| Christian Fassnacht | |
| Fullname: | Christian Andreas Fassnacht[1] |
| Birth Date: | 11 November 1993[2] |
| Birth Place: | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Height: | 1.85 m[3] |
| Position: | Right winger |
| Currentclub: | Norwich City |
| Clubnumber: | 16 |
| Years1: | 2014 |
| Clubs1: | Tuggen |
| Caps1: | 17 |
| Goals1: | 10 |
| Years2: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs2: | Winterthur |
| Caps2: | 47 |
| Goals2: | 11 |
| Years3: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs3: | Thun |
| Caps3: | 35 |
| Goals3: | 10 |
| Years4: | 2017–2023 |
| Clubs4: | Young Boys |
| Caps4: | 182 |
| Goals4: | 58 |
| Years5: | 2023– |
| Clubs5: | Norwich City |
| Caps5: | 40 |
| Goals5: | 6 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2018– |
| Nationalteam1: | Switzerland |
| Nationalcaps1: | 19 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 4 |
| Club-Update: | 16:23, 29 April 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 19:31, 4 June 2023 (UTC) |
Christian Andreas Fassnacht (born 11 November 1993) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a right winger for club Norwich City and the Switzerland national team.[4]
Fassnacht was part of the Young Boys squad that won the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, their first league title in 32 years.[5] He played an important role for the club during the title winning season, scoring 11 league goals.[6]
On 3 October 2019, Fassnacht scored a late goal deep into second-half stoppage time to give Young Boys a 2–1 home win over Rangers in the Europa League group stage.[7] On 25 February 2021, he scored in Young Boys' 2–0 second-leg victory over Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League Round of 32, securing passage into the Round of 16 for the first time in club history.[8]
On 25 July 2023, he departed Young Boys after six years at the club to join Norwich City,[9] reuniting with his former head coach David Wagner.
On 12 August, he scored his first goal for Norwich City in a 4–4 draw against Southampton.[10]
Fassnacht made his debut with the Switzerland national team (he never represented Switzerland before at any level) in a 2–1 away loss against Belgium.[11] In 2021 he was called up to the national team for the 2020 UEFA European Championship, where the team created one of the main sensations of the tournament reaching the quarter-finals.[12]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Tuggen | 2014–15 | Swiss Promotion League | 17 | 10 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 18 | 11 | |||
| Winterthur | 2014–15 | Swiss Challenge League | 13 | 2 | — | — | — | 13 | 2 | ||||
| 2015–16 | Swiss Challenge League | 34 | 9 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 9 | ||||
| Total | 47 | 11 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 50! | 11 | |||||
| Thun | 2016–17 | Swiss Super League | 35 | 10 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 10 | |||
| Young Boys | 2017–18 | Swiss Super League | 34 | 11 | 6 | 1 | — | 9 | 2 | 49 | 14 | ||
| 2018–19 | Swiss Super League | 35 | 11 | 4 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | 47 | 11 | |||
| 2019–20 | Swiss Super League | 30 | 7 | 6 | 3 | — | 8 | 2 | 44 | 12 | |||
| 2020–21 | Swiss Super League | 36 | 10 | 1 | 1 | — | 12 | 4 | 49 | 15 | |||
| 2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 18 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | 28 | 12 | |||
| 2022–23 | Swiss Super League | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 34 | 11 | |||
| Total | 182 | 58 | 22 | 7 | — | 47 | 10 | 251 | 75 | ||||
| Norwich City | 2023–24 | Championship | 40 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 45 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 321 | 94 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 10 | 400 | 112 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2018 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2021 | 10 | 3 | ||
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 19 | 4 | ||
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fassnacht goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 November 2019 | Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar | 3–0 | 6–1 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification | ||
| 2 | 3 June 2021 | Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland | 2–0 | 7–0 | Friendly | ||
| 3 | 4–0 | ||||||
| 4 | 9 October 2021 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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