Nico Elvedi (born 30 September 1996) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Switzerland national team.
.jpg) Elvedi with Switzerland at UEFA Euro 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nico Elvedi[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 September 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back, right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2006 | FC Greifensee | ||
| 2006–2013 | Zürich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Zürich II | 24 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Zürich | 18 | (1) |
| 2015– | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 266 | (15) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012–2013 | Switzerland U17 | 11 | (0) |
| 2014 | Switzerland U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2016 | Switzerland U19 | 19 | (2) |
| 2016– | Switzerland | 56 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:58, 4 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:48, 15 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editBorn in Zürich, Elvedi was a youth player for FC Zürich. He made his Swiss Super League debut on 15 May 2014 in a 1–0 away win against FC Lausanne-Sport, playing the full match.[3]
Elvedi joined Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2015 for a €4 million transfer fee. He scored his first goal in the Bundesliga during the derby against 1. FC Köln. in 2017. The match saw Borussia Mönchengladbach win 1–0.[4]
International career
editElvedi played for various Swiss youth teams, and made his debut for the senior Switzerland national football team in a friendly 1–2 defeat to Belgium on 28 May 2016.[5]
He was included in the Switzerland national football team 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[6]
In May 2019, he played in 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals, where the Swiss team finished 4th.[7]
In 2021, he was called up to the national team for the 2020 UEFA European Championship, where the team upset favorites France en route to the quarter-finals, where they lost to Spain.[8][9]
In 2022, Elvedi was part of the Switzerland national football team's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, where Switzerland were knocked out in the round-of-16 by Portugal, 6-1.[10]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 4 October 2024[11]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Zürich | 2013–14 | Swiss Super League | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| Total | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 2016–17 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 36 | 2 | |||
| 2018–19 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 5 | ||
| 2021–22 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 34 | 3 | |||
| 2023–24 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | |||
| 2024–25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | |||
| Total | 266 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 309 | 17 | ||
| Career total | 284 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 335 | 18 | ||
International
edit- As of match played 15 October 2024[12]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | |
| Total | 56 | 2 | |
- Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.[12]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 November 2018 | Swissporarena, Lucern, Switzerland |  Belgium |
4–2 | 5–2 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A |
| 2 | 4 June 2024 | Swissporarena, Lucern, Switzerland |  Estonia |
3–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
Personal life
editElvedi's twin brother, Jan, is also a professional footballer who plays for 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern.[13]
References
edit- ^ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Switzerland" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of players: Switherland" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 28. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "Lausanne Sport vs. FC Zürich - 15 May 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ^ "Elvedi strike gives Gladbach Rhine derby win over Cologne". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "Switzerland vs. Belgium - Football Match Summary - May 28, 2016 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Switzerland opts for experience in World Cup squad". Associated Press News. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ "Pickford the hero in England shootout win". BBC Sport.
- ^ "France 3-3 Switzerland (aet; pens 4-5): Euro 2020 last 16 – as it happened". the Guardian. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "Switzerland vs. Spain - Football Match Summary - July 2, 2021 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ Das, Andrew (6 December 2022). "Ronaldo's Replacement Scores a Hat Trick in Portugal's Romp Over Switzerland". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ Nico Elvedi at Soccerway
- ^ a b "Nico Elvedi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ Nico Elvedi at kicker (in German)
