Gion Chande

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Gion Chande
Personal information
Full name Gion Fadri Chande
Date of birth (1998-05-03) 3 May 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Thusis, Switzerland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2005–2008 FC Thusis/Cazis
2008–2010 Team Graubünden
2010–2013 St. Gallen
2013–2016 Basel
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2018 Basel U21 13 (0)
2016 → Vaduz II 8 (0)
2017 → Grasshoppers U21 (loan) 9 (0)
2016–2018 Wil II 8 (0)
2018–2023 Vaduz 5 (0)
International career‡
2012–2013 Switzerland U15 4 (0)
2013–2014 Switzerland U16 4 (0)
2014–2015 Switzerland U17 3 (0)
2015–2016 Switzerland U18 2 (0)
2016–2017 Switzerland U19 1 (0)
2017–2018 Switzerland U20 1 (0)
2023– Mozambique 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:49, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Gion Fadri Chande (born 3 May 1998) is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Born in Switzerland, he plays for the Mozambique national team.

Contents

Career

Chande is a youth product of his local clubs FC Thusis/Cazis and Team Graubünden, before spending time with St. Gallen, and finally joining the youth academy of Basel in 2013 to finish his development. [1] He began his senior career in 2016 on loan to the reserves of Vaduz for the first half of the 2017–17 season, and in 2017 moved to Grasshoppers' reserves for the second half; at both clubs, he was also the third goalkeeper for their main squads. [2] He returned to Basel for the 2017–18 season where he played for their U21s, but managed to appear on their main squad's bench a couple of times in the season due to injuries to other goalkeepers ahead of him. [3]

In the summer of 2018, he moved to Wil where he was again a reserve goalkeeper. He transferred to the Liechtenstein club FC Vaduz in May 2019, and helped the club achieve promotion to the Swiss Super League. [4] In February 2021, he extended his contract with the club for 2 more years. [5] On 19 December 2021, he finally made his senior and professional debut as a late substitute in a 3–2 Swiss Challenge League win over FC Winterthur. [6]

International career

Chande was born in Switzerland to a Mozambican father and a Swiss mother. [7] He was a youth international for Switzerland, having played all levels up to the Switzerland U20s. He was called up to the senior Mozambique national team for a set of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches in March 2023. [8] He debuted with Mozambique in a 5–1 loss to Senegal on 24 March 2023. [9]

Honours

Club

Vaduz

Individual

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References

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  2. ↑ (AU), Anonymer Autor (November 18, 2020). "Challenge League - Torwart Gion Fadri Chande wechselt vom FC Basel zu GC". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  3. ↑ Kieslich, Christoph (October 27, 2017). "Der Klassiker als Amuse-Gueule". TagesWoche (in German). Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Vaduz verpflichtet Chande und Gasser". Vaterland online (in German). May 10, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Kaderupdate beim FC Vaduz :: FC Vaduz". FC Vaduz (in German). Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  6. ↑ "WIN - VAD - Match". Swiss Football League ORG (in German). Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  7. ↑ Meile, Ralf (April 1, 2023). ""Ein riesiges Erlebnis" – der Bündner Gion Fadri Chande ist Nati-Goalie von Mosambik". watson.ch (in German). Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  8. ↑ Maputo, Folha de (March 14, 2023). "Acesso ao CAN: Gion Chande é novidade dos Mambas para confronto com Senegal". Folha de Maputo (in Portuguese). Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Vom FC Vaduz direkt in die Nati von Mosambik". blue News (in German). March 28, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Verbandssportpreis für Gion Fadri Chande". Südostschweiz (in German). October 5, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
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