Christoph Spycher Explained

Christoph Spycher
Fullname:Christoph Spycher[1]
Birth Date:1978 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Wolhusen, Switzerland
Height:1.74 m
Position:Left-back
Youthyears1:1986–1992
Youthclubs1:FC Sternenberg
Youthyears2:1992–1997
Youthclubs2:SC Bümpliz 78
Years1:1997–1999
Clubs1:FC Münsingen
Caps1:32
Goals1:2
Years2:1999–2001
Clubs2:Luzern
Caps2:66
Goals2:0
Years3:2001–2005
Clubs3:Grasshoppers
Caps3:103
Goals3:6
Years4:2005–2010
Clubs4:Eintracht Frankfurt
Caps4:120
Goals4:0
Years5:2010–2014
Clubs5:Young Boys
Caps5:99
Goals5:7
Totalcaps:420
Totalgoals:15
Nationalyears1:2003–2010
Nationalteam1:Switzerland
Nationalcaps1:46
Nationalgoals1:0

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.

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

2002–03

Eintracht Frankfurt

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany List of Players . FIFA . https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf . 10 June 2019 . 27.
  2. News: Rangers send Stewart back to Manchester . London . The Daily Telegraph . Ewing . Grahame . Keith . Peters . 20 July 2004.
  3. Web site: Switzerland-Portugal | Line-ups | UEFA EURO.
  4. http://en.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles /Download/PressRelease/uefa/UEFAMedia/70/24/56/702456_DOWNLOAD.pdf
  5. News: Defender Christoph Spycher quits Switzerland set-up . 18 May 2010. BBC Sport. BBC. 18 May 2010.