Nico Elvedi (born 30 September 1996) is a Swiss professional

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who plays as a centre-back or

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for

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club Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Switzerland national team.

Club career

Born in

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, Elvedi was a youth player for

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. He made his Swiss Super League debut on 15 May 2014 in a 1–0 away win against

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 ...

playing the full match. Elvedi joined Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2015 for a €4 million transfer fee. He scored his first goal in the

during the derby against 1. FC Köln. in 2017. The match saw Borussia Mönchengladbach win 1–0.

International career

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

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on 28 May 2016. He was included in the Switzerland national football team 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. In May 2019, he played in 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals, where his team finished 4th. In 2021, he was called up to the national team for the 2020 UEFA European Championship, where the team upset favorites

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en route to the quarter-finals, where they lost to

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. 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

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, 6-1.

Personal life

Elvedi's twin brother,

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, is also a professional footballer who plays for

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club

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Elvedi, Nico 1996 births Living people Footballers from Zürich Swiss men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Men's association football fullbacks FC Zürich players Borussia Mönchengladbach players Swiss Super League players Bundesliga players Switzerland men's youth international footballers Switzerland men's international footballers UEFA Euro 2016 players 2018 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2020 players 2022 FIFA World Cup players Swiss expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Swiss twins