Stéphane Grichting (born 30 March 1979 in

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) is a Swiss former professional football defender. He earned 36

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s for the Swiss national team, and was called up to the

2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host th ...

and

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squads. He was in the squad for the

2004 European Football Championship The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2004, was the 12th edition of the UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football competition contested by the men's national teams of UEFA member associations. The ...

, but pulled out due to injury. After Switzerland beat Turkey in the deciding qualifier to

, he was injured in the riots that occurred after the match. At the end of the 2014–15 season, he retired from professional football at the age of 36.

International goals

, - , 1, , 5 September 2009, ,

St. Jakob-Park St. Jakob-Park () is a Swiss sports stadium in Basel. It is the largest football venue in Switzerland and home to FC Basel. "Joggeli", as the venue is nicknamed by the locals, was originally built with a capacity of 33,433 seats. The capacity w ...

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, Switzerland, , , , 1–0, , 2–0, , 2010 WCQ

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* * * 1979 births Living people Association football defenders Swiss men's footballers Switzerland international footballers Switzerland under-21 international footballers Swiss expatriate footballers FC Sion players AJ Auxerre players Grasshopper Club Zürich players Swiss Super League players Ligue 1 players 2006 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2008 players 2010 FIFA World Cup players Expatriate footballers in France People from Sierre Sportspeople from Valais {{Switzerland-footy-defender-stub