Bradley Fink | |
Fullname: | Bradley Thomas Fink |
Birth Date: | 17 April 2003 |
Birth Place: | Cham, Switzerland |
Height: | 1.92 m[1] |
Position: | Striker |
Currentclub: | Basel |
Clubnumber: | 14 |
Youthyears1: | 2010–2011 |
Youthclubs1: | SC Cham |
Youthyears2: | 2011–2019 |
Youthclubs2: | Luzern |
Youthyears3: | 2019–2022 |
Youthclubs3: | Borussia Dortmund |
Years1: | 2022 |
Clubs1: | Borussia Dortmund II |
Caps1: | 14 |
Goals1: | 3 |
Years2: | 2022– |
Clubs2: | Basel |
Caps2: | 27 |
Goals2: | 5 |
Years3: | 2023–2024 |
Clubs3: | → Grasshopper (loan) |
Caps3: | 31 |
Goals3: | 2 |
Nationalyears1: | 2017–2018 |
Nationalteam1: | Switzerland U15 |
Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
Nationalgoals1: | 4 |
Nationalyears2: | 2018–2019 |
Nationalteam2: | Switzerland U16 |
Nationalcaps2: | 8 |
Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
Nationalyears3: | 2019 |
Nationalteam3: | Switzerland U17 |
Nationalcaps3: | 7 |
Nationalgoals3: | 7 |
Nationalyears4: | 2021 |
Nationalteam4: | Switzerland U19 |
Nationalcaps4: | 7 |
Nationalgoals4: | 5 |
Nationalyears5: | 2022 |
Nationalteam5: | Switzerland U20 |
Nationalcaps5: | 1 |
Nationalgoals5: | 1 |
Nationalyears6: | 2022– |
Nationalteam6: | Switzerland U21 |
Nationalcaps6: | 9 |
Nationalgoals6: | 2 |
Club-Update: | 09:28, 31 July 2024 (UTC) |
Nationalteam-Update: | 09:28, 31 July 2024 (UTC) |
Bradley Thomas Fink (born 17 April 2003) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss Super League club FC Basel.
Born in Cham, Fink played his first youth football with local club SC Cham. He was soon discovered by Luzern and moved on to them soon afterwards and passed through their youth academy. In July 2019, Fink joined Borussia Dortmund.[2] On 17 January 2022, Fink made his professional debut in a 3. Liga match for Borussia Dortmund II against Waldhof Mannheim.[3]
In August 2022, Fink signed a four-year contract with FC Basel.[4] He joined Basel's first team for their 2022–23 season under head coach Alexander Frei and made his debut in the Swiss Cup match on 21 August 2022. He scored his first goal for the club in the same game, as Basel won 5–0 against local amateur club FC Allschwil.[5]
Fink played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Letzigrund on 28 August as Basel won 4–2 against Zürich.[6] He scored his first league goal for his new club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 1 October. He was substituted in for Wouter Burger in the 83rd minute and scored the winning goal within one minute as Basel won 3–2 against St. Gallen, heading home a cross from Michael Lang.[7]
On 20 July 2023, he joined Swiss Super League rivals Grasshopper Club Zürich for a season long loan.[8] He made his debut in the first game of the season on 22 July 2023, coming on in the final minutes in the 1–3 home defeat to Servette FC.[9] On 12 August 2023, he received his first starting lineup nomination and scored his first goal for Grasshoppers just seven minutes into the game.[10] In their Swiss Cup opening round match against SV Schaffhausen of the 2. Liga Interregional, the 5th tier of Swiss football, he scored a brace in the 4–0 away victory.[11]
He returned to Basel following the conclusion of the season,[12] having scored four goals in total for Grasshoppers, two each in the league and in the cup.
Fink has represented Switzerland at various youth international levels.
Fink can also play for England at international level.[13]