Yann Sommer (born 17 December 1988) is a Swiss professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Known for his exceptional reflexes and high agility, Sommer is regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world. Sommer began his career at

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, where he won the

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on four consecutive occasions, before transferring to

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in 2014, where he remained for nine years. He also won the

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and two

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s while on loan to

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. Sommer made his debut for the Switzerland national team in 2012. He represented the nation at the

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and

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, and the

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and

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before retiring in August 2024.

Club career

Basel

Born in

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, Sommer played as a child in the youth teams of

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and later of Concordia Basel. He moved to the

youth setup in 2003. He signed his first professional contract with Basel in 2005. He became the first-choice goalkeeper in the under-21 squad almost immediately, fending off contenders like

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and Orkan Avci, and was third-choice for the senior squad behind

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and

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. During the summer of 2007, Sommer signed a new contract lasting until 2011, and was loaned out to Liechtensteiner club

to gain first-team experience in an environment somewhat more competitive than the reserves in the Swiss 1. Liga. He was made the first-choice goalkeeper and played 33 matches over the course of the

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season, playing a major part in Vaduz's promotion to the

. His loan deal was then extended to last until January 2009. He made his Super League debut for Vaduz on 20 July 2008 in the 2–1 away win against

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. Sommer was recalled to Basel on 7 January 2009 because the club's first-choice goalkeeper, Franco Costanzo, was injured. Sommer made his Super League debut for Basel in a 3–2 defeat to Young Boys at the

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, on 7 February 2009. He played six matches for Basel up until the end of the season. On 16 June, he joined

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on a one-season-long loan. During his season there, he played 33 league matches. On 14 June 2010, Sommer signed a five-year contract with Basel. He served as second-choice goalkeeper behind Franco Costanzo. In March 2011, Basel announced it would not offer Costanzo a contract extension, therefore making Sommer the club's first-choice goalkeeper. Sommer played five Super League matches during the 2010–11 season and so was part of the championship-winning team. UEFA Euro League FC Salzburg vs

Sommer made his

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debut on 14 September 2011 in the 2–1 home win against Oțelul Galați. He was first-choice goalkeeper in the 2011–12 season, after the end of which he won the

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of the

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and

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. At the end of the 2012–13 season, Sommer won the league title for the third consecutive time, having played in all 36 league matches. Basel also finished as runners-up in the

. In the

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, Basel advanced to the

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, where they were matched against reigning Champions League holders Chelsea. Basel was eliminated 2–5 on aggregate. At the end of the 2013–14 season, Sommer won the league championship with Basel. They also reached the final of the

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, but were beaten 2–0 by

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after extra time. In the 2013–14 Champions League, Basel finished the

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in third position to qualify for Europa League knockout phase, where they advanced as far as the quarter-finals. In their 2013–14 season, Basel played a total of 68 matches: 36 Swiss League fixtures, six Swiss Cup, six Champions League, ten Europa League and ten test matches. Sommer totaled 58 appearances: 35 League, two Cup, six Champions League and six Europa League, as well five in the test games. However, Sommer managed to keep 65 clean sheets in 170 appearances in all competitions with Basel.

Borussia Mönchengladbach

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side

, effective from 1 July. He was signed to replace

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, who had joined

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. In Sommer's first season at Mönchengladbach, 2014–15, Gladbach finished in third place in the

, club's highest league finish since 1978. The club also managed to beat its record of consecutive matches without defeat, exceeding the record of 17 matches it had set during the 1970–71 season. Sommer's debut came against Homburg in the

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, where Gladbach won 3–1. Sommer played against

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on the opening day in a 1–1 draw. He was famously lobbed from long range by teammate Christoph Kramer against

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in a 1–0 defeat, but Gladbach went on to secure qualification for the

with one match remaining. At the season's conclusion, Sommer was named Gladbach's player of the season. The 2015–16 season began poorly: Gladbach lost its opening match 4–0 to Borussia Dortmund, with Sommer being blamed for the first goal. The club was reported to be in large trouble, and before its first Champions League match of the season, the club's players held crisis talks to discuss their problems. After losing 3–0 to

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, Sommer was heavily criticized for his play. After a fifth-straight

defeat, against rivals

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, coach

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resigned. In contrast to the previous year, it was the worst start to a season Gladbach had ever suffered. Under new interim boss

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, the club's dramatically improved with four wins from four matches, resulting in Schubert's permanent appointment. Sommer was forced to sit out against

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due to a broken nose, having injured it against

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in the Champions League. He was replaced for the Wolfsburg match by

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. Sommer eventually played in all of the remaining Bundesliga matches, with his performances leading to interest from Manchester City. However, Borussia Mönchengladbach finished fourth in the 2015–16 season, and qualified for the

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, in which they finished third in their group which had

, Manchester City and

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, then reached the Europa League round of 16, before being knocked out by

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on the away goal rule after a 3–3 draw on aggregate. In November 2019, Sommer extended his contract until 2023. In the

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, Borussia Mönchengladbach reached the round of 16, where they lost against Manchester City. On 27 August 2022, Sommer made 19 saves in a 1–1 away draw against

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, to be a Bundesliga record.

Bayern Munich

In December 2022, Bayern's longtime keeper

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suffered a lower leg fracture during a ski trip and was out until the end of the season, necessitating the signing of a replacement. On 19 January 2023, Sommer left Gladbach, having spent eight and a half years playing for ''Die Fohlen'', and joined

for

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8 million on a contract until July 2025. On 20 January, he made his debut for Bayern in a 1–1 away draw against

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. He started Bayern's final 25 fixtures of the 2022–23 season, winning the

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with the Bavarian club.

Inter Milan

On 7 August 2023, Sommer joined Italian club

, signing a contract until 2026. He was sold to Inter for 6.75 million

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. Sommer won his first

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against

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, as Inter thrashed their rivals 5–1 on September 16, 2023. In January 2024, Sommer won his first silverware with Inter, the 2023 Supercoppa Italiana, keeping clean sheets in both the semi-final against

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and the final against

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. He ended the season by winning the national championship in a third country as Inter won their 20th ''Scudetto''. He was named as the goalkeeper in the

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, having kept 19 clean sheets in 34

matches. On 6 May 2025, Sommer was named Player of the Match in Inter's 4–3

semi-final second leg win over

after making seven crucial saves during the match. In the

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, Inter were defeated 5–0 by

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at Munich's

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International career

Youth

Sommer has represented Switzerland at various age levels, including at under-16, -17, -19 and -21 levels. He made his Swiss U-16s debut on 26 August 2003, but the match ended in a 0–5 defeat against

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. His U-17s debut was on 20 November 2003 in the 1–1 draw against

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. Sommer made his professional debut for the Swiss under-21s on 22 August 2007, as he was substituted in at half-time during the 2–1 away win against

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. He was goalkeeper and captain of the Swiss U-21 team which competed in the final tournament of the

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, hosted by Denmark between 11 and 25 June 2011. The Swiss team reached the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final on 25 June without conceding a goal, but lost 2–0 to

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. This was Sommer's final match for the under-21s.

Senior

Sommer made his debut for the Switzerland senior side on 30 May 2012 at the

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, in a 0–1 defeat against

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in a

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. On 13 May, he was named in Switzerland's 23-man squad for the

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in Brazil, where he served as back-up goalkeeper to Diego Benaglio. Alongside Bundesliga colleagues

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and

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, Sommer was one of three goalkeepers included in Switzerland's

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squad. Sommer was Switzerland's first-choice goalkeeper, playing all four of the nation's matches. Sommer was unable to prevent Switzerland being eliminated by

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in the round of 16, losing 5–4 on penalties, after a 1–1 draw. He was included in the Switzerland's 23-man squad for the

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and made his World Cup debut in the team's 1–1 draw with

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in the opening match of

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. In May 2019, he played in

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, where his team finished fourth. Sommer was included in the 26-man Swiss squad for the postponed

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. On 28 June 2021, Sommer saved a penalty from

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during the penalty shoot-out, in which Switzerland won 5–4 against

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in the round of 16, after a 3–3 draw. On 2 July 2021, he made eight saves in extra time alone against

in the Euro 2020 quarter-finals; however, Switzerland lost 1–3 on penalties, after a 1–1 draw. In 2022, Sommer was chosen to be a member of the Swiss squad for the

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. He was named Man of the Match in his team's opening group game against

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, which his team won 1–0. In June 2024, Sommer was selected in the Switzerland squad for

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. He was the starting goalkeeper in all his country's matches, helping them reach the quarter-finals. Later that year, on 19 August, he announced his retirement from the national team.

Personal life

Sommer married Alina in August 2019, whom he began dating in 2016. They have one daughter.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

FC Vaduz *

: 2007–08 * Liechtenstein Cup: 2007–08 FC Basel *

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, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14 *

: 2011–12 Bayern Munich *

: 2022–23 Inter Milan *

: 2023–24 *

Supercoppa Italiana The Supercoppa Italiana, also known as the Italian Super Cup, is an annual super cup tournament in Italian football. Founded in 1988 as a two-team competition, it has featured four teams since 2023 (the winners and runners-up of the previous ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

runner-up: 2024–25 Switzerland U21 *

UEFA European Under-21 Championship The UEFA European Under-21 Championship, the UEFA Under-21 Championship or simply the Euro Under-21, is a biennial football competition contested by the European men's under-21 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Since 1992, the comp ...

runner-up:

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

Individual * UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament:

Team of the Year: 2013–14 * Credit Suisse Player of the Year: 2016, 2018, 2021 *

Fantasy Team of the Season: 2019–20 * ''The Athletic'' European Men's Team of the Season: 2023–24 *

Team of the Season: 2023–24 *

: 2023–24 * ESM Team of the Year: 2023–24

References

External links

Profile
at the Inter Milan website
Profile
at the FC Bayern Munich website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sommer, Yann 1988 births Living people Swiss-French people Sportspeople from Morges Footballers from the canton of Vaud Swiss men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers FC Basel players FC Vaduz players Grasshopper Club Zurich players Borussia Mönchengladbach players FC Bayern Munich footballers Inter Milan players Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players Swiss 1. Liga (football) players Bundesliga players Serie A players Switzerland men's youth international footballers Switzerland men's under-21 international footballers Switzerland men's international footballers 2014 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2016 players 2018 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2020 players 2022 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2024 players Swiss expatriate men's footballers Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Liechtenstein Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Liechtenstein Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Italy 21st-century Swiss sportsmen