Oliver Buff

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Oliver Buff
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-08-03) 3 August 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Baden, Switzerland
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2002–2005 Oetwil-Geroldswil
2005–2009 FC Zürich
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2011 FC Zürich II 14 (3)
2010–2017 FC Zürich 173 (21)
2017–2019 Zaragoza 36 (2)
2019 Anorthosis Famagusta 8 (1)
2020 Grasshoppers 18 (3)
2021 Selangor 19 (6)
2022–2023 Žalgiris 37 (1)
International career
2008–2009 Switzerland U17 20 (1)
2009–2011 Switzerland U19 15 (1)
2011–2014 Switzerland U21 16 (2)
2012 Switzerland Olympic 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 March 2024

Oliver Buff (born 3 August 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Contents

Career

FC Zürich

Buff spent his youth years with FC Zürich and became part of the first team in 2010. He won the 2013–14 Swiss Cup and 2015–16 Swiss Cup with Zürich. After 12 years with the club he decided in May 2017 to not renew his contract. [1]

Zaragoza

On 13 June 2017, Buff signed a two-year deal with Spanish Segunda División side Real Zaragoza. [2]

Anorthosis Famagusta

In January 2019 Buff transferred for a reported 125,000 Euro to Anorthosis Famagusta and signed a contract up until the end of the season.

Grasshoppers

On 15 October 2019, Buff, who at that time was not under contract, signed for Grasshopper Club Zürich until the end of the season.

Selangor

After a year becoming a free agent, Buff switch sides and reach agreement to join Malaysia Super League club Selangor on 26 January 2021. [3] [4] [5] He made his debut and scored two goals for the club against Sri Pahang with a 3–1 victory at the league matches. [6]

International career

Buff is a Switzerland youth international. In 2009, he was part of the Swiss under-17 team that won the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup beating host nation Nigeria 1–0 in the final. Buff played in 6 of the 7 matches at the tournament and scored in the team's quarter-final against Italy. [7]

Career statistics

As of 17 March 2021 [8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] League Cup [lower-alpha 2] ContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Zürich 2009–10 Swiss Super League 6100—0061
2010–11 Swiss Super League10020—00120
2011–12 Swiss Super League25310—5 [lower-alpha 3] 1314
2012–13 Swiss Super League24120—00261
2013–14 Swiss Super League22040—2 [lower-alpha 4] 0280
2014–15 Swiss Super League30030—7 [lower-alpha 4] 1401
2015–16 Swiss Super League31842—2 [lower-alpha 4] 03710
2016–17 Swiss Challenge League 25832—3 [lower-alpha 4] 03110
Total173211940019221127
Zaragoza 2017–18 Segunda División 28230——312
2018–19 8020——100
Total362500000412
Anorthosis Famagusta 2018–19 Cypriot First Division 8100——81
Grasshoppers 2019–20 Swiss Challenge League18300——183
Selangor 2021 Malaysia Super League 1960020—216
Career total254332442019229939
  1. ↑ Includes Swiss Cup, Copa del Rey, Malaysia FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Malaysia Cup
  3. ↑ Two Appearances in UEFA Champions League, Three Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Switzerland U17

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References

  1. ↑ "Oliver Buff verlässt den FC Zürich Ende Saison". fcz.ch. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Alberto Benito, Grippo, Ángel, Eguaras y Buff, cinco primeros fichajes" [Alberto Benito, Grippo, Ángel, Eguaras and Buff, five first signings] (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Zainal, Zulhilmi (26 January 2021). "'I wanted to be part of Red Yellow family from the first minute' - Buff announced as latest Selangor signing". Goal. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  4. ↑ Hashim, Firdaus (24 December 2020). "Bekas pemain Real Zaragoza sertai Selangor". MyMetro. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "OFFICIAL: Oliver Buff Is RED!". selangorfc. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  6. ↑ Mansor, Zulfaizan (6 March 2021). "Selangor benam Sri Pahang". Berita Harian. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Switzerland v. Italy". FIFA U-17 World Cup. FIFA.com. 8 November 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  8. ↑ Oliver Buff at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
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