Christoph Spycher (born 30 March 1978) is Swiss former professional

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who played as a

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. Spycher is chief sports officer of

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Career

Born in

Wolhusen Wolhusen is a municipality in the district of Entlebuch in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Geography Wolhusen has an area of . Of this area, 58.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8. ...

, Spycher played for

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...

in the Bundesliga for five years, mainly as a full-back. He had a trial with

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in June 2004. In the 2007–08 season he was vice captain at Eintracht. He was appointed captain of the team in July 2009. In May 2010, it was reported that he joined

International career

He represented the national team at

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, where the team showed good performance in the tournament, achieving the best result at the time. On 18 May 2010, Spycher was forced to pull out of Switzerland's

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squad because of a knee injury and also retired from international football.

Honours

Grasshopper Club Zürich Grasshopper Club Zürich, commonly referred to as simply GC, GCZ, or Grasshoppers, is a multisports club based in Zürich, Switzerland. The oldest and best known department of the club is its football team. With 27 titles, Grasshopper holds t ...

* Nationalliga A: 2002–03

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considere ...

runner-up: 2005–06

References

External links

Christoph Spycher at eintracht-archiv.de
* * 1978 births Living people Swiss footballers Switzerland international footballers Swiss expatriate footballers Association football fullbacks Swiss Super League players Bundesliga players FC Luzern players Grasshopper Club Zürich players Eintracht Frankfurt players BSC Young Boys players UEFA Euro 2004 players 2006 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2008 players Expatriate footballers in Germany Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany FC Münsingen players Sportspeople from the canton of Lucerne {{Switzerland-footy-defender-stub