Eray Cömert

Eray Ervin Cömert (born 4 February 1998) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defender for La Liga club Valencia[2] and the Switzerland national team.

Eray Cömert
Cömert with Basel in 2019
Personal information
Full name Eray Ervin Cömert[1]
Date of birth (1998-02-04) 4 February 1998
Place of birth Basel, Switzerland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Nantes
Number 24
Youth career
2006–2009 Concordia Basel
2009–2016 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2022 Basel 101 (5)
2017 → Lugano (loan) 12 (0)
2017–2018 → Sion (loan) 12 (0)
2022– Valencia 31 (1)
2023– Nantes
International career‡
2013–2014 Switzerland U16 6 (1)
2014–2015 Switzerland U17 7 (0)
2015–2016 Switzerland U18 5 (0)
2016–2017 Switzerland U19 7 (0)
2018–2021 Switzerland U21 9 (3)
2019– Switzerland 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 May 2023

Club career

Basel

Cömert started his youth football with Concordia Basel. In 2009, he transferred to Basel and played in their youth system. He debuted in their first team on 10 February 2016 in a 3–2 away win against Zürich.[3] Cömert won the Swiss Super League championship with Basel in the 2015–16 season.[4]

Loans to Lugano and Sion

On 8 March 2017 Basel announced that they were loaning out Cömert to Lugano, until the end of the 2016–17 Swiss Super League season, so that he could gain first team playing experience.[5] He played 12 Matches for Lugano and helped the team to avoid relegation. On 7 July the club announced that they were loaning Cömert out to Sion, for the 2017–18 Swiss Super League season.[6]

Breakthrough

After the loan period, in July 2018, Cömert returned to Basel, winning the Swiss Cup in the 2018–19 season.[7] Cömert played only in two of these cup games.

In the following two and a half seasons Cömert was a regular starter in the team. The club announced on 25 February 2022, that he had transferred to Spanish club Valencia.[8]

Valencia

On 25 January 2022, Cömert moved abroad for the first time in his career, after signing a four-and-a-half-year contract with La Liga side Valencia CF,[2] for a rumoured fee of €800,000.[9]

International career

Cömert was born in Switzerland and is of Turkish descent. Cömert played various international games for the Swiss U-15, U-16 and U-17 teams. He played his debut for the Swiss U-18 national team as centre-back on 22 September 2015 as they won 2–1 against the Danish U-19. On 30 August 2016 he played his first game for the Swiss U-19 and led the team as captain to a 1–0 victory against the Slovakian U-19.[10]

He made his debut for Switzerland national football team on 18 November 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Gibraltar. He substituted Manuel Akanji in the 65th minute.[11] In 2021 he was called up to the national team for the 2020 UEFA European Championship, where the team reached the quarter-finals.[12]

Career statistics
As of match played 25 May 2023[13]
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental[lower-alpha 2] Other[lower-alpha 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Basel 2015–16 Swiss Super League 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2016–17 Swiss Super League 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2018–19 Swiss Super League 24 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 30 2
2019–20 Swiss Super League 33 2 3 0 14 1 0 0 50 3
2020–21 Swiss Super League 30 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 33 1
2021–22 Swiss Super League 9 1 2 0 8 0 0 0 19 1
Total 101 5 8 0 30 2 0 0 139 7
Lugano (loan) 2016–17 Swiss Super League 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Sion (loan) 2017–18 Swiss Super League 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Valencia 2021–22 La Liga 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2022–23 La Liga 23 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 25 1
Total 31 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 34 1
Career total 156 6 10 0 30 2 1 0 197 8
  1. Includes Copa del Rey, Swiss Cup
  2. Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. Includes Supercopa de España

Honours

FC Basel

References
  1. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Switzerland (SUI)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 28. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. "OFFICIAL STATEMENT | ERAY CÖMERT". Valencia CF. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  3. Watson, Eva (2016). "Traumtor-Festival beim Klassiker". telebasel.ch. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  4. Marti, Casper (2016). "Es ist vollbracht ! Der FCB ist zum 19. Mal Meister". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  5. FC Basel 1893 (2017). "Cuemart zu Lugano". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  6. FC Basel 1893 (2017). "Eray Cümart leihweise zum FC Sion". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  7. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Thun 2:1 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  8. FC Basel 1893 (25 January 2022). "Eray Cömert wechselt zum Valencia CF". Eray Cömert moves to Valencia CF. FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  9. "El Valencia pagará cerca de 800.000 euros por Eray Cömert" [Valencia will pay nearly 800,000 euros for Eray Cömert] (in Spanish). Plaza Deportiva. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  10. SFV (2016). "Telegramm Slowakei – Schweiz". Schweizerischer Fussballverband. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  11. "Gibraltar v Switzerland game report". UEFA. 18 November 2019.
  12. / uefaeuro-2020 / match / 2024485 – switzerland-vs-spain / lineups /? iv = true
  13. "E.Cömert: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
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