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 26)
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
2014–20161899 Hoffenheim (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2020 1899 Hoffenheim 1 (0)
2019FC Augsburg (loan) 16 (0)
2019–2020VfB Stuttgart (loan) 31 (0)
2020–2021 VfB Stuttgart 33 (0)
2021– Borussia Dortmund 78 (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 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:27, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:26, 16 June 2023 (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

Hoffenhein

Kobel made his professional debut for 1899 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]

International career

Kobel was a youth international for Switzerland. He was called up to the senior team for the first time in 2020. [9]

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. [10] [11] [12]

He made his debut on 1 September 2021 in a friendly against Greece, a 2–1 victory at home. [13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 April 2024 [14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague DFB-Pokal EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1899 Hoffenheim II 2015–16 Regionalliga Südwest 5050
2016–17 Regionalliga Südwest260260
2017–18 Regionalliga Südwest8080
2018–19 Regionalliga Südwest4040
Total430430
1899 Hoffenheim 2016–17 Bundesliga 000000
2017–18 Bundesliga00201 [lower-alpha 1] 030
2018–19 Bundesliga10200030
Total10401060
FC Augsburg (loan) 2018–19 Bundesliga16020180
VfB Stuttgart (loan) 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 31000310
VfB Stuttgart 2020–21 Bundesliga33010340
Total6401000650
Borussia Dortmund 2021–22 Bundesliga290208 [lower-alpha 2] 01 [lower-alpha 3] 0400
2022–23 Bundesliga270404 [lower-alpha 4] 0350
2023–24 Bundesliga230309 [lower-alpha 4] 0350
Total79090210101100
Career total2030160220102420
  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 Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 16 June 2023 [15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 202110
202230
202310
Total50

Honours

Individual

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