Personal information | |||
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Full name | Silvan Dominic Widmer [1] | ||
Date of birth | 5 March 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Aarau, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Mainz 05 | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2007 | SV Würenlos | ||
2007–2008 | Baden | ||
2008–2010 | Aarau | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2011 | Aarau II | 9 | (2) |
2011–2013 | Aarau | 65 | (11) |
2013–2018 | Udinese | 131 | (5) |
2018–2021 | Basel | 85 | (3) |
2021– | Mainz 05 | 79 | (7) |
International career‡ | |||
2011–2012 | Switzerland U19 | 8 | (3) |
2012–2014 | Switzerland U21 | 17 | (1) |
2014– | Switzerland | 41 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:48, 26 March 2024 (UTC) |
Silvan Dominic Widmer (born 5 March 1993) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Bundesliga club Mainz 05 and the Switzerland national team.
Widmer began his playing career at SV Würenlos and FC Baden before he moved on to FC Aarau where he rose through their youth ranks, soon playing regularly for Aarau's reserve team. He eventually made his league debut on 23 July 2011 against FC Winterthur, starting the match. [3] He scored his first Swiss Challenge League goal in a 2–2 home draw against FC St. Gallen on 21 November 2011. [4]
He signed with Udinese in the summer of 2012, but remained at Aarau for the 2012–13 season.
On 12 July 2018, Widmer signed with Basel [5] for a club record €5.5 million. [6]
Under trainer Marcel Koller, Basel won the Swiss Cup in the 2018–19 season. In the first round Basel beat FC Montlingen 3–0, in the second round Echallens Région 7–2 and in the round of 16 Winterthur 1–0. In the quarter-finals Sion were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi-finals Zürich were defeated 3–1. All these games were played away from home. The final was held on 19 May 2019 in the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern against Thun. Striker Albian Ajeti scored the first goal and Fabian Frei the second for Basel. Dejan Sorgić then netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel. [7] Widmer played in five cup games and scored one goal, the winning goal in the match against Winterthur. [8]
Widmer moved to Bundesliga club 1. FSV Mainz 05 in July 2021, having agreed a three-year contract. [9]
Widmer was a Switzerland youth international having played both at under-19 and under-21 level.
He made his debut for the senior national squad on 12 October 2014 in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group E game against San Marino as a 59th-minute substitute for Stephan Lichtsteiner. [10]
Widmer scored his first international goal for Switzerland on 6 September 2020, in a 1–1 UEFA Nations League draw against Germany.
He was called up to the national team for the 2020 UEFA European Championship. [11] And later the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Aarau | 2013–14 | Swiss Challenge League | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 3 | ||
2012–13 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 8 | ||||
Total | 63 | 11 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 68 | 14 | ||||
Udinese | 2013–14 | Serie A | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |
2014–15 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 2 | ||||
2015–16 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 | ||||
2016–17 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||||
2017–18 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 3 | ||||
Total | 131 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 142 | 5 | |||
Basel | 2018–19 | Swiss Super League | 31 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 41 | 2 | |
2019–20 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 2 | — | 50 | 6 | |||
2020–21 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 26 | 1 | |||
Total | 85 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 3 | — | 117 | 9 | |||
Mainz 05 | 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 33 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 4 | ||
2022–23 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 2 | ||||
2023–24 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||||
Total | 71 | 7 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 76 | 7 | ||||
Career total | 350 | 26 | 30 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 405 | 32 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 6 September 2020 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland | 10 | Germany | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A | [13] |
2 | 12 November 2021 | Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy | 26 | Italy | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | [13] |
3 | 28 March 2023 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland | 39 | Israel | 3–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | [13] |
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