Christian Fassnacht

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Christian Fassnacht
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Fassnacht playing for Young Boys in 2017
Personal information
Full name Christian Andreas Fassnacht [1]
Date of birth (1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 30) [2]
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [2]
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
 Norwich City
Number 16
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014 Tuggen 17 (10)
2015–2016 Winterthur 47 (11)
2016–2017 Thun 35 (10)
2017–2023 Young Boys 182 (58)
2023– Norwich City 30 (6)
International career‡
2018– Switzerland 19 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:35, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:31, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

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. [3]

Contents

Club career

Young Boys

Fassnacht was part of the Young Boys squad that won the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, their first league title in 32 years. [4] He played an important role for the club during the title winning season, scoring 11 league goals. [5]

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. [6] 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. [7]

Norwich City

On 25 July 2023, he departed Young Boys after six years at the club to join Norwich City, [8] 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. [9]

International career

Fassnacht made his debut with the Switzerland national team (he never represented Switzerland before at any level) in a 2–1 away loss against Belgium. [10] 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. [11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 February 2024 [12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tuggen 2014–15 Swiss Promotion League 171011——1811
Winterthur 2014–15 Swiss Challenge League 132———132
2015–16 Swiss Challenge League34930——379
Total471130——5011
Thun 2016–17 Swiss Super League 351010——3610
Young Boys 2017–18 Swiss Super League341161—9 [lower-alpha 3] 24914
2018–19 Swiss Super League351140—8 [lower-alpha 4] 04711
2019–20 Swiss Super League30763—8 [lower-alpha 5] 24412
2020–21 Swiss Super League361011—12 [lower-alpha 6] 44915
2021–22 Swiss Super League181110—9 [lower-alpha 4] 12812
2022–23 Swiss Super League29842—1 [lower-alpha 7] 13411
Total18258227—471025175
Norwich City 2023–24 Championship 3063020—356
Career total31194308204710390112
  1. ↑ Includes Swiss Cup, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  4. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  6. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and four goals in UEFA Europa League
  7. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 4 June 2023 [13]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 201830
201921
2021103
202220
202320
Total194
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fassnacht goal. [14]
List of international goals scored by Christian Fassnacht
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
116 November 2019 Victoria Stadium, GibraltarFlag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 3–06–1 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
23 June 2021 Kybunpark, St. Gallen, SwitzerlandFlag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 2–07–0 Friendly
34–0
49 October 2021 Stade de Genève, Geneva, SwitzerlandUlster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 2–02–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Young Boys

Individual

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  4. ↑ "Soccer - Young Boys end 32-year wait for Swiss title and end Basel dominance". Reuters. 28 April 2018.
  5. ↑ League, Swiss Football. "Torschützen - Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Young Boys' Christian Fassnacht jolts Rangers' hopes with late winner". The Guardian. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  7. ↑ "Leverkusen 0-2 Young Boys". UEFA. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "Southampton 4-4 Norwich City". BBC. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Belgium 2-1 Switzerland: Romelu Lukaku scores twice as hosts win in Brussels". BBC Sport. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  11. ↑ https://www.uefa.com / uefaeuro-2020 / match / 2024485 - switzerland-vs-spain / lineups /? iv = true
  12. ↑ "C. Fassnacht". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  13. ↑ Christian Fassnacht at National-Football-Teams.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  14. ↑ "Christian Fassnacht". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
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