Christian Andreas Fassnacht (born 11 November 1993) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a right winger for EFL Championship club Norwich City and the Switzerland national team.[4]
![]() Fassnacht playing for Young Boys in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Christian Andreas Fassnacht[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 11 November 1993||
Place of birth | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Right winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Norwich City | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014 | Tuggen | 17 | (10) |
2015–2016 | Winterthur | 47 | (11) |
2016–2017 | Thun | 35 | (10) |
2017–2023 | Young Boys | 182 | (58) |
2023– | Norwich City | 40 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
2018– | Switzerland | 19 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:23, 29 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:31, 4 June 2023 (UTC) |
Club career
editYoung Boys
editFassnacht was part of the Young Boys squad that won the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, their first league title in 32 years.[5] He played an important role for the club during the title winning season, scoring 11 league goals.[6]
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.[7] 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.[8]
Norwich City
editOn 25 July 2023, he departed Young Boys after six years at the club to join Norwich City,[9] reuniting with his former head coach David Wagner.
On 12 August, he scored his first goal for Norwich City in a 4–4 draw against Southampton.[10]
International career
editFassnacht made his debut with the Switzerland national team (he never represented Switzerland before at any level) in a 2–1 away loss against Belgium.[11] 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.[12]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 27 April 2024[13]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | 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 | Swiss Challenge League | 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[c] | 2 | 49 | 14 | |
2018–19 | Swiss Super League | 35 | 11 | 4 | 0 | — | 8[d] | 0 | 47 | 11 | ||
2019–20 | Swiss Super League | 30 | 7 | 6 | 3 | — | 8[e] | 2 | 44 | 12 | ||
2020–21 | Swiss Super League | 36 | 10 | 1 | 1 | — | 12[f] | 4 | 49 | 15 | ||
2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 18 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | 9[d] | 1 | 28 | 12 | ||
2022–23 | Swiss Super League | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | — | 1[g] | 1 | 34 | 11 | ||
Total | 182 | 58 | 22 | 7 | — | 47 | 10 | 251 | 75 | |||
Norwich City | 2023–24 | Championship | 40 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 45 | 6 | |
Career total | 321 | 94 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 10 | 400 | 112 |
- ^ Includes Swiss Cup, FA Cup
- ^ Includes EFL Cup
- ^ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and four goals in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
edit- As of match played 4 June 2023[14]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Switzerland | 2018 | 3 | 0 |
2019 | 2 | 1 | |
2021 | 10 | 3 | |
2022 | 2 | 0 | |
2023 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 19 | 4 |
- Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fassnacht goal.[15]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 16 November 2019 | Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar | Gibraltar | 3–0 | 6–1 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
2 | 3 June 2021 | Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland | Liechtenstein | 2–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
3 | 4–0 | |||||
4 | 9 October 2021 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland | Northern Ireland | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
editYoung Boys
- Swiss Super League: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20,[16][17] 2020–21,[18] 2022–23
- Swiss Cup: 2019–20, 2022–23[19]
Individual
References
edit- ^ "EFL Squad List: Season 2023/24". EFL. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Switzerland (SUI)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 28. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Christian Fassnacht" (in German). Swiss Football League. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "C. Fassnacht". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ "Soccer - Young Boys end 32-year wait for Swiss title and end Basel dominance". Reuters. 28 April 2018.
- ^ League, Swiss Football. "Torschützen - Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ^ "Young Boys' Christian Fassnacht jolts Rangers' hopes with late winner". The Guardian. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ^ "Leverkusen 0-2 Young Boys". UEFA. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ "Christian Fassnacht wechselt zu Norwich City" [Christian Fassnacht transfers to Norwich City] (in Swiss High German). Young Boys. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ "Southampton 4-4 Norwich City". BBC. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "Belgium 2-1 Switzerland: Romelu Lukaku scores twice as hosts win in Brussels". BBC Sport. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ https://www.uefa.com / uefaeuro-2020 / match / 2024485 - switzerland-vs-spain / lineups /? iv = true
- ^ "C. Fassnacht". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ Christian Fassnacht at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Christian Fassnacht". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ "Young Boys wins Swiss league title in 54th week of season". Washington Post. Associated Press. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "Young Boys seal third straight Swiss title". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Young Boys win fourth straight Swiss league title". Yahoo. 18 April 2021. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Statistik und Resultate". www.football.ch (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "SAFP Golden 11 2019". Golden11. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "SAFP Golden 11 Winners 2020". Golden11. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "Das SFL-Team der Saison 2022/23" (in German). Swiss Football League. 29 June 2023.