| Nico Elvedi | |
| Full Name: | Nico Elvedi[1] |
| Birth Date: | 30 September 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Height: | 1.87 m[2] |
| Position: | Centre-back, right-back |
| Currentclub: | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| Clubnumber: | 30 |
| Youthyears1: | 2005–2006 |
| Youthclubs1: | FC Greifensee |
| Youthyears2: | 2006–2013 |
| Youthclubs2: | Zürich |
| Years1: | 2013–2015 |
| Clubs1: | Zürich II |
| Caps1: | 24 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs2: | Zürich |
| Caps2: | 18 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2015– |
| Clubs3: | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| Caps3: | 266 |
| Goals3: | 15 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2012–2013 |
| Nationalteam1: | Switzerland U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 11 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2014 |
| Nationalteam2: | Switzerland U18 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2013–2016 |
| Nationalteam3: | Switzerland U19 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 19 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 2 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2016– |
| Nationalteam4: | Switzerland |
| Nationalcaps4: | 56 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 2 |
| Pcupdate: | 22:58, 4 October 2024 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 23:48, 15 October 2024 (UTC) |
Nico Elvedi (born 30 September 1996) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Switzerland national team.
Born in Zürich, Elvedi was a youth player for FC Zürich. He made his Swiss Super League debut on 15 May 2014 in a 1–0 away win against FC Lausanne-Sport, playing the full match.[3]
Elvedi joined Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2015 for a €4 million transfer fee. He scored his first goal in the Bundesliga during the derby against 1. FC Köln. in 2017. The match saw Borussia Mönchengladbach win 1–0.[4]
Elvedi played for various Swiss youth teams, and made his debut for the senior Switzerland national football team in a friendly 1–2 defeat to Belgium on 28 May 2016.[5]
He was included in the Switzerland national football team 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[6]
In May 2019, he played in 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals, where the Swiss team finished 4th.[7]
In 2021, he was called up to the national team for the 2020 UEFA European Championship, where the team upset favorites France en route to the quarter-finals, where they lost to Spain.[8] [9]
In 2022, Elvedi was part of the Switzerland national football team's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, where Switzerland were knocked out in the round-of-16 by Portugal, 6-1.[10]
| Season | League | National cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Zürich | 2013–14 | Swiss Super League | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 1 | |||
| Total | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 36 | 2 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 2 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 5 | |||
| 2021–22 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 34 | 3 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | ||||
| 2024–25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 266 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 309 | 17 | |||
| Career total | 284 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 335 | 18 | |||
| Switzerland | 2016 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Total | 56 | 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.
| align=center | 1 | 18 November 2018 | Swissporarena, Lucern, Switzerland | align=center | 4–2 | align=center | 5–2 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A | ||
| align=center | 2 | 4 June 2024 | Swissporarena, Lucern, Switzerland | align=center | 3–0 | align=center | 4–0 | Friendly |
Elvedi's twin brother, Jan, is also a professional footballer who plays for 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern.