| Michel Aebischer | |
| Full Name: | Michel Aebischer[1] |
| Birth Date: | 6 January 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Fribourg, Switzerland |
| Height: | 1.83 m |
| Position: | Defensive midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Bologna |
| Clubnumber: | 20 |
| Youthyears1: | –2016 |
| Youthclubs1: | Young Boys |
| Years1: | 2016–2022 |
| Clubs1: | Young Boys |
| Caps1: | 133 |
| Goals1: | 12 |
| Years2: | 2022 |
| Clubs2: | → Bologna (loan) |
| Caps2: | 12 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2022– |
| Clubs3: | Bologna |
| Caps3: | 68 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2012 |
| Nationalteam1: | Switzerland U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalteam2: | Switzerland U20 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2018 |
| Nationalteam3: | Switzerland U21 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2019– |
| Nationalteam4: | Switzerland |
| Nationalcaps4: | 25 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 20 May 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 6 July 2024 |
Michel Aebischer (born 6 January 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Bologna and the Switzerland national team. He first began representing the country internationally at youth level in 2012 with Switzerland U16.
Aebischer is a youth exponent from Young Boys. He made his Swiss Super League debut on 10 September 2016 against Luzern.[2]
He was part of the Young Boys squad that won the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, their first league title for 32 years.[3]
On 25 January 2022, he joined Bologna in Italy. The transfer was initially a loan with a future obligation to buy the rights permanently.[4]
Aebischer made his debut for Switzerland national team on 18 November 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Gibraltar. He came on as a substitute for Ruben Vargas in the 85th minute.[5] On 9 November 2022, he was called up for the Swiss squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar,[6] where he made one appearance as a 76th-minute substitute for Djibril Sow in the 1–0 Group G loss to Brazil.[7]
On 7 June 2024, Aebischer was named in the 26-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2024.[8] On 15 June, he scored his first international goal and provided an assist in a 3–1 victory over Hungary in Switzerland's opening match of the tournament.[9]
| Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Young Boys | 2016–17 | Swiss Super League | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| 2017–18 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 4 | |||
| 2019–20 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 46 | 4 | |||
| 2020–21 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 39 | 2 | |||
| 2021–22 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 28 | 3 | |||
| Total | 133 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 194 | 15 | |||
| Bologna (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 12 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Bologna | 2022–23 | Serie A | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 40 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 68 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 74 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 213 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 280 | 16 | |||
| Switzerland | 2019 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Total | 25 | 1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.
| 1 | 15 June 2024 | RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany | align=center | 21 | 2–0 | 3–1 | [10] |
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