played away from home. The final was held on the 19 May 2019 in the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern against Thun. Striker Albian Ajeti scored the first goal, Fabian Frei the second for Basel, then Dejan Sorgić netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel.[12] Oberlin played in four cup games and scored a goal in the semi-final against Zürich.

Empoli

On 31 January 2019, the last day of the 2018–19 winter transfer window, Oberlin moved to Serie A side Empoli F.C. on loan for the season with Empoli securing an option to make the signing permanent.[13]

Zulte Waregem

On 1 July 2019, Oberlin moved to Belgian First Division A to join S.V. Zulte Waregem on a 1 year loan.[14]

Bayern Munich II

On 26 January 2021, Oberlin signed a six-month contract with Bayern Munich to play for the reserve team in the 3. Liga.[15]

Servette FC

On 28 July 2021, Oberlin signed a three-year contract with Servette FC to play in the Swiss Super League.[16] He made his competitive debut on 22 August in a 4–1 league win over FC Luzern, coming off the bench in the 68th minute alongside Ronny Rodelin, and immediately contributed with an assist in the same minute to a goal scored by Rodelin.[17] Oberlin made ten appearances in his first six months at the club, all as a substitute.[18]

Loan to Thun

On 31 August 2022, Oberlin moved on a season-long loan to Swiss Challenge League club Thun.[19]

International career

Oberlin received his first call to the Switzerland national football team for friendlies against Greece and Panama in March 2018.[20] Born in Cameroon, Oberlin moved to Switzerland at the age of 9, and has participated in their youth ranks from the age of 14.[21] He made his debut on 23 March 2018 in a game against Greece.[22]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 April 2021[18][23]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Zürich	2013–14	Swiss Super League	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2014–15	Swiss Super League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Red Bull Salzburg	2015–16	Austrian Bundesliga	12	3	0	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	0	15	3
	2016–17	Austrian Bundesliga	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
	Total		17	4	0	0	3	0	20	4
FC Liefering (loan)	2015–16	1. Liga	15	7	0	0	—		15	7
SCR Altach (loan)	2016–17	Austrian Bundesliga	20	9	1	0	—		21	9
Basel (loan)	2017–18	Swiss Super League	26	5	3	1	8[lower-alpha 2]	4	37	10
Basel	2018–19	Swiss Super League	14	0	2	1	4[lower-alpha 3]	0	20	1
	2019–20	Swiss Super League	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
	2020–21	Swiss Super League	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 4]	0	1	0
	Total		46	5	6	2	13	4	65	11
Empoli (loan)	2018–19	Serie A	5	0	0	0	—		5	0
Zulte Waregem (loan)	2019–20	Belgian First Division A	18	2	4	1	—		22	3
Bayern Munich II	2020–21	3. Liga	12	1	—		—		12	1
Servette FC	2021–22	Swiss Super League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			134	28	11	3	16	4	161	35

Honours

Salzburg

• Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2015–16, 2016–17
• Austrian Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17

Basel

• Swiss Cup: 2018–19

References

External links

• Dimitri Oberlin at Soccerway
• Dimitri Oberlin at National-Football-Teams.com

На других языках

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[de] Dimitri Oberlin

Dimitri Joseph Oberlin Mfomo (* 27. September 1997 in Yaoundé, Kamerun) ist ein Schweizer Fussballspieler.

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- [en] Dimitri Oberlin

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[es] Dimitri Oberlin

Dimitri Joseph Oberlin Mfomo (Yaundé, Camerún, 27 de septiembre de 1997) es un futbolista suizo-camerunés que juega como delantero en el F. C. Thun de la Challenge League.[1]

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[fr] Dimitri Oberlin

Dimitri Oberlin, né le 27 septembre 1997 à Yaoundé, est un footballeur international suisse qui joue au poste d'avant-centre au FC Thoune, en prêt du Servette FC.

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[it] Dimitri Oberlin

Dimitri Oberlin (Yaoundé, 27 settembre 1997) è un calciatore svizzero di origine camerunese, attaccante del Thun in prestito dal Servette.

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[ru] Оберлен, Димитри

Димитри́ Жозе́ф Оберле́н Мфомо́ (фр. Dimitri Joseph Oberlin Mfomo; род. 27 сентября 1997[1][2][3], Яунде) — швейцарский футболист, нападающий клуба «Серветт». Выступал за сборную Швейцарии.

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