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Nico Elvedi (born 30 September 1996) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Switzerland national team.

Nico Elvedi

Elvedi with Switzerland at UEFA Euro 2020
Personal information
Full name	Nico Elvedi[1]
Date of birth	(1996-09-30) 30 September 1996 (age 26)
Place of birth	Zürich, Switzerland
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s)	Centre back, right back
Club information
Current team	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Number	30
Youth career
2005–2006	FC Greifensee
2006–2013	Zürich
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2015	Zürich II	24	(0)
2014–2015	Zürich	18	(1)
2015–	Borussia Mönchengladbach	211	(11)
National team‡
2012–2013	Switzerland U17	11	(0)
2014	Switzerland U18	1	(0)
2013–2016	Switzerland U19	19	(2)
2016–	Switzerland	40	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:50, 11 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:08, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Club career

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

Elvedi joined Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2015 for a €4 million transfer fee. He scored his first goal in the Bundesliga during the derby against 1. FC Köln. The match saw Borussia Mönchengladbach win 1–0.^{[citation needed]}

International career

Elvedi played for various Swiss youth teams, and made his debut for the senior Switzerland national football team in a friendly 1–2 defeat to Belgium on 28 May 2016.[4]

He was included in the Switzerland national football team 23-man 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 life

Elvedi's twin brother, Jan, is also a professional footballer who plays for 2. Bundesliga club Jahn Regensburg.[8][9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 November 2022[10]

Club	Season	League			National 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		28	1	3	0	—		31	1
	2022–23		13	2	2	0	—		15	2
	Total		211	11	18	1	21	1	251	13
Career total			229	12	21	1	27	1	277	14

International

As of match played 27 September 2022[11]

Switzerland
Year	Apps	Goals
2016	3	0
2017	1	0
2018	5	1
2019	8	0
2020	5	0
2021	13	0
2022	5	0
Total	40	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

References

На других языках

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[de] Nico Elvedi

Nico Elvedi (* 30. September 1996 in Zürich) ist ein Schweizer Fussballspieler. Der Innenverteidiger steht bei Borussia Mönchengladbach unter Vertrag und ist A-Nationalspieler.

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- [en] Nico Elvedi

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[es] Nico Elvedi

Nico Elvedi (Zürich, Suiza, 30 de septiembre de 1996) es un futbolista suizo que juega en la demarcación de defensa para el Borussia Mönchengladbach de la Bundesliga de Alemania.

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[fr] Nico Elvedi

Nico Elvedi, né le 30 septembre 1996 à Zurich, est un joueur de football international suisse, qui évolue au poste de défenseur central. Il joue dans le club allemand du Borussia Mönchengladbach.

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[it] Nico Elvedi

Nico Elvedi (Zurigo, 30 settembre 1996) è un calciatore svizzero, difensore del Borussia Mönchengladbach e della nazionale svizzera.

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[ru] Эльведи, Нико

Нико Эльведи (нем. Nico Elvedi, род. 30 сентября 1996 года, Цюрих, Швейцария) — швейцарский футболист, защитник клуба Боруссия (Мёнхенгладбах) и национальной сборной Швейцарии.

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