Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Yann Sommer[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 17 December 1988||||||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||||
2007–2009 | → FC Vaduz (loan) | 50 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | → Grasshoppers (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
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*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.