Silvan Dominic Widmer (born 5 March 1993) is a Swiss professional
footballer who plays as a
right-back for
Bundesliga club
Mainz 05 and the
Switzerland national team.
Club career
Widmer began his playing career at SV Würenlos and
FC Baden before he moved on to
FC Aarau where he rose through their youth ranks, soon playing regularly for Aarau's reserve team. He eventually made his league debut on 23 July 2011 against
FC Winterthur, starting the match. He scored his first
Swiss Challenge League
The Challenge League is the second-highest tier of the Swiss football league system and lower of two professional leagues in the country. Ten teams play in the Challenge League; the winners of the league are promoted to the Super League, while the ...
goal in a 2–2 home draw against
FC St. Gallen on 21 November 2011.
He signed with
Udinese in the summer of 2012, but remained at Aarau for the 2012–13 season.
On 12 July 2018, Widmer signed with
Basel for a club record €5.5 million.
Under trainer
Marcel Koller
Marcel Martin Koller (born 11 November 1960) is a Swiss professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Al Ahly in the Egyptian Premier League.
Playing career
Born in Zürich, Koller played his entire career ...
Basel won the
Swiss Cup in the 2018–19 season. In the first round Basel beat FC Montlingen 3–0, in the second round
Echallens Région 7–2 and in the round of 16
Winterthur 1–0. In the quarter finals
Sion were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi finals
Zürich were defeated 3–1. All these games were played away from home. The final was held on 19 May 2019 in the
Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern against
Thun. Striker
Albian Ajeti scored the first goal,
Fabian Frei the second for Basel, then
Dejan Sorgić netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel.
Widmer played in five cup games and scored one goal, this being the winning goal in the match against Winterthur.
Widmer moved to
Bundesliga club
1. FSV Mainz 05
1. Fußball- und Sportverein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05, Mainz 05 () or simply Mainz (), is a German sports club, founded in 1905 and based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. 1. FSV Mainz 05 play in the Bundesliga, the top ...
in July 2021, having agreed a three-year contract.
International career
Widmer was a Switzerland youth international having played both at
under-19 and
under-21 level.
He made his debut for the
senior national squad on 12 October 2014 in a
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group E game against
San Marino as a 59th-minute substitute for
Stephan Lichtsteiner
Stephan Lichtsteiner (; born 16 January 1984) is a Swiss former professional footballer. An attacking right-back or wing-back, he was known for his energetic runs down the right wing, as well as his stamina and athleticism, which earned him the ...
.
Widmer scored his first international goal for Switzerland on 6 September 2020, in a 1–1
UEFA Nations League draw against
Germany.
In 2021 he was called up to the national team for the
2020 UEFA European Championship.
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International goals
References
External links
Career history at SFV*
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Living people
1993 births
People from Aarau
Association football defenders
Swiss footballers
Switzerland international footballers
Switzerland youth international footballers
Switzerland under-21 international footballers
UEFA Euro 2020 players
2022 FIFA World Cup players
FC Aarau players
Granada CF footballers
Udinese Calcio players
FC Basel players
1. FSV Mainz 05 players
Swiss Super League players
Swiss Challenge League players
Serie A players
Swiss expatriate footballers
Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Sportspeople from Aargau