Bigambo Rochat

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Bigambo Rochat
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-05-29) 29 May 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Renens, Switzerland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right-back / Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Yverdon-Sport
Number 8
Youth career
2000–2002 FC Renens
2002–2004 FC Crissier
2004–2008 Lausanne-Sport
2008–2009 Lille
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2008 Lausanne-Sport 2 (0)
2009–2010 Sion 4 (0)
2010–2011 Lausanne-Sport 12 (0)
2011–2012 Neuchâtel Xamax 1 (0)
2012– Yverdon-Sport 6 (1)
International career‡
2007–2008 Switzerland U17 10 (0)
2009–2010 Switzerland U19 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 March 2007

Bigambo Rochat (born 29 May 1991) is a Swiss footballer who currently plays for Yverdon-Sport FC.

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Career

Rochat began his career with FC Renens after which he moved to FC Crissier in March 2002. His stay in Crissier lasted just twenty three months before was scouted from Lausanne-Sport, making the move in February 2004. At Lausanne he played two games with the first team in the Challenge League and was also a member of Team Vaud, the academy team. Then on 23 September 2008 he moved to top French club Lille. [1]

On 9 April 2009 the 18-year-old defender left Lille to sign a five-year deal with Sion until 2014. [2] However, his stay would last less than two years as he returned to his former club Lausanne-Sport, joining them 25 September 2010, though he was released at the end of the season.

In July 2011, Bigambo Rochat signed a contract for Swiss team Neuchâtel Xamax. At the end of the season, he moved on to Yverdon-Sport FC in July 2012 following Xamax's financial troubles and relegation to the fifth tier.

International

Rochat has represented Switzerland at various youth levels including. He featured for the Swiss under-17 team at the 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in Turkey. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "La vie de Bigambo Rochat s'est accélérée cet été". Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  2. ↑ Wallis: FC Sitten verpflichtet Bigambo Rochat
  3. ↑ UEFA European U17 Championship group stage complete, Turkey reach sem-finals [sic]
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