Roman Spirig

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Roman Spirig
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-07) 7 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Grabs, Switzerland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
0000–2016 Vaduz
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 FC Dornbirn 16 (0)
2017–2019 FC Vaduz II
2019 USV Eschen/Mauren 2 (0)
2020–2022 Balzers 22 (2)
2022 Chur 97 4 (0)
International career
2013–2014 Liechtenstein U17 6 (0)
2015 Liechtenstein U19 3 (0)
2015–2020 Liechtenstein U21 17 (0)
2021–2022 Liechtenstein 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:08, 26 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:08, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Roman Spirig (born 7 January 1998) is a former Liechtensteiner footballer who last played as a left-back for Chur 97 and the Liechtenstein national team. [1]

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Career

Spirig made his international debut for Liechtenstein on 3 June 2021 in a friendly match against Switzerland. [2]

Career statistics

International

As of 28 March 2022 [2]
Liechtenstein
YearAppsGoals
202140
202210
Total50

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References

  1. 1 2 Roman Spirig at WorldFootball.net OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 Roman Spirig at Soccerway OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg