Silvan Dominic Widmer (born 5 March 1993) is a Swiss professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Mainz 05 1. Fußball- und Sportverein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05, Mainz 05 () or simply Mainz (), is a German sports club, founded in 1905 and based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. 1. FSV Mainz 05 play in the Bundesliga, the top ...

and the Switzerland national team.

Club career

Widmer began his playing career at SV Würenlos and

FC Baden FC Baden is a Swiss football club based in Baden, Canton Aargau, which is a short distance from Zürich. It was founded in 1897. FC Baden has a total of 22 different teams at age levels, including five women's teams. They play in the Swiss Promo ...

before he moved on to

FC Aarau FC Aarau is a Swiss football club based in Aarau. They play in the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football after being relegated from Swiss Super League. History FC Aarau was formed on 26 May 1902 by workers from a local br ...

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 FC Winterthur is a Swiss football club based in Winterthur, Canton of Zürich. They play in the Swiss Super League, the first tier of Swiss football, and appeared regularly in the Nationalliga A during the 20th century. Their home is the Stadi ...

, starting the match. He scored his first Swiss Challenge League goal in a 2–2 home draw against

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on 21 November 2011. He signed with

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in the summer of 2012, but remained at Aarau for the 2012–13 season. On 12 July 2018, Widmer signed with

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

for a club record €5.5 million. Under trainer

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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 , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria ...

1–0. In the quarter finals

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were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi finals

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco 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 , neighboring_municipalities= Amsoldingen, Heiligenschwendi, Heimberg, Hilterfingen, Homberg, Schwendibach, Spiez, Steffisburg, Thierachern, Uetendorf, Zwieselberg , twintown = , website = www.thun.ch Thun (french: Thou ...

. Striker Albian Ajeti scored the first goal,

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the second for Basel, then

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netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel. Widmer played in five cup games and scored one goal, this being the winning goal in the match against Winterthur. Widmer moved to

club 1. FSV Mainz 05 in July 2021, having agreed a three-year contract.

International career

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

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game against

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as a 59th-minute substitute for Stephan Lichtsteiner. Widmer scored his first international goal for Switzerland on 6 September 2020, in a 1–1

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draw against

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. In 2021 he was called up to the national team for the 2020 UEFA European Championship.https://www.uefa.com / uefaeuro-2020 / match / 2024485 - switzerland-vs-spain / lineups /? iv = true

International goals

References

External links

Career history at SFV
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