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Roman Bürki (born 14 November 1990) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club St. Louis City SC. From 2014 to 2018, he played for the Switzerland national team.

Roman Bürki

Bürki with Borussia Dortmund in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Roman Bürki[1]
Date of birth	(1990-11-14) 14 November 1990 (age 31)
Place of birth	Münsingen, Switzerland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	St. Louis City SC
Youth career
1999–2005	FC Münsingen
2005–2009	Young Boys
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2013	Young Boys	2	(0)
2009–2010	→ FC Thun (loan)	4	(0)
2010	→ FC Schaffhausen (loan)	9	(0)
2011–2013	→ Grasshoppers (loan)	76	(0)
2013–2014	Grasshoppers	34	(0)
2014–2015	SC Freiburg	34	(0)
2015–2022	Borussia Dortmund	176	(0)
2022–	St. Louis City SC	0	(0)
2022–	St. Louis City SC 2	4	(0)
National team‡
2011–2012	Switzerland U21	12	(0)
2014–2018	Switzerland	9	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:23, 14 May 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 June 2018

Club career

Switzerland

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

SC Freiburg

On 24 May 2014, he signed a contract 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

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

St. Louis City SC

On March 16th, 2022, Burki agreed to a deal that would send him to Major League Soccer expansion franchise St. Louis City SC for their inaugural season in 2023.[10]

International career

Bürki played for Switzerland U-21 in the 2011 European Under-21 Championship.

In 2014, Bürki was first called up for Switzerland and was also in the squad for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. On 18 November 2014, he made his debut in a friendly match against Poland.[11] He was part of the squad for the 2016 European Championships, but never made it to any match.[12] Ultimately, his team was eliminated in the round of 16 away after losing 5–4 on penalties against Poland.[13]

He was included in Switzerland's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup.[14]

In 2018, Burki stated that he did not want to be called up to the Switzerland squad in order to focus on the 2018–19 season at Dortmund.[15]

Personal life

Bürki is the older brother of FC Thun defender Marco Bürki.[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 May 2022[17]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Thun (loan)	2009–10	Swiss Challenge League	4	0	2	0	–		–		6	0
FC Schaffhausen (loan)	2009–10	Swiss Challenge League	9	0	0	0	–		–		9	0
Young Boys	2010–11	Swiss Super League	2	0	0	0	2	0	–		4	0
Grasshoppers (loan)	2010–11	Swiss Super League	11	0	0	0	0	0	–		11	0
	2011–12	Swiss Super League	31	0	0	0	–		–		31	0
	2012–13	Swiss Super League	34	0	4	0	–		–		38	0
	Total		76	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	80	0
Grasshoppers	2013–14	Swiss Super League	34	0	3	0	4	0	–		41	0
SC Freiburg	2014–15	Bundesliga	34	0	2	0	–		–		36	0
Borussia Dortmund	2015–16	Bundesliga	33	0	6	0	3	0	–		42	0
	2016–17	Bundesliga	27	0	4	0	8	0	1	0	40	0
	2017–18	Bundesliga	33	0	3	0	10	0	1	0	47	0
	2018–19	Bundesliga	32	0	1	0	7	0	–		40	0
	2019–20	Bundesliga	31	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	39	0
	2020–21	Bundesliga	19	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	24	0
	2021–22	Bundesliga	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		176	0	15	0	40	0	2	0	233	0
Career total			335	0	26	0	46	0	2	0	409	0

International

As of 22 June 2018[18]

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

Grasshoppers

• Swiss Cup: 2012–13

Borussia Dortmund

• DFB-Pokal: 2016–17, 2020–21
• DFL-Supercup: 2019

References

External links

• Roman Bürki at WorldFootball.net
• Roman Bürki at Soccerway
• Player profile at football.ch at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 July 2011)

На других языках

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- [en] Roman Bürki

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[es] Roman Bürki

Roman Bürki (Münsingen, Suiza, 14 de noviembre de 1990) es un futbolista suizo. Juega de guardameta y su equipo actual es el Borussia Dortmund de la Bundesliga de Alemania.[1]

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[fr] Roman Bürki

Roman Bürki, né le 14 novembre 1990 à Münsingen en Suisse, est un footballeur international suisse. Il joue au poste de gardien de but au Borussia Dortmund. Il a un jeune frère, Marco Bürki, également footballeur professionnel.

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[it] Roman Bürki

Roman Bürki (Münsingen, 14 novembre 1990) è un calciatore svizzero, portiere del Borussia Dortmund..

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[ru] Бюрки, Роман

Рома́н Бю́рки (нем. Roman Bürki; 14 ноября 1990, Мюнзинген, Швейцария) — швейцарский футболист, вратарь. Выступал за сборную Швейцарии. 1 января 2023 года станет игроком клуба «Сент-Луис Сити».

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