Raphael Spiegel

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Raphael Spiegel
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Spiegel with West Ham United in 2012
Personal information
Full name Raphael Simon Spiegel [1]
Date of birth (1992-12-19) 19 December 1992 (age 30)
Place of birth Rüttenen, Switzerland
Height1.97 m (6 ft 5+12 in) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Lausanne-Sport
Number 22
Youth career
2001–2007 Rüttenen
2007–2009 Grasshopper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2011 Grasshopper II 41 (0)
2010–2012 Grasshopper 0 (0)
2011Wil (loan) 0 (0)
2011–2012Brühl (loan) 17 (0)
2012–2017 West Ham United 0 (0)
2014Crawley Town (loan) 0 (0)
2014Barnet (loan) 1 (0)
2015Carlisle United (loan) 2 (0)
2017–2018 Boavista 0 (0)
2018–2022 Winterthur 108 (0)
2022– Lausanne-Sport 8 (0)
International career
2008–2009 Switzerland U17 2 (0)
2010–2011 Switzerland U19 5 (0)
2013 Switzerland U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:18, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

Raphael Simon Spiegel (born 19 December 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Lausanne-Sport.

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Club career

Early career in Switzerland

Spiegel began his early career with hometown club FC Rüttenen before being snapped up by Swiss Super League-side Grasshopper Club of Zürich in August 2007. At Grasshopper, he rose through the youth ranks at the club, soon playing regularly for the reserves. He was unable to establish himself in their first team and was sent out on a short loan to FC Wil early in the 2011–2012 season though he did not make an appearance for the team. Spiegel returned to Grasshopper only to be sent on loan again, this time to SC Brühl for the rest of the season. He made his debut for Brühl on 6 November 2011 against FC Locarno in a 2–1 away loss. After a successful run in the first team during his loan at Brühl, Spiegel returned to Grasshopper.

West Ham United and loans

On 23 July 2012, Spiegel signed for West Ham United after their return to the English Premier League, for an undisclosed fee. [3] After joining West Ham United, Spiegel featured in games for the Under-21 squad and was a reserve goalkeeper, working as an understudy to Jussi Jääskeläinen and Adrián.

On 18 July 2014 he signed for Crawley Town on a one-month loan deal until 16 August 2014 [4] before returning to West Ham without having played for Crawley. [5] On 25 November 2014 he signed on a one-month loan for Barnet making his debut the same day in a 2–1 away defeat to Bristol Rovers. [6] This was his only appearance before his loan spell was cut short due to injury. [7]

On 20 February 2015 Spiegel signed for Carlisle United on an initial one-month loan deal. [8] He made his debut the following day in a 3–2 home defeat by Wycombe Wanderers. [9] He returned to West Ham on 23 March 2015 having made two appearances for Carlisle. [10]

Spiegel was part of the West Ham U23 team that won promotion to the Premier League 2 Division 1 via the 2016-17 Play Offs, defeating Newcastle Utd U23's in the final.

Boavista

It was announced in June 2017 that Spiegel's contract with West Ham would be terminated by mutual consent.[ citation needed ] A few days later he signed with Portuguese Primeira Liga team Boavista.[ citation needed ]

Lausanne-Sport

On 9 June 2022, Spiegel signed with Lausanne-Sport. [11]

International career

Spiegel is currently 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 the host nation Nigeria 1–0 in the final. He remained an unused substitute throughout the tournament though, unable to displace Swiss first choice Benjamin Siegrist who would go on to win the Golden Glove. [12]

Honours

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  12. "Awards galore in Abuja". FIFA U-17 World Cup. FIFA.com. 15 November 2009. Archived from the original on 20 November 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2012.