Personal information | |||
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Full name | Michel Aebischer [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 6 January 1997||
Place of birth | Fribourg, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bologna | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2016 | Young Boys | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2022 | Young Boys | 133 | (12) |
2022 | → Bologna (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2022– | Bologna | 75 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2012 | Switzerland U16 | 1 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Switzerland U20 | 8 | (0) |
2018 | Switzerland U21 | 6 | (0) |
2019– | Switzerland | 29 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024 |
Michel Aebischer (born 6 January 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Bologna and the Switzerland national team. [2]
Aebischer is a youth exponent from Young Boys. He made his Swiss Super League debut on 10 September 2016 against Luzern. [3]
He was part of the Young Boys squad that won the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, their first league title for 32 years. [4]
On 25 January 2022, he joined Bologna in Italy. The transfer was initially a loan with a future obligation to buy the rights permanently. [5]
Aebischer made his debut for Switzerland national team on 18 November 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Gibraltar. He came on as a substitute for Ruben Vargas in the 85th minute. [6] On 9 November 2022, he was called up for the Swiss squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, [7] where he made one appearance as a 76th-minute substitute for Djibril Sow in the 1–0 Group G loss to Brazil. [8]
On 7 June 2024, Aebischer was named in the 26-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2024. [9] On 15 June, he scored his first international goal and provided an assist in a 3–1 victory over Hungary in Switzerland's opening match of the tournament. [10]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Young Boys | 2016–17 | Swiss Super League | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
2017–18 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 4 | ||
2019–20 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 46 | 4 | ||
2020–21 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 39 | 2 | ||
2021–22 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 28 | 3 | ||
Total | 133 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 194 | 15 | ||
Bologna (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 12 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
Bologna | 2022–23 | Serie A | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | |
2023–24 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 40 | 0 | |||
2024–25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
Total | 75 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 1 | ||
Career total | 220 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 288 | 16 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Switzerland | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
2020 | 2 | 0 | |
2021 | 4 | 0 | |
2022 | 6 | 0 | |
2023 | 3 | 0 | |
2024 | 13 | 1 | |
Total | 29 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 15 June 2024 | RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany | 21 | Hungary | 2–0 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2024 | [12] |
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