Roman Bürki (born 14 November 1990) is a Swiss professional

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who plays as a

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for Major League Soccer club St. Louis City SC. From 2014 to 2018, he played for the Switzerland national team.

Club career

Switzerland

Bürki began his career in 2007 with the reserve squad of the BSC Young Boys. In 2009, he moved to

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, and half a year later to FC Schaffhausen. In the summer of 2010 he went back to BSC Young Boys, and again half a year later he was transferred to Grasshopper Club Zürich. First, he was the back-up goalkeeper, later the first goalkeeper. He was on loan until 2013, when Grasshoppers bought his rights.

SC Freiburg

On 24 May 2014, he signed a contract with

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. For

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season he succeeded Oliver Baumann as number one goalkeeper. He played in all 34 games, while being unable to prevent the team from being relegated to

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Borussia Dortmund

On 14 June 2015, he signed for

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. He made his formal debut for the team on 15 August 2015, in a 4–0 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach. He kept 12 clean sheets for Dortmund in the league, making 33 appearances. In the 2016–17 season, he made 27 league appearances, keeping 9 clean sheets. In the 2017–18 season, Bürki became the first goalkeeper to keep five clean sheets in the first five Bundesliga games.

St. Louis City SC

On March 16th, 2022, Burki agreed to a deal that would send him to Major League Soccer expansion franchise St. Louis City SC for their inaugural season in 2023.

International career

Bürki played for Switzerland U-21 in the 2011 European Under-21 Championship. In 2014, Bürki was first called up for Switzerland and was also in the squad for the

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in Brazil. On 18 November 2014, he made his debut in a friendly match against

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. He was part of the squad for the 2016 European Championships, but never made it to any match. Ultimately, his team was eliminated in the round of 16 away after losing 5–4 on penalties against

. He was included in Switzerland's 23-man squad for the

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. In 2018, Burki stated that he did not want to be called up to the Switzerland squad in order to focus on the 2018–19 season at Dortmund.

Personal life

Bürki is the older brother of

defender Marco Bürki.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Grasshoppers * Swiss Cup:

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Borussia Dortmund *

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: 2016–17,

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* DFL-Supercup:

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Burki, Roman 1990 births Living people People from Münsingen Swiss men's footballers Association football goalkeepers FC Münsingen players BSC Young Boys players FC Thun players FC Schaffhausen players Grasshopper Club Zürich players SC Freiburg players Borussia Dortmund players Swiss Super League players Bundesliga players MLS Next Pro players Switzerland youth international footballers Switzerland under-21 international footballers Switzerland international footballers 2014 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2016 players 2018 FIFA World Cup players Swiss expatriate footballers Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany Sportspeople from the canton of Bern