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Yann Sommer (born 17 December 1988) is a Swiss professional
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who plays as a
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for
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club
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and the Switzerland national team. Sommer completed his apprenticeship at
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, where he won the
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on four consecutive occasions before transferring to Mönchengladbach in 2014. He also won the
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and two
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s while on loan to
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. Sommer made his debut for the Switzerland national team in 2012. He represented the nation at the
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in
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, and the
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in
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Club career


FC Basel

Born in
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,
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, Sommer played as a child in the youth teams of FC
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and later of
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. He moved to the
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youth setup in 2003. He signed his first professional contract with Basel in 2005. He became the first-choice goalkeeper in the under-21 squad almost immediately, fending off opposition like
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and Orkan Avci, and was third-choice for the senior squad behind
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. During the summer of 2007, Sommer signed a new contract lasting until 2011, and was loaned out to Liechtensteiner club
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to gain first-team experience in an environment somewhat more competitive than the reserves in the Swiss 1. Liga. He was made the first-choice goalkeeper and played 33 matches over the course of the
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season, playing a major part in Vaduz's promotion to the
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. His loan deal was then extended to last until January 2009. He made his Super League debut for Vaduz on 20 July 2008 in the 2–1 away win against Luzern. Sommer was recalled to Basel on 7 January 2009 because the club's first-choice goalkeeper, Franco Costanzo, was injured. Sommer made his Super League debut for Basel in a 3–2 defeat to Young Boys at the Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf, on 7 February 2009. He played six matches for Basel up until the end of the season. On 16 June, he joined
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on a one-season-long loan. During his season there, he played 33 league matches. On 14 June 2010, Sommer signed a five-year contract with Basel. He served as second-choice goalkeeper behind Franco Costanzo. In March 2011, Basel announced it would not offer Costanzo a contract extension, therefore making Sommer the club's first-choice goalkeeper. Sommer played five Super League matches during the 2010–11 season and so was part of the championship-winning team. Sommer made his
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debut on 14 September 2011 in the 2–1 home win against Oțelul Galați. He was first-choice goalkeeper in the 2011–12 season, after the end of which he won the
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and
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. At the end of the 2012–13 season, Sommer won the league title for the third consecutive time, having played in all 36 league matches. Basel also finished as
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in the Swiss Cup. In the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, Basel advanced to the
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, where they were matched against reigning Champions League holders
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. Basel was eliminated 2–5 on aggregate. At the end of the 2013–14 season, Sommer won the league championship with Basel. They also reached the final of the 2013–14 Swiss Cup, but were beaten 2–0 by
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after extra time. In the 2013–14 Champions League, Basel finished the
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in third position to qualify for Europa League knockout phase, where they advanced as far as the quarter-finals. In their 2013–14 season, Basel played a total of 68 matches: 36 Swiss League fixtures, 6 Swiss Cup, 6 Champions League and 10 Europa League and 10 test matches. Sommer totaled 58 appearances: 35 League, 2 Cup, 10 Champions League and 6 Europa League, as well 5 in the test games. However, Sommer managed to keep 65 clean sheets in 170 appearances in all competitions with Basel.


Borussia Mönchengladbach

Sommer with Gladbach in 2015 On 10 March 2014, Sommer signed a five-year contract with German
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side
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, effective from 1 July. He was signed to replace
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, who had joined
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. In Sommer's first season at Mönchengladbach, 2014–15, Gladbach finished in third place in the
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, club's highest league finish since 1978. The club also managed to beat its record of consecutive matches without defeat, exceeding the record of 17 matches it had set during the 1970–71 season. Sommer's debut came against
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in the
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, where Gladbach won 3–1. Sommer played against
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on the opening day in a 1–1 draw. He was famously lobbed from long range by teammate
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against
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in a 1–0 defeat, but Gladbach went on to secure qualification for the
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with one match remaining. At the season's conclusion, Sommer was named Gladbach's player of the season. The 2015–16 season began poorly: Gladbach lost its opening match 4–0 to Borussia Dortmund, with Sommer being blamed for the first goal. The club was reported to be in large trouble, and before its first Champions League match of the season, the club's players held crisis talks to discuss their problems. After losing 3–0 to
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, Sommer was heavily criticized for his play. After a fifth-straight
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defeat, against rivals 1. FC Köln, coach
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resigned. In contrast to the previous year, it was the worst start to a season Gladbach had ever suffered. Under new interim boss
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, the club's dramatically improved with four wins from four matches, resulting in Schubert's permanent appointment. Sommer was forced to sit out against
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due to a broken nose, having injured it against
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in the Champions League. He was replaced for the Wolfsburg match by
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. Sommer eventually played in all of the remaining Bundesliga matches, with his performances leading to interest from Manchester City. However, Borussia Mönchengladbach finished fourth in the 2015–16 season, and qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, in which they finished third in their group which had
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, Manchester City and
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, then reached the Europa League round of 16, before being knocked out by
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on the away goal rule after a 3–3 draw on aggregate. In November 2019, Sommer extended his contract until 2023. In the
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, Borussia Mönchengladbach reached the round of 16, where they lost against Manchester City. On 27 August 2022, Sommer made 19 saves in a 1–1 away draw against Bayern Munich, to be a Bundesliga record.


International career


Youth

Sommer has represented Switzerland at various age levels, including at under-16, -17, -19 and -21 levels. He made his Swiss U-16s debut on 26 August 2003, but the match ended in a 0–5 defeat against the
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. His U-17s debut was on 20 November 2003 in the 1–1 draw against
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. Sommer made his professional debut for the Swiss under-21s on 22 August 2007, as he was substituted in at half-time during the 2–1 away win against
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. He was goalkeeper and captain of the Swiss U-21 team which competed in the final tournament of the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, hosted by Denmark between 11 and 25 June 2011. The Swiss team reached the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final on 25 June without conceding a goal, but lost 2–0 to
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. This was Sommer's final match for the under-21s.


Senior

Sommer made his debut for the Switzerland senior side on 30 May 2012 at the Swissporarena,
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, in a 0–1 defeat against
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in a
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. On 13 May, he was named in Switzerland's 23-man squad for the
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in Brazil. Alongside Bundesliga colleagues
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and
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, Sommer was one of three goalkeepers included in Switzerland's
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squad. Sommer was Switzerland's first-choice goalkeeper, playing all four of the nation's matches. Sommer was unable to prevent Switzerland being eliminated by
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in the round of 16, losing 5–4 on
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, after a 1–1 draw. He was included in the
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's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup. In May 2019, he played in
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, where his team finished 4th. Sommer was included in the 26-man Swiss squad for the postponed
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. On 28 June 2021, Sommer saved a penalty from Kylian Mbappé during the penalty shoot-out, in which Switzerland won 5–4 against
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in the
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round of 16, after a 3–3 draw. On 2 July 2021, he made eight saves in extra time alone against
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in the Euro 2020 quarter-finals; however, Switzerland lost 1–3 on penalties, after a 1–1 draw. In 2022, Sommer was chosen to be a member of the Swiss squad for the 2022 World Cup. He was named Man of the Match in his team's opening group game against
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, which his team won 1–0.


Personal life

Sommer married Alina in August 2019, whom he began dating in 2016. Their daughter, Mila, was born on 4 November 2019.


Career statistics


Club


International


Honours

FC Vaduz *
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: 2007–08 *
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: 2007–08 FC Basel *
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: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14 *
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: 2011–12 Individual * UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament:
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* Credit Suisse Player of the Year: 2016, 2018, 2021 *
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Team of the Season: 2019–20


References


External links

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