Yann Sommer

Yann Sommer
Sommer playing for Inter Milan in 2023
Personal information
Full name Yann Sommer[1]
Date of birth (1988-12-17) 17 December 1988 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth Morges, Switzerland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Inter Milan
Number 1
Youth career
1996–1997 FC Herrliberg
1997–2003 Concordia
2003–2005 FC Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 FC Basel U21 42 (0)
2007–2014 FC Basel 113 (0)
2007–2009FC Vaduz (loan) 50 (0)
2009–2010Grasshoppers (loan) 33 (0)
2014–2023 Borussia Mönchengladbach 272 (0)
2023 Bayern Munich 19 (0)
2023– Inter Milan 46 (0)
International career
2003–2004 Switzerland U16 10 (0)
2003–2005 Switzerland U17 10 (0)
2005–2007 Switzerland U19 18 (0)
2007–2011 Switzerland U21 31 (0)
2012–2024 Switzerland 94 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing   Switzerland
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up 2011 Denmark
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:36, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

Yann Sommer (born 17 December 1988) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Inter Milan.

Sommer completed his apprenticeship at Basel, where he won the Swiss Super League on four consecutive occasions, before transferring to Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2014, where he remained for nine years. He also won the Swiss Challenge League and two Liechtenstein Football Cups while on loan to Vaduz.

Sommer made his debut for the Switzerland national team in 2012. He represented the nation at the FIFA World Cup in 2014, 2018 and 2022, and the UEFA European Championship in 2016, 2020 and 2024 before retiring in August 2024.

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Switzerland" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.