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Swiss Footballer Of The Year
The Swiss Footballer of the Year is an annual award given to the best footballer based in Switzerland and the best Swiss national team player. From the 1972–73 season until the 1997–98 season, the award was chosen by the now defunct Swiss newspaper ''Sport''. Since the original award could only be won by a Swiss national, there was also a Foreigner of the Year award from 1973–74 until 1997–98. Since 1998, two Player of the Year trophies have been awarded each year; one to the best player in the Swiss Super League known as the Axpo Swiss Super League Player of the Year and the other to the best national team player known as the Credit Suisse Player of the Year. Award winners Swiss Super League Player of the Year Awarded annually to the best player in the Swiss Super League. Swiss Player of the Year Awarded to the best player of the Swiss national team. By player ''Sport'' Nationalliga A awards 1975−1998: Foreigner of the Year Previously awarded an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Cabanas
Ricardo Cabanas-Rey (born 17 January 1979) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played 51 international matches for the Switzerland national team. At club level, he played mainly for Grasshoppers Zürich but has also played abroad, in France with Guingamp and in Germany with 1. FC Köln. Club career Born in Zürich, Cabanas started his career with Grasshoppers Zürich and played there for several seasons, winning two league titles, before moving to 1. FC Köln. During this period, he also enjoyed a loan spell at En Avant de Guingamp. In June 2007, 1. FC Köln announced that Cabanas was to return to his previous club Grasshoppers for an undisclosed fee. International career Cabanas is a member of the Switzerland national team and was called up to the squad which participated in the 2006 World Cup and the Euro 2008. At the 2006 FIFA World Cup he missed a spot-kick during his side's penalty shootout against Ukraine, who emerged victoriou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabian Rieder
Fabian Rieder (born 16 February 2002) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for French club Rennes and the Switzerland national team. Club career Born in Koppigen, Rieder is a youth product of the academy of Young Boys. He made his professional debut with Young Boys in a goalless Swiss Super League tie with Servette on 17 October 2020. He made his first Continental appearance with Young Boys in a 2–1 defeat against Roma in the Europa League on 22 October 2020. Rieder played in all six of Young Boys UEFA Champions League group stage matches in the 2021–22 season, scoring his first continental goal in a 1–1 tie against Manchester United at Old Trafford. On 31 August 2023, Rieder joined French side Rennes for a reported fee of €15 million (including add-ons), signing a four-year contract with the club. On 24 June 2024, he signed a one-year loan contract with Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart. International career Rieder played for all Swiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Cabral
Arthur Mendonça Cabral (born 25 April 1998) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Botafogo. Club career Ceará Arthur Cabral, born in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Cabral joined Ceará's youth setup in 2014. He made his first team debut on 22 July 2015, coming on as a late substitute and scoring a last-minute winner in a 2–1 away victory against Tupi, for the year's Copa do Brasil. In October 2015, Cabral was loaned to Palmeiras and returned to the youth setup. Back to Ceará in the following year, he spent some time in the under-20 squad before being definitely promoted to the first team in the 2017 season. Cabral contributed with four goals in 16 matches during the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, as his side achieved promotion to Série A. On 7 March 2018, he scored a brace in a 3–0 Campeonato Cearense away win against Ferroviário-CE. Palmeiras On 30 November 2018, Palmeiras officially signed Cabral for R$ 5,000,000 from Ceará. Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Nsame
Jean-Pierre Junior Nsame (born 1 May 1993) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw. Club career Early career Nsame made his professional debut in April 2012 for Angers in a 1–1 Ligue 2 draw against Metz. He made 23 appearances for Angers over four seasons with the club and also enjoyed loan spells with Carquefou and Amiens in the Championnat National. At the end of the 2015–16 season, having failed to break into the first team on a regular basis, Nsame was released by the club. In July 2016, Nsame went on trial at English League One side Walsall and played in a 2–1 friendly defeat to Norwich City. However, after negative details emerged about his past, he was released by the club. Servette On 23 August 2016, Nsame signed for Swiss Challenge League side Servette. He finished as the league's top goalscorer with 23 goals, helping the club to an impressive third place finish after their promotion the previous season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Mbabu
Melingo Kevin Mbabu (born 19 April 1995) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Danish Superliga club Midtjylland and the Switzerland national team. Club career Servette Born in Chêne-Bougeries, Canton of Geneva, Mbabu started his career at Servette and progressed through the youth team. At the start of the 2012–13 season, he was promoted to the first team and appeared in number of matches for the side. He made his professional debut as a 66th-minute substitute for Servette in a Swiss Super League match against Lausanne-Sport on 26 September 2012, which turned out to be his only appearance for the club. Newcastle United After a successful trial at the age of 17, Mbabu signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Newcastle United, moving for an undisclosed fee on 31 January 2013. Upon joining the club, he was immediately assigned to the development squad. In the second half of the 2012–13 season, Mbabu made his home debut for the development squ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Lang (footballer, Born 1991)
Michael Rico Lang (born 8 February 1991) is a Swiss former professional footballer, best known for his time as defender of Swiss Super League club FC Basel, for whom he's played 263 games. He also played for FC St. Gallen and Grasshopper Club Zürich in Switzerland, as well as Borussia Mönchengladbach and Werder Bremen in Germany. Internationally, Lang played for Switzerland at every youth level between under-16 and under-20. He represented his country's senior side between 2013 and 2019, achieving 31 caps for his country. He is currently the sporting director of Swiss Challenge League side FC Wil. Club career St. Gallen In the year 2000 Lang joined the youth department of FC St. Gallen and in 2006 he advanced to play in their U-21 team, who played in the 1. Liga, at that time the third tier in the Swiss football league system. On the last matchday of the 2006–07 Swiss Super League season, on 24 May 2007, he played his domestic league debut for the first team in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Hoarau
Guillaume Hoarau (born 5 March 1984) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Early career Hoarau started his football career at JS Saint-Pierroise in his native Réunion. In 1995, Le Havre AC scouts considered him too "thin" and signed his then-teammate Florent Sinama Pongolle. After gaining the attention of then-Le Havre manager Jean-François Domergue, Hoarau signed his first professional contract at the age of 20 for Le Havre in January 2004. He made his league debut on 12 May 2004 against Châteauroux in a 2–1 loss, coming on as a substitute. Despite being signed, Hoarau spent the majority of his career under Domergue playing in the reserves, often earning brief call-ups to the senior squad, then quickly being sent down. He registered his first career goal in just the second match of the 2004–05 season in a 2–1 victory over Amiens. Despite this, his play was heavily limited following the firing of Domergue and the appointm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breel Embolo
Breel Donald Embolo (born 14 February 1997) is a professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Ligue 1 club AS Monaco FC, Monaco and the Switzerland national football team, Switzerland national team. Born in Cameroon, Embolo moved with his mother and siblings to France before finally settling in Switzerland. After working his way through their junior teams, Embolo made his professional debut for FC Basel, Basel in March 2014, and won the Swiss Super League in all three of his first seasons before moving to Germany after being signed by FC Schalke 04, Schalke 04 for a reported fee of €20 million. Shortly after moving to the Bundesliga, he suffered an ankle injury that ruled him out for nearly a year. He later played for Borussia Mönchengladbach before moving to Ligue 1 to play for Monaco. Embolo made his senior international debut in 2015, earning over 70 caps. He represented Switzerland at the UEFA European Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shkëlzen Gashi
Shkëlzen Taib Gashi (born 15 July 1988) is a retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder and forward. He is best known for his time with Grasshopper Club Zürich and FC Basel. With Grasshopper he won the 2012–13 Swiss Cup and he was Swiss champion in the 2014–15 season with Basel. Born in Switzerland, he represented the Albania national team. Club career Early career and Zürich Gashi was born in Zürich, Switzerland to parents originally from Qabiq of Klina, Kosovo. A product of Zürich academy, Gashi made his professional debut at the age of 18 on 12 August 2006 in the 2006–07 Swiss Super League match against St. Gallen, playing in the last 13 minutes of the 3–1 loss. He also made his European debut later on 6 December of the following year, appearing as a substitute in an UEFA Cup group stage match against Spartak Moscow which finished in a 1–0 away loss. Loan at Schaffhausen On 29 January 2008, in the winter transfer window, Gashi was sent on loa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Salah
Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly (, ; born 15 June 1992), also known as Mo Salah, is an Egyptian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a right winger or Forward (association football), forward for club Liverpool F.C., Liverpool and Captain (association football), captains the Egypt national football team, Egypt national team. Often dubbed the "Egyptian King", he is widely regarded as one of the best players of his generation and one of the greatest wingers of all time. He is known for his clinical finishing, dribbling, speed, and playmaking abilities. Salah began his senior career in 2010 at Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC, Al-Mokawloon, departing in 2012 to join FC Basel, Basel, where he won two Swiss Super League titles. In 2014, he joined Chelsea F.C., Chelsea for a reported fee of £11 million, but limited gametime led to successive Loan (association football), loans to ACF Fiorentina, Fiorentina and AS Roma, Roma, who later signed him permanently for � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Frei
Alexander Frei or Alex Frei (born 15 July 1979) is a Swiss professional football coach and a former player who played as a forward. He was most recently head coach of FC Aarau in the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football. Frei began his career at Basel, going on to various other clubs in Switzerland, France and Germany before returning to his home club, where he won the Swiss Super League title in all four of his seasons, including doubles with the Swiss Cup in 2010 and 2012. Frei is the all-time leading scorer of the Switzerland national team with 42 goals in 84 games. He represented the country at two UEFA European Championships and as many World Cups. Club career Frei started his professional career with his hometown club of FC Basel, where he later was transferred to FC Thun, FC Luzern, and Servette FC, all in his native Switzerland. After a transfer to French club Rennes, he finished as the highest goal-scorer in Ligue 1 for the 2004–05 season wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
