Steven Zuber

Steven Zuber (born 17 August 1991) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger for Greek Super League club AEK Athens and the Switzerland national team.

Steven Zuber
Zuber with Switzerland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Steven Zuber[1]
Date of birth (1991-08-17) 17 August 1991[1]
Place of birth Winterthur, Switzerland
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger, Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 AEK Athens
Number 10
Youth career
1997–1998 FC Wülflingen/Wiesendangen
1998–2001 FC Kollbrunn-Rikon
2001–2002 FC Turbenthal
2002–2006 Winterthur
2006–2008 Grasshopper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2013 Grasshopper 127 (23)
2013–2014 CSKA Moscow 29 (1)
2014–2020 Hoffenheim 96 (9)
2015–2016 → Hoffenheim II (loan) 3 (6)
2019 → Stuttgart (loan) 13 (5)
2020–2022 Eintracht Frankfurt 20 (0)
2021–2022 → AEK Athens (loan) 35 (8)
2022– AEK Athens 31 (11)
International career‡
2007–2008 Switzerland U17 9 (1)
2008–2009 Switzerland U19 9 (3)
2010–2012 Switzerland U21 18 (5)
2012 Switzerland Olympic 4 (0)
2017– Switzerland 51 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:07, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 June 2022

Early life

Steven Zuber was born on 17 August 1991 in Winterthur, Zürich, Switzerland to Walter and Susanne Zuber. He has five siblings: Melanie, Kevin, Severin, David, and Marvin.[3] On 27 May 2015, he married his long-time girlfriend, Mirjana Vasović.[4]

Club career

Grasshopper

Zuber made his first-team debut for Grasshopper on 12 July 2008 in the Intertoto Cup second round, second leg match against KS Besa, where he came on as an 83rd-minute substitute. On 3 August, he made his first Swiss Super League appearance in a 1–1 draw with Vaduz.

CSKA Moscow

On 5 July 2013, Zuber signed a five-year contract with Russian Premier League champions CSKA Moscow.[5] He made his debut on 13 July against Zenit St. Petersburg in the 2013 Russian Super Cup, which CSKA won 3–0.[6] He made his league debut four days later against Ural.[7]

Hoffenheim

On 14 August 2014, Zuber moved to 1899 Hoffenheim[8] on a four-year deal.[9] On 25 January 2017, he extended his contract until 2020.[10]

VfB Stuttgart

On 9 January 2019, Zuber was loaned out to VfB Stuttgart until the end of the season.[11]

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 4 August 2020, Zuber joined Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt, with Mijat Gaćinović going the other way as part of a swap deal.[12] He signed a 3-year contract.

AEK Athens

On 30 August 2021 he signed a long season contract with Superleague Greece club AEK Athens on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt.[13] After 130 appearances in the German Bundesliga, Zuber moves to a new league for him after he has already played football in his home country and Russia. For the left midfielder, the Greek capital club will be the sixth in his professional career.[14]

The deal between the two clubs includes a buy-out option in the region of €2,000,000, while Zuber will sign a three-year contract, should AEK choose to exercise it.[15]

On 6 May 2022, AEK activated the buy-out clause of the Swiss player and along with that, the three-year contract was signed. Zuber was a key figure in helping AEK win the Greek Superleague title scoring 8 goals in 28 matches.

International career

A member of the 2007–08 Switzerland U-17 squad, he was named as a reserve for the UEFA U-17 Championship held in May 2008. Zuber was a member of the Switzerland national team that participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[3] On 17 March 2017, he was called into camp for the Switzerland team.[16]

He was included in the national team's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[17] He started the first 2 group games against Brazil and Serbia, scoring the tying goal in a 1–1 draw with Brazil in their first group match. He started their round of 16 match against Sweden as they lost 1-0 and fell out of the tournament.

In May 2019, he played in 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals, where his team finished 4th.[18]

Zuber was included in Switzerland's UEFA Euro 2020 squad.[19] He played an important role in Switzerland's victory over France in the round of 16, providing an assist and winning a penalty. He also finished the tournament as the assist leader with 4.[20]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played on 15 August 2023
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Grasshopper 2008–09 Swiss Super League 1001051—161
2009–10 20500——205
2010–11 344362[lower-alpha 2]0—3910
2011–12 31842——3510
2012–13 32641——367
Total 1272312971—14633
CSKA Moscow 2013–14 Russian Premier League 271306[lower-alpha 3]01[lower-alpha 4]0371
2014–15 20——1[lower-alpha 4]030
Total 291306020401
1899 Hoffenheim 2014–15 Bundesliga 17040——210
2015–16 12200——122
2016–17 24420——264
2017–18 201106[lower-alpha 5]0—271
2018–19 80103[lower-alpha 3]1—121
2019–20 14220——162
Total 95910091—11410
VfB Stuttgart (loan) 2018–19 Bundesliga 155———155
Eintracht Frankfurt 2020–21 Bundesliga 20020——220
2021–22 001000—10
Total 2003000—230
AEK Athens (loan) 2021–22 Super League Greece 35830——388
AEK Athens 2022–23 Super League Greece 28860——348
2023–24 00001[lower-alpha 3]1—11
Total 63169011—7317
Career total 349543792332041166
  1. Includes Swiss Cup, Russian Cup, DFB-Pokal, Greek Cup
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. Appearance in Russian Super Cup
  5. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League

International
As of match played 12 June 2022[21]
Switzerland
YearAppsGoals
201782
2018133
201941
202070
2021144
202250
Total5110
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.[22]
List of international goals scored by Steven Zuber
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
17 October 2017St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland Hungary3–05–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification
24–0
327 March 2018Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland Panama4–06–0Friendly
417 June 2018Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don, Russia Brazil1–11–12018 FIFA World Cup
58 September 2018Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland Iceland1–06–02018–19 UEFA Nations League A
623 March 2019Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia1–02–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
725 March 2021Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria Bulgaria3–03–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
830 May 2021Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland United States2–12–1Friendly
91 September 2021St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland Greece1–02–1Friendly
109 October 2021Stade de Genève, Lancy, Switzerland Northern Ireland1–02–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Grasshopper

CSKA Moscow

AEK Athens

Individual

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Steven Zuber - Athens". Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  3. "Steven Zuber". Steven Zuber. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  4. "Miss-Kandidatin Marjanas Traumhochzeit mit Kicker Steven Zuber". Schweizer Illustrierte.
  5. "Zuber joins PFC CSKA". pfc-cska.com/en/. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  6. "CSKA Moskva vs. Zenit 3 – 0". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  7. "Ural vs. CSKA Moskva". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  8. "Steven Zuber left PFC CSKA for Hoffenheim". en.pfc-cska.com. PFC CSKA Moscow. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  9. "Transfer news: Hoffenheim sign winger Steven Zuber from CSKA Moscow on a four-year deal". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  10. "Steven Zuber extends contract until 2020". achtzehn99.de. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  11. "Steven Zuber joins VfB on loan". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  12. "Mijat Gacinovic and Steven Zuber swap clubs". BuLi News. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  13. "Steven Zuber signed for AEK FC!". aekfc.gr. Online. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  14. "Leihe mit Kaufoption: Zuber verlässt Eintracht Frankfurt in Richtung AEK Athen". www.fussballeck.com. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  15. "ΑΕΚ: Στην τελική ευθεία του Ζούμπερ, αυτοί είναι οι όροι του deal με παίκτη και Άιντραχτ" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 27 August 2021.
  16. "Nationalmannschaft - Nati in Lausanne angekommen – Zuber voller Elan" [National team arrived in Lausanne – Zuber full of energy]. srf.ch (in German). Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  17. "Switzerland opts for experience in World Cup squad". washingtonpost.com.
  18. "Pickford the hero in England shootout win". BBC Sport.
  19. iacovazzo.giorgio. "Mit 29 Spielern Richtung UEFA EURO". football.ch (in German). Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  20. "France vs. Switzerland - Football Match Report - June 28, 2021 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  21. "Steven Zuber". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  22. "Zuber, Steven". National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
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