Christoph Spycher

Christoph Spycher (born 30 March 1978) is Swiss former professional footballer who played as a left-back. Spycher is chief sports officer of BSC Young Boys.

Christoph Spycher
Spycher in June 2008
Personal information
Full name Christoph Spycher[1]
Date of birth (1978-03-30) 30 March 1978[1]
Place of birth Wolhusen, Switzerland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
1986–1992 FC Sternenberg
1992–1997 SC Bümpliz 78
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 FC Münsingen 32 (2)
1999–2001 Luzern 66 (0)
2001–2005 Grasshoppers 103 (6)
2005–2010 Eintracht Frankfurt 120 (0)
2010–2014 Young Boys 99 (7)
Total 420 (15)
International career
2003–2010 Switzerland 46 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Wolhusen, Spycher played for Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga for five years, mainly as a full-back.

He had a trial with Rangers FC in June 2004.[2]

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 BSC Young Boys.

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.[3][4]

On 18 May 2010, Spycher was forced to pull out of Switzerland's 2010 FIFA World Cup squad because of a knee injury and also retired from international football.[5]

Honours

Grasshopper Club Zürich

Eintracht Frankfurt

References
  1. "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. Grahame, Ewing; Peters, Keith (20 July 2004). "Rangers send Stewart back to Manchester". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  3. "Switzerland-Portugal | Line-ups | UEFA EURO".
  4. http://en.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles /Download/PressRelease/uefa/UEFAMedia/70/24/56/702456_DOWNLOAD.pdf
  5. "Defender Christoph Spycher quits Switzerland set-up". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 May 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2010.


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