Cédric Zesiger
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cedric Adrian Zesiger[1] | ||
Date of birth | 24 June 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Meyriez, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2009 | FC Müntschemier | ||
2009–2011 | FC Xamax 2007 | ||
2011–2015 | Neuchâtel Xamax | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2016 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 32 | (0) |
2016–2019 | Grasshoppers | 46 | (2) |
2019–2023 | Young Boys | 102 | (4) |
2023– | VfL Wolfsburg | 28 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2015–2016 | Switzerland U18 | 4 | (0) |
2016 | Switzerland U19 | 6 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Switzerland U20 | 7 | (0) |
2017–2021 | Switzerland U21 | 17 | (0) |
2021– | Switzerland | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:00, 28 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:01, 8 June 2024 (UTC) |
Cédric Adrian Zesiger (born 24 June 1998) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Switzerland national team.[2] He has also played for the Switzerland U21, U20, U19 and U18 teams.
Club career
[edit]On 29 June 2019, it was confirmed that Zesiger had signed a four-year contract with Young Boys.[3]
On 3 May 2023, Zesiger agreed to join Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg on a four-year contract when the transfer window opened.[4][5]
International career
[edit]Zesiger made his debut for the Switzerland national team on 1 September 2021 in a friendly against Greece. He played the full match in a 2–1 home victory.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 28 September 2024
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Neuchâtel Xamax | 2015–16 | Swiss Challenge League | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 27 | 1 | ||
2016–17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
Total | 32 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 34 | 1 | ||||
Grasshoppers | 2016–17 | Swiss Super League | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 1 | ||||
2018–19 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 1 | ||||
Total | 46 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 53 | 2 | ||||
Young Boys | 2019–20 | Swiss Super League | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 35 | 2 | |
2020–21 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 35 | 0 | |||
2021–22 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 28 | 2 | |||
2022–23 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 41 | 2 | |||
Total | 102 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 1 | — | 139 | 6 | |||
VfL Wolfsburg | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 0 | ||
2024–25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
Total | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | ||||
Career total | 208 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 258 | 9 |
Honours
[edit]Young Boys
References
[edit]- ^ "Cédric Zesiger". DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ Cédric Zesiger at Soccerway
- ^ YB holt Verteidiger Cédric Zesiger, bernerzeitung.ch, 29 June 2019
- ^ "CÉDRIC ZESIGER WECHSELT ZU WOLFSBURG" [CÉDRIC ZESIGER MOVES TO WOLFSBURG]. www.bscyb.ch (in German). 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ^ "Swiss arrival". www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/en. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ^ "Switzerland v Greece game report". ESPN. 1 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- Swiss U20 Profile
- Swiss U21 Profile
- Cédric Zesiger at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from the canton of Fribourg
- Swiss men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players
- Grasshopper Club Zurich players
- BSC Young Boys players
- VfL Wolfsburg players
- Swiss Super League players
- Bundesliga players
- UEFA Euro 2024 players
- Switzerland men's youth international footballers
- Switzerland men's under-21 international footballers
- Switzerland men's international footballers
- Swiss expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- 21st-century Swiss sportsmen