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Nico Elvedi
Personal information
Elvedi with Switzerland at UEFA Euro 2020
Full name	Nico Elvedi^[1]
Date of birth	(1996-09-30) 30 September 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth	Zürich, Switzerland
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)^[2]
Position(s)	Centre-back, right-back
Team information
Current team	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Number	30
Youth career
2005–2006	FC Greifensee
2006–2013	Zürich
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2015	Zürich II	24	(0)
2014–2015	Zürich	18	(1)
2015–	Borussia Mönchengladbach	260	(14)
International career^‡
2012–2013	Switzerland U17	11	(0)
2014	Switzerland U18	1	(0)
2013–2016	Switzerland U19	19	(2)
2016–	Switzerland	53	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:34, 11 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:44, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Nico Elvedi (born 30 September 1996) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Switzerland national team.

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Club career

Born in Zürich, Elvedi was a youth player for FC Zürich. He made his Swiss Super League debut on 15 May 2014 in a 1–0 away win against FC Lausanne-Sport, playing the full match.^[3]

Elvedi joined Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2015 for a €4 million transfer fee. He scored his first goal in the Bundesliga during the derby against 1. FC Köln. in 2017. The match saw Borussia Mönchengladbach win 1–0.^[4]

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 Belgium on 28 May 2016.^[5]

He was included in the Switzerland national football team 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.^[6]

In May 2019, he played in 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals, where the Swiss team finished 4th.^[7]

In 2021, he was called up to the national team for the 2020 UEFA European Championship, where the team upset favorites France en route to the quarter-finals, where they lost to Spain.^[8]^[9]

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 Portugal, 6-1.^[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 May 2024^[11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Zürich	2013–14	Swiss Super League	2	0	—		—		2	0
	2014–15	Swiss Super League	16	1	3	0	5	0	24	1
	Total		18	1	3	0	5	0	26	1
Borussia Mönchengladbach	2015–16	Bundesliga	21	0	1	0	2	0	24	0
	2016–17		25	0	2	0	8	0	35	0
	2017–18		33	2	3	0	—		36	2
	2018–19		30	2	1	0	—		31	2
	2019–20		32	1	2	0	5	0	39	1
	2020–21		29	3	4	1	7	1	40	5
	2021–22		28	1	3	0	—		31	1
	2022–23		32	3	2	0	—		34	3
	2023–24		30	2	3	0	—		33	2
	Total		260	14	21	1	21	1	303	16
Career total			278	15	24	1	27	1	329	17

International

As of match played 8 June 2024^[12]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Switzerland	2016	3	0
	2017	1	0
	2018	5	1
	2019	8	0
	2020	5	0
	2021	13	0
	2022	8	0
	2023	7	0
	2024	3	1
Total		53	2

Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.^[12]

List of international goals scored by Nico Elvedi
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	18 November 2018	Swissporarena, Lucern, Switzerland	Belgium	4–2	5–2	2018–19 UEFA Nations League A
2	4 June 2024	Swissporarena, Lucern, Switzerland	Estonia	3–0	4–0	Friendly

Personal life

Elvedi's twin brother, Jan, is also a professional footballer who plays for 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern.^[13]^[14]

References

^ "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.
^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of players: Switherland" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 28. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
^ "Lausanne Sport vs. FC Zürich - 15 May 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
^ "Elvedi strike gives Gladbach Rhine derby win over Cologne". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
^ "Switzerland vs. Belgium - Football Match Summary - May 28, 2016 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ "Switzerland opts for experience in World Cup squad". Associated Press News. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
^ "Pickford the hero in England shootout win". BBC Sport.
^ "France 3-3 Switzerland (aet; pens 4-5): Euro 2020 last 16 – as it happened". the Guardian. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
^ "Switzerland vs. Spain - Football Match Summary - July 2, 2021 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
^ Das, Andrew (6 December 2022). "Ronaldo's Replacement Scores a Hat Trick in Portugal's Romp Over Switzerland". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
^ Nico Elvedi at Soccerway
^ ^a ^b "Nico Elvedi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
^ Nico Elvedi at FootballDatabase.eu
^ Nico Elvedi at kicker (in German)

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v t e Borussia Mönchengladbach – current squad
1 Omlin (c) 2 Chiarodia 3 Itakura 4 Doucouré 5 Friedrich 7 Herrmann 8 Weigl 9 Honorat 10 Neuhaus 13 Pefok 14 Pléa 17 Koné 18 Lainer 19 Ngoumou 20 Netz 21 Sippel 23 Kramer 24 Jantschke 25 Hack 26 Ullrich 27 Reitz 28 Ranos 29 Scally 30 Elvedi 31 Čvančara 33 Nicolas 37 Digberekou 39 Wöber 41 Olschowsky 43 Brüll 45 Walde 49 Shio Fukuda Manager: Seoane

Switzerland squads

v t e Switzerland squad – UEFA Euro 2016
1 Sommer 2 Lichtsteiner (c) 3 Moubandje 4 Elvedi 5 Von Bergen 6 Lang 7 Embolo 8 Frei 9 Seferovic 10 Xhaka 11 Behrami 12 Hitz 13 Rodriguez 14 Zakaria 15 Džemaili 16 Fernandes 17 Tarashaj 18 Mehmedi 19 Derdiyok 20 Djourou 21 Bürki 22 Schär 23 Shaqiri Coach: Petković

v t e Switzerland squad – 2018 FIFA World Cup
1 Sommer 2 Lichtsteiner (c) 3 Moubandje 4 Elvedi 5 Akanji 6 Lang 7 Embolo 8 Freuler 9 Seferovic 10 Xhaka 11 Behrami 12 Mvogo 13 Rodriguez 14 Zuber 15 Džemaili 16 Fernandes 17 Zakaria 18 Gavranović 19 Drmić 20 Djourou 21 Bürki 22 Schär 23 Shaqiri Coach: Petković

v t e Switzerland squad – UEFA Euro 2020
1 Sommer 2 Mbabu 3 Widmer 4 Elvedi 5 Akanji 6 Zakaria 7 Embolo 8 Freuler 9 Seferovic 10 Xhaka (c) 11 Vargas 12 Mvogo 13 Rodriguez 14 Zuber 15 Sow 16 Fassnacht 17 Benito 18 Mehmedi 19 Gavranović 20 Fernandes 21 Omlin / Kobel ^a 22 Schär 23 Shaqiri 24 Omeragić 25 Cömert 26 Lotomba Coach: Petković
^a Kobel replaced Omlin after Switzerland's first match.

v t e Switzerland squad – 2022 FIFA World Cup
1 Sommer 2 Fernandes 3 Widmer 4 Elvedi 5 Akanji 6 Zakaria 7 Embolo 8 Freuler 9 Seferovic 10 Xhaka (c) 11 Steffen 12 Omlin 13 Rodriguez 14 Aebischer 15 Sow 16 Fassnacht 17 Vargas 18 Cömert 19 Okafor 20 Frei 21 Kobel 22 Schär 23 Shaqiri 24 Köhn 25 Rieder 26 Jashari Coach: Yakin

v t e Switzerland squad – UEFA Euro 2024
1 Sommer 2 Stergiou 3 Widmer 4 Elvedi 5 Akanji 6 Zakaria 7 Embolo 8 Freuler 9 Okafor 10 Xhaka (c) 11 Steffen 12 Mvogo 13 Rodriguez 14 Zuber 15 Zesiger 16 Sierro 17 Vargas 18 Duah 19 Ndoye 20 Aebischer 21 Kobel 22 Schär 23 Shaqiri 24 Jashari 25 Amdouni 26 Rieder Coach: Yakin

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