Sandro Burki

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Sandro Burki
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-09-16) 16 September 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Oftringen, Switzerland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 FC Aarau (Sporting director)
Youth career
FC Zürich
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2002 FC Zürich 7 (0)
2002–2003 Bayern Munich (A) 2 (0)
2003–2005 Young Boys 21 (0)
2005 FC Wil 15 (1)
2005–2006 FC Vaduz 32 (7)
2006–2017 FC Aarau 340 (22)
Total417(30)
International career
Switzerland U17
2008 Switzerland 1 (0)
Managerial career
2017– FC Aarau (sporting director)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Winner 2002 Denmark
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sandro Burki (born 16 September 1985) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the sporting director of FC Aarau. [1]

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Club career

Burki began his career with FC Zürich. Burki caught the attention of numerous clubs, eventually signing for FC Bayern Munich. However, the move was not successful, and was subsequently criticised by Swiss Football Association Technical Director Hansruedi Hasler claiming that "The examples of Philippe Senderos and Sandro Burki, who were both U17 European champions, show how important the choice of team is." [2]

Returning within a year to the Swiss leagues, he played for BSC Young Boys, FC Wil and FC Vaduz before signing for FC Aarau, to whom he is contracted until 30 June 2011. [3]

International career

Burki is a former youth international and was in the Swiss U-17 squad that won the 2002 U-17 European Championships. [4]

He made his senior Switzerland international debut against Cyprus on 22 August 2008, after which he was linked in the press with a move to Celtic. [5]

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ Sandro Burki wird 32 – das ist die Geburtstagsbotschaft von Sportreporter Ruedi Kuhn‚ aargauerzeitung.ch, 16 September 2016
  2. ↑ Hansruedi Hasler wants to lead the juniors to the top Archived 8 July 2012 at archive.today Credit Suisse Online, 19 August 2008
  3. ↑ Profile FC Aaru Archived 19 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Tschoumy, Renaud (10 November 2009). "Les "Rouge" admirent les "Rougets"". Le Matin (in French). Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.
  5. ↑ Aarau play down Burki Celtic link BBC Sport, 25 September 2008
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