Roy Gelmi

Roy Gelmi

Gelmi in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-03-01) 1 March 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth	Bülach, Switzerland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	FC Schaffhausen
Number	6
Youth career
2013–2015	FC St. Gallen U21
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2017	FC St. Gallen	59	(2)
2017–2020	FC Thun	74	(4)
2020	→ VVV-Venlo (loan)	3	(0)
2020–2021	VVV-Venlo	24	(1)
2021–2024	FC Winterthur	54	(0)
2023–2024	Winterthur U21	2	(0)
2024	FC Vaduz	13	(0)
2024–	FC Schaffhausen	8	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2025

Roy Gelmi (born 1 March 1995) is a Swiss footballer, ^{[1] [2]} who plays for FC Schaffhausen in the Swiss Challenge League.

Career

On 2 January 2024, Gelmi signed with FC Vaduz. ^[3] On 30 April, Vaduz announced that they would not extend his contract after the end of the season. ^[4]

On 1 November 2024, he joined FC Schaffhausen until the end of the year. ^[5]

Personal life

Born in Switzerland, Gelmi is the son of a Dutch mother. ^[6]

Career statistics

As of match played on 4 March 2018 ^[7]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
St. Gallen	2014–15	Swiss Super League	4	0	0	0	—				4	0
	2015–16		28	1	2	0	—				30	1
	2016–17		27	1	2	0	—				29	1
	Total		59	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	63	2
Thun	2017–18	Swiss Super League	21	3	3	0	—				24	3
Career totals			80	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	87	5

Honours

Individual

• Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2015–16 ^[8]

References

1. Roy Gelmi at Soccerway
2. "Live Sport und News". sport.ch. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
3. "FC Vaduz verstärkt sich mit Roy Gelmi" [FC Vaduz strengthens with Roy Gelmi] (in German). FC Vaduz. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
4. "Lüchinger bleibt, Ibrisimovic geht" (in Swiss High German). FC Vaduz. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
5. "Roy Gelmi verstärkt Innenverteidigung" [Roy Gelmi strengthens the central defense] (in Swiss High German). FC Schaffhausen. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
6. "Thuns Roy Gelmi fix von Venlo übernommen". tagblatt.ch. April 2017.
7. Roy Gelmi at Soccerway . Retrieved 3 April 2018.
8. "Das ist der neue Meisterpokal der Super League – Embolo und GC räumen bei SFL Award Night ab". Watson (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2022.