Scott Lee Sutter (born 13 May 1986) is a Swiss

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who plays as a

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. Previously he spent 14 years playing in the

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for

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and Young Boys and in

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for

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and

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. Sutter has represented

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at the under-21 and the senior level.

Early life

Sutter was born in

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, and grew up in

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where his family still live. Sutter is the son of an English-born mother of

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descent and a

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father. He attended

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and was a childhood fan of

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Career

Grasshopper

Sutter moved to Switzerland in 2002 aged 16 to join

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. After one year in the U18s and U21s he was called up to the main squad. His first game came aged 18 against

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. He established himself as a first team regular and played in over 80 games including

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qualification and group stages in the last two years. At the start of the 2007–08 season Sutter sustained a serious injury to his right ankle and underwent an operation which was successful.

Young Boys

In June 2009 Sutter moved to Young Boys from Grasshopper, signing a contract until June 2012. He scored his first goal for the

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club on 29 October 2009, in a 7–1 away league victory over

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. He made appearances for Young Boys in the

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, against Fenerbahçe and

. In January 2012 Sutter was in talks with English club

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with regards to a possible transfer. On 14 February 2012 he joined Swiss club

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on loan till the end of the season.

Orlando City

On 3 March 2017, Sutter was signed by

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club Orlando City. He made his debut on 1 April, appearing as a substitute away at

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before making his first start the following weekend, beating

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1–0 at home. Sutter's first goal for Orlando and his only one of the 2017 season came on 22 June 2017, heading home a

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free kick in stoppage time to earn a 1–1 draw at

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. Between 5 August and 2 September 2018, Sutter had a notably productive goal-spell scoring 3 times in 4 games, 2 of which were stoppage time equalizers against

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and

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respectively. At the end of the 2018 season the club announced they had declined his contract option, making him a free agent.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

On 30 January 2019, Sutter joined MLS club

. He was released by Vancouver at the end of the season.

International career

In November 2005, Sutter featured for the Switzerland U21s in a

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qualification playoff match against

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and played a further youth friendly against

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the following April. Despite receiving a call up for the Swiss senior team in late 2006, Sutter stated that he no longer wished to be considered for selection for the Swiss national side as he wanted to play for

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: "It hit me when I was in a bar supporting England with all my mates, wearing my England shirt and I knew that the next week I was going to be playing for Switzerland. It just didn't feel right. I was English". However, in August 2010 he accepted another call up for the Swiss squad and made his debut on 3 September as a halftime substitute in a 0–0 friendly draw with

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after replacing

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. "Switzerland has given me so much," Sutter said explaining the decision to play for the Swiss national team. "I went through so much with my injury and they gave me the opportunity to play. I would be stupid to turn it down because at one point I didn't think I would play football again. Switzerland is my home but it is also out of gratitude. It is my way of giving something back." He featured in one more international match for Switzerland, a 1–0 away defeat to

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in a qualifier for

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Career statistics

Club

''Statistics accurate as of match played 28 October 2018''

International

Notes

Personal

Sutter holds a U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.

References

External links

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Scott Sutter
on MLSSoccer.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Sutter, Scott 1986 births Living people Swiss men's footballers Switzerland international footballers Switzerland under-21 international footballers English footballers Swiss people of Polish descent English people of Polish descent English people of Swiss descent Swiss people of English descent Grasshopper Club Zürich players FC Zürich players BSC Young Boys players Orlando City SC players Vancouver Whitecaps FC players Swiss Super League players Major League Soccer players Footballers from Enfield, London People from Potters Bar Association football midfielders Association football fullbacks English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States English expatriate footballers English expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland