Joel Untersee

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Joel Untersee
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Johannesburg, South Africa
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2008–2010 Zürich
2010–2013 Juventus
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2018 Juventus 0 (0)
2013–2016 → Vaduz (loan) 58 (1)
2016–2017 → Brescia (loan) 39 (0)
2017–2018 → Empoli (loan) 15 (0)
2018–2019 Empoli 3 (0)
2019 → Zürich (loan) 8 (0)
2020 FC Lugano 1 (0)
2021 HJK 0 (0)
International career‡
2009 Switzerland U15 4 (1)
2009–2010 Switzerland U16 9 (0)
2010–2011 Switzerland U17 10 (1)
2011–2012 Switzerland U18 4 (0)
2012–2013 Switzerland U19 4 (0)
2013 Switzerland U20 4 (0)
2014–2016 Switzerland U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 June 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 July 2014

Joel Untersee (born 11 February 1994) is a Swiss footballer who played as a defender.

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Club career

Early career

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, of Swiss descent, Untersee moved to Switzerland at a very young age and opted to represent Switzerland at various youth levels internationally. Following his move, Untersee joined the youth academy of FC Zürich, where he would eventually remain until 2010, before transferring to Italian giants, Juventus Football Club during the 2010–11 season.

Juventus

On 28 October 2010, Untersee officially left FC Zürich to join Juventus, where he was assigned to the youth team. After a successful debut season in Italy, Untersee was called up to the first team training camp in the summer 2011 by new head coach Antonio Conte. Following the summer ritiro, however, the young fullback returned to the youth sector for the 2011–12 season and remained during the 2012–13 campaign as well.[ citation needed ]

On 1 January 2014, Juventus confirmed that Untersee had left them for FC Vaduz on a six-month loan deal that would expire on 30 June 2014. [1] Instantly making an impact with his new team, Untersee made his first appearance against FC Lugano in a 2–0 home victory on 3 February 2014. He went on to make 15 league appearances. Additionally, he scored his first goal for his new club in an 8–0 victory over FC Ruggell in the Liechtenstein Football Cup. On 3 July 2014, Juventus and Vaduz reached an agreement to prolong the loan deal for another season. [2]

Brescia

On 31 August 2016, Untersee completed a move to Italian club Brescia on a loan deal from Juventus for the full season. [3] He made his debut in a 2–0 Serie B win over Frosinone, playing the full 90 minutes [4]

Empoli

After one year contract, in January 2019, he was loaned to Zürich until the end of the season. [5]

HJK

On 19 January 2021, Untersee signed a one-year contract with HJK. [6] Untersee left HJK on 23 July 2021 by mutual consent, having made four appearances for the club in the Finnish Cup. [7]

International career

Untersee had represented Switzerland at youth levels.

On 6 March 2018, the South African National Team Coach Stuart Baxter announced that Untersee has agreed to represent Bafana Bafana at international level. He explained his absence from the Bafana Bafana in the spring 2018 friendlies was due to Empoli's fixtures and the importance of achieving promotion. [8]

In May 2019 he was added to South Africa's provisional 30-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations, although he still had not obtained a South African passport by that time. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Switzerland - J. Untersee - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  2. ↑ "Ufficiale: Untersee resta in prestito al Vaduz". www.tuttojuve.com.
  3. ↑ "Joel Untersee set for Brescia move from Juventus". kickoff.com. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Brescia vs. Frosinone - 3 September 2016 - Soccerway". Soccerway. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Joel Untersee joins FC Zurich on loan". FC Zürich. 29 January 2019. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "Uusi laitapakki Klubiin". hjk.fi/ (in Finnish). HJK. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Joel Unterseen sopimus päättyy". hjk.fi/ (in Finnish). Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Bafana coach Baxter explains Benoni-born Untersee's absence from squad". TimesLIVE.
  9. ↑ "Africa Cup of Nations: South Africa wait on passports for players". BBC Sport. 21 May 2019.
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