Kevin Fickentscher (born 6 July 1988) is a Swiss professional

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who plays for

FC Sion Football Club de Sion, commonly known as simply FC Sion or Sion, is a Swiss football team from the city of Sion. The club was founded in 1909, and play their home matches at the Stade Tourbillon. They have won the Swiss Super League twice, and ...

as a

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Career

Fickentscher was born in

Nyon Nyon (; outdated German: or ; outdated Italian: , ) is a municipality in Nyon District in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located some 25 kilometers north east of Geneva's city centre, and since the 1970s it has become part of the Ge ...

, and initially began his footballing career with local side FC Rolle before a move to the academy of

FC Lausanne-Sport FC Lausanne–Sport (also referred to as LS) is a Swiss football club based in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud. Founded in 1896, Lausanne Sport played in the Swiss Super League in their most recent 2021-22 season, the highest tier of football i ...

in 2000. After a stay of four years, he was picked by German club SV Werder Bremen, where he went on to feature for the under-19 team but did not really break into the reserves, making two appearances for them. This prompted a move back to Switzerland for him as he joined then- Swiss Challenge League team

FC La Chaux-de-Fonds FC La Chaux-de-Fonds is a Swiss football club based in La Chaux-de-Fonds. It was founded in 1894 and used to play at the Stade Charrière. History F.C. La Chaux-de-Fonds was founded on July 4, 1894, and won the Swiss first division in the ...

for the 2008–09 season. The following year Fickentscher moved up to Swiss Super League with

. After joining the club, he played sparsely for the first team, featuring far more for the reserves. In the summer of 2013 he decided to return to

in order to get more playing time, signing on a two-year loan, allowing him to return to Sion in 2015 when his main competitor in goal,

Andris Vaņins Andris Vaņins (born 30 April 1980) is a Latvian former professional footballer who works as a goalkeeping coach for Swiss club FC Sion. A goalkeeper, he most notably played for Sion, making over 200 league appearances. At international level, h ...

, would be out of contract at the club.

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* * 1988 births Living people People from Nyon Association football goalkeepers Swiss men's footballers Switzerland under-21 international footballers Switzerland youth international footballers SV Werder Bremen II players FC La Chaux-de-Fonds players FC Sion players FC Lausanne-Sport players Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players Swiss expatriate footballers Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany Sportspeople from the canton of Vaud {{Switzerland-footy-goalkeeper-stub