Bradley Fink

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Bradley Fink
Personal information
Full name Bradley Thomas Fink
Date of birth (2003-04-17) 17 April 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Cham, Switzerland
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Basel
Number 14
Youth career
2010–2011 SC Cham
2011–2019 Luzern
2019–2022 Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022 Borussia Dortmund II 14 (3)
2022– Basel 37 (6)
2023–2024 → Grasshopper (loan) 31 (2)
International career‡
2017–2018 Switzerland U15 7 (4)
2018–2019 Switzerland U16 8 (1)
2019 Switzerland U17 7 (7)
2021 Switzerland U19 7 (5)
2022 Switzerland U20 1 (1)
2022– Switzerland U21 9 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:28, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Bradley Thomas Fink (born 17 April 2003) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss Super League club FC Basel.

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Club career

Early career

Born in Cham, Fink played his first youth football with local club SC Cham. He was soon discovered by Luzern and moved on to them soon afterwards and passed through their youth academy. In July 2019, Fink joined Borussia Dortmund. [2] On 17 January 2022, Fink made his professional debut in a 3. Liga match for Borussia Dortmund II against Waldhof Mannheim. [3]

FC Basel

In August 2022, Fink signed a four-year contract with FC Basel. [4] He joined Basel's first team for their 2022–23 season under head coach Alexander Frei and made his debut in the Swiss Cup match on 21 August 2022. He scored his first goal for the club in the same game, as Basel won 5–0 against local amateur club FC Allschwil. [5]

Fink played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Letzigrund on 28 August as Basel won 4–2 against Zürich. [6] He scored his first league goal for his new club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 1 October. He was substituted in for Wouter Burger in the 83rd minute and scored the winning goal within one minute as Basel won 3–2 against St. Gallen, heading home a cross from Michael Lang. [7]

Loan to Grasshopper Club Zürich

On 20 July 2023, he joined Swiss Super League rivals Grasshopper Club Zürich for a season long loan. [8] He made his debut in the first game of the season on 22 July 2023, coming on in the final minutes in the 1–3 home defeat to Servette FC. [9] On 12 August 2023, he received his first starting lineup nomination and scored his first goal for Grasshoppers just seven minutes into the game. [10] In their Swiss Cup opening round match against SV Schaffhausen of the 2. Liga Interregional, the 5th tier of Swiss football, he scored a brace in the 4–0 away victory. [11]

He returned to Basel following the conclusion of the season, [12] having scored four goals in total for Grasshoppers, two each in the league and in the cup.

International career

Fink has represented Switzerland at various youth international levels. [13]

Personal life

Fink can also play for England at international level. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bradley Fink". FC Basel. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "BVB-Nachwuchs verpflichtet Reyna und Fink" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "WALDHOF MANNHEIM VS. BORUSSIA DORTMUND II 1 - 3". Soccerway. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Bradley Fink Unterschreibt Bis 2026 Beim FCB". FC Basel (in German). 17 August 2022.
  5. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (21 August 2022). "5:0 gegen den FC Allschwil – der FCB steht im Cup-1/16-Final". 5:0 against FC Allschwil – FCB is in the Cup 1/16 finals. FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 21 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (28 August 2022). "Der FCB bezwingt den FCZ auswärts mit 4:2". The FCB beats the FCZ 4-2 away from home. FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 28 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (1 October 2022). "Fink köpft den FCB zum 3:2-Sieg über den FC St. Gallen". Fink heads FCB to a 3-2 win over FC St. Gallen. FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 16 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ "Bradley Fink joins GC Zurich and Dominik Schmid signs for FC Basel 1893". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "Grasshoppers – Servette". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "Niederlage auf der Schützenwiese". gcz.ch. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  11. ↑ "Sieg im schweizer Cup". gcz.ch. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  12. ↑ "START OF TRAINING & COACHING STAFF & COMPLETION". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  13. ↑ Bradley Fink at WorldFootball.net
  14. ↑ "Borussia Dortmund: 'We don't buy superstars, we make them'". BBC. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
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