Kevin Rüegg (born 5 August 1998) is a Swiss professional

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who plays as a

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for

Swiss Super League The Super League (also known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a professional association football league in Switzerland and the highest level of the Swiss football league system. It has been played in its current fo ...

club

Basel Basel ( ; ), also known as Basle ( ), ; ; ; . is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine (at the transition from the High Rhine, High to the Upper Rhine). Basel is Switzerland's List of cities in Switzerland, third-most-populo ...

. He can also play in

midfield In many sports, midfield is the part of a sports field that is near the line that is equally far from the end lines. That is, in American football it is the part of the field near the 50-yard line; in association football (soccer) and field hoc ...

. He has represented Switzerland at various youth levels.

Career

In August 2020, Rüegg moved to

Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...

side

Hellas Verona Hellas Verona Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Hellas Verona (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Verona, Veneto, that currently plays in Serie A. The team won ...

on a five-year contract. In February 2022, Rüegg was loaned to

Lugano Lugano ( , , ; ) is a city and municipality within the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It is the largest city in both Ticino and the Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland. Lugano has a population () of , and an u ...

until the end of the season. On 16 July 2022, Rüegg joined Young Boys on loan with an option to buy. On 6 September 2023, he joined

on loan with an option to buy.

Personal life

Born in Switzerland, Rüegg's mother is Cameroonian and his father is Swiss.

Honours

FC Zürich *

Swiss Challenge League The Challenge League (known as the Dieci Challenge League for sponsorship reasons) 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 wi ...

: 2016–17 Lugano *

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: 2021–22 Young Boys *

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Basel *

: 2024–25

Individual

Team of the Year: 2018–19

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

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FC Zürich Stats
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