Steven Zuber (born 17 August 1991) is a Swiss professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadel ...

and the Switzerland national team.

Early life

Steven Zuber was born on 17 August 1991 in

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

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Z ...

, Switzerland to Walter and Susanne Zuber. He has five siblings: Melanie, Kevin, Severin, David, and Marvin. On 27 May 2015, he married his long-time girlfriend, Mirjana Vasović.

Club career

Grasshopper

Zuber made his first-team debut for

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on 12 July 2008 in the

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second round, second leg match against KS Besa, where he came on as an 83rd-minute substitute. On 3 August, he made his first

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appearance in a 1–1 draw with

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CSKA Moscow

On 5 July 2013, Zuber signed a five-year contract with

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champions

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. He made his debut on 13 July against

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in the 2013 Russian Super Cup, which CSKA won 3–0. He made his league debut four days later against Ural.

Hoffenheim

On 14 August 2014, Zuber moved to 1899 Hoffenheim on a four-year deal. On 25 January 2017, he extended his contract until 2020.

VfB Stuttgart

On 9 January 2019, Zuber was loaned out to

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until the end of the season.

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 4 August 2020, Zuber joined

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club Eintracht Frankfurt, with

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going the other way as part of a swap deal. He signed a 3-year contract.

AEK Athens

On 30 August 2021 he signed a long season contract with Superleague Greece club

on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt. After 130 appearances in the German Bundesliga, Zuber moves to a new league for him after he has already played football in his home country and Russia. For the left midfielder, the Greek capital club will be the sixth in his professional career. The deal between the two clubs includes a buy-out option in the region of €2,000,000, while Zuber will sign a three-year contract, should AEK choose to exercise it. On 6 May 2022, AEK activated the buy-out clause of the Swiss player and along with that, the three-year contract was signed.

International career

A member of the 2007–08 Switzerland U-17 squad, he was named as a reserve for the

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held in May 2008. Zuber was a member of the Switzerland national team that participated in the

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in London. On 17 March 2017, he was called into camp for the Switzerland team. He was included in the national team's 23-man squad for the

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in Russia. He started the first 2 group games against

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and

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, scoring the tying goal in a 1–1 draw with Brazil in their first group match. He started their round of 16 match against

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as they lost 1-0 and fell out of the tournament. In May 2019, he played in

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, where his team finished 4th. Zuber was included in Switzerland's

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squad. He played an important role in Switzerland's victory over

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in the round of 16, providing an assist and winning a penalty. He also finished the tournament as the assist leader with 4.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.''

Honours

Grasshopper *

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: 2012–13 CSKA *

: 2013–14 *

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Individual

Top goalscorer:

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zuber, Steven 1991 births Living people People from Winterthur Association football midfielders Swiss men's footballers Switzerland youth international footballers Switzerland under-21 international footballers Olympic footballers of Switzerland Switzerland international footballers FC Winterthur players Grasshopper Club Zürich players PFC CSKA Moscow players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II players VfB Stuttgart players Eintracht Frankfurt players AEK Athens F.C. players Swiss Super League players Russian Premier League players Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Super League Greece players Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2018 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2020 players Swiss expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Greece Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Russia Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Sportspeople from the canton of Zürich