Gregor Kobel

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Gregor Kobel
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Kobel playing for Borussia Dortmund in 2023
Personal information
Full name Gregor Kobel [1]
Date of birth (1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Borussia Dortmund
Number 1
Youth career
Zürich
2013–2016 Grasshoppers
2014–2016 → TSG Hoffenheim (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2020 TSG Hoffenheim 1 (0)
2019 → FC Augsburg (loan) 16 (0)
2019–2020 → VfB Stuttgart (loan) 31 (0)
2020–2021 VfB Stuttgart 33 (0)
2021– Borussia Dortmund 100 (0)
International career‡
2014 Switzerland U17 4 (0)
2015 Switzerland U18 1 (0)
2015–2016 Switzerland U19 6 (0)
2016 Switzerland U20 2 (0)
2016–2018 Switzerland U21 9 (0)
2021– Switzerland 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:30, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:43, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

Gregor Kobel (born 6 December 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Switzerland national team. [3]

Contents

Club career

TSG Hoffenheim

Kobel made his professional debut for TSG Hoffenheim on 12 August 2018, starting in the first round of the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal against 3. Liga side Rot-Weiß Erfurt. Hoffenheim won the away match 1–0. [4]

VfB Stuttgart

For the 2019–20 season Kobel was loaned out to VfB Stuttgart. [5] On 28 July 2020, Kobel moved permanently to VfB Stuttgart and signed a contract until June 2024. [6]

Borussia Dortmund

On 31 May 2021, Kobel signed a five-year contract with Borussia Dortmund ahead of the 2021–22 season. The transfer fee paid to VfB Stuttgart was 15 million euros. [7]

On 5 October 2023, Kobel signed new long term deal at Borussia Dortmund valid until June 2028. [8] In the 2023–24 Champions League, he played a crucial role in reaching the final with his club, becoming the first Swiss goalkeeper to achieve this feat. [9] He was eventually named in the Team of the Season in that competition. [10]

International career

Kobel was a youth international for Switzerland. He was called up to the senior team for the first time in 2020. [11]

In 2021, he was called up to the national team for the UEFA Euro 2020, where the team upset favorites France en route to the quarter-finals, where they were eventually lost to Spain. [12] [13] [14]

He made his debut on 1 September 2021 in a friendly against Greece, a 2–1 victory at home.

[15]

He was part of the Swiss squad at the 2022 FIFA World Cup with the national team coach Murat Yakin, but only played in the last matchday against Serbia, replacing the injured Yann Sommer, which they won 3–2. Having not played a single game in UEFA Euro 2024, he became the starter goalkeeper after the latter's retirement from the national team.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 January 2025 [16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionj
ClubSeasonLeague DFB-Pokal Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
TSG Hoffenheim II 2015–16 Regionalliga Südwest 50———50
2016–17 Regionalliga Südwest260———260
2017–18 Regionalliga Südwest80———80
2018–19 Regionalliga Südwest40———40
Total430———430
TSG Hoffenheim 2016–17 Bundesliga 0000——00
2017–18 Bundesliga00201 [a] 0—30
2018–19 Bundesliga102000—30
Total104010—60
FC Augsburg (loan) 2018–19 Bundesliga16020——180
VfB Stuttgart (loan) 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 31000——310
VfB Stuttgart 2020–21 Bundesliga33010——340
Total64010——650
Borussia Dortmund 2021–22 Bundesliga290208 [b] 01 [c] 0400
2022–23 Bundesliga270404 [d] 0—350
2023–24 Bundesliga2703012 [d] 0—420
2024–25 Bundesliga170206 [d] 000250
Total1000110300101420
Career total2240180310102740
  1. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Appearance in DFL-Supercup
  4. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 15 November 2024 [17]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 202110
202230
202310
202450
Total100

Honours

Grasshopper Club Zurich U18

Borussia Dortmund

Individual

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  6. ↑ "Gregor Kobel signs for VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
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