Personal information | |||
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Full name | Samuel Leo Beat Ballet | ||
Date of birth | 12 March 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Bern, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Como | ||
Number | 70 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Young Boys II | 22 | (9) |
2020–2022 | Young Boys | 1 | (1) |
2020 | → FC Wil (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2021–2022 | → FC Winterthur (loan) | 45 | (8) |
2022–2024 | FC Winterthur | 37 | (6) |
2024– | Como | 3 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Switzerland U18 | 3 | (0) |
2019 | Switzerland U19 | 2 | (0) |
2020 | Switzerland U20 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 October 2020 |
Samuel Leo Beat Ballet (born 12 March 2001) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie A club Como. [1]
Ballet made his professional debut on 16 February 2020 against Lugano, replacing Saidy Janko. He scored an 89th minute game-winner in the eventual 2–1 victory. [2]
On 28 January 2024, Ballet signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Como in Italy. [3]
Ballet was born in Switzerland to a Swiss father and Cameroonian mother. He is a youth international for Switzerland. [4]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Young Boys II | 2017–18 | Swiss 1. Liga | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | |||
2018–19 | Swiss 1. Liga | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
2019–20 | Swiss 1. Liga | 10 | 6 | — | — | — | 10 | 6 | ||||
Total | 22 | 9 | — | — | — | 22 | 9 | |||||
Young Boys | 2019–20 | Swiss Super League | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||
Wil (loan) | 2020–21 | Swiss Challenge League | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||
Winterthur (loan) | Swiss Challenge League | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 3 | |||
2021–22 | Swiss Challenge League | 32 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 34 | 7 | |||
Total | 45 | 8 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 49 | 10 | ||||
Winterthur | 2022–23 | Swiss Super League | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 21 | 2 | ||
2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 19 | 7 | |||
Total | 37 | 6 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 40 | 9 | ||||
Winterthur II | 2023–24 | Swiss 1. Liga | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | |||
Como | 2023–24 | Serie B | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Career total | 124 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 32 |
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