Michel Aebischer
Personal information
Full name Michel Aebischer[1]
Date of birth (1997-01-06) 6 January 1997
Place of birth Fribourg, Switzerland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Bologna
Number 20
Youth career
0000–2016 Young Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2022 Young Boys 133 (12)
2022– Bologna 45 (1)
International career‡
2012 Switzerland U16 1 (0)
2017–2018 Switzerland U20 8 (0)
2018 Switzerland U21 6 (0)
2019– Switzerland 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 September 2021

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.[2]

Club career

Aebischer is a youth exponent from Young Boys. He made his Swiss Super League debut on 10 September 2016 against Luzern.[3]

He was part of the Young Boys squad that won the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, their first league title for 32 years.[4]

On 25 January 2022, he joined Bologna in Italy. The transfer is initially a loan with a future obligation to buy the rights permanently.[5]

International career

Aebischer made his debut for Switzerland national team on 18 November 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Gibraltar. He substituted Ruben Vargas in the 85th minute.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 June 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Young Boys 2016–17 Swiss Super League 1411020—171
2017–18 1904060—290
2018–19 2643060—354
2019–20 3236180—464
2020–21 27210110—392
2021–22 15221111—283
Total 13312172441—19415
Bologna (loan) 2021–22 Serie A 120———120
Career total 145121724410020615

Honours

Young Boys

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Switzerland (SUI)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 28. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ↑ Michel Aebischer at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "BSC Young Boys vs. Luzern - 10 September 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Soccer - Young Boys end 32-year wait for Swiss title and end Basel dominance". Reuters. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Aebischer al Bologna" (in Italian). Bologna. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Gibraltar v Switzerland game report". UEFA. 18 November 2019.
  7. ↑ "Young Boys wins Swiss league title in 54th week of season". Washington Post. Associated Press. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "Young Boys seal third straight Swiss title". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  9. ↑ "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Statistik und Resultate". www.football.ch (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "SAFP Golden 11 2019". Golden11. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  11. ↑ "SAFP Golden 11 Winners 2020". Golden11. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
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