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

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who played as a

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. He spent most of his playing career in Switzerland, apart from a five-year spell with German club

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

. Spycher also represented the

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at two

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s and the

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. Spycher is currently chief sports officer of

BSC Young Boys Berner Sport Club Young Boys (YB by short abbreviation, ) is a Swiss professional sports club based in Bern, Switzerland. Its first team has won 17 Swiss league championships and eight Swiss Cups. YB is one of the most successful Swiss footbal ...

Career

Born in

Wolhusen Wolhusen is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Entlebuch District, Entlebuch in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Lucerne (canton), Lucerne in Switzerland. Geography Wolhusen has an area of . Of this area, 58.1% ...

, Spycher played for

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 2008 UEFA Euro, 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 Zurich (GCZ), commonly referred to as Grasshopper Club or simply just GC, is a professional sports club, multisports club based in Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland. They are nicknamed the ''Grasshoppers'' or sometimes just ''Hopper ...

* Nationalliga A: 2002–03

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runner-up: 2005–06

References

External links

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