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Christian Andreas Fassnacht (born 11 November 1993) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a right winger for EFL Championship club Norwich City and the Switzerland national team.[4]

Club career

Young Boys

Fassnacht was part of the Young Boys squad that won the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, their first league title in 32 years.[5] He played an important role for the club during the title winning season, scoring 11 league goals.[6]

On 3 October 2019, Fassnacht scored a late goal deep into second-half stoppage time to give Young Boys a 2–1 home win over Rangers in the Europa League group stage.[7] On 25 February 2021, he scored in Young Boys' 2–0 second-leg victory over Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League Round of 32, securing passage into the Round of 16 for the first time in club history.[8]

Norwich City

On 25 July 2023, he departed Young Boys after six years at the club to join Norwich City,[9] reuniting with his former head coach David Wagner.

On 12 August, he scored his first goal for Norwich City in a 4–4 draw against Southampton.[10]

International career

Fassnacht made his debut with the Switzerland national team (he never represented Switzerland before at any level) in a 2–1 away loss against Belgium.[11] In 2021 he was called up to the national team for the 2020 UEFA European Championship, where the team created one of the main sensations of the tournament reaching the quarter-finals.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 April 2024[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tuggen 2014–15 Swiss Promotion League 17 10 1 1 — — 18 11
Winterthur 2014–15 Swiss Challenge League 13 2 — — — 13 2
2015–16 Swiss Challenge League 34 9 3 0 — — 37 9
Total 47 11 3 0 — — 50 11
Thun 2016–17 Swiss Super League 35 10 1 0 — — 36 10
Young Boys 2017–18 Swiss Super League 34 11 6 1 — 9[c] 2 49 14
2018–19 Swiss Super League 35 11 4 0 — 8[d] 0 47 11
2019–20 Swiss Super League 30 7 6 3 — 8[e] 2 44 12
2020–21 Swiss Super League 36 10 1 1 — 12[f] 4 49 15
2021–22 Swiss Super League 18 11 1 0 — 9[d] 1 28 12
2022–23 Swiss Super League 29 8 4 2 — 1[g] 1 34 11
Total 182 58 22 7 — 47 10 251 75
Norwich City 2023–24 Championship 40 6 3 0 2 0 — 45 6
Career total 321 94 30 8 2 0 47 10 400 112
  1. ^ Includes Swiss Cup, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and four goals in UEFA Europa League
  7. ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 4 June 2023[14]
National team Year Apps Goals
Switzerland 2018 3 0
2019 2 1
2021 10 3
2022 2 0
2023 2 0
Total 19 4
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fassnacht goal.[15]
List of international goals scored by Christian Fassnacht
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 16 November 2019 Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar  Gibraltar 3–0 6–1 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
2 3 June 2021 Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland  Liechtenstein 2–0 7–0 Friendly
3 4–0
4 9 October 2021 Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland  Northern Ireland 2–0 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Young Boys

Individual

References

  1. ^ "EFL Squad List: Season 2023/24". EFL. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  2. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Switzerland (SUI)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 28. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Christian Fassnacht" (in German). Swiss Football League. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  4. ^ "C. Fassnacht". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Soccer - Young Boys end 32-year wait for Swiss title and end Basel dominance". Reuters. 28 April 2018.
  6. ^ League, Swiss Football. "Torschützen - Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Young Boys' Christian Fassnacht jolts Rangers' hopes with late winner". The Guardian. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Leverkusen 0-2 Young Boys". UEFA. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Christian Fassnacht wechselt zu Norwich City" [Christian Fassnacht transfers to Norwich City] (in Swiss High German). Young Boys. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Southampton 4-4 Norwich City". BBC. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Belgium 2-1 Switzerland: Romelu Lukaku scores twice as hosts win in Brussels". BBC Sport. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  12. ^ https://www.uefa.com / uefaeuro-2020 / match / 2024485 - switzerland-vs-spain / lineups /? iv = true
  13. ^ "C. Fassnacht". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  14. ^ Christian Fassnacht at National-Football-Teams.com Edit this at Wikidata
  15. ^ "Christian Fassnacht". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  16. ^ "Young Boys wins Swiss league title in 54th week of season". Washington Post. Associated Press. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  17. ^ "Young Boys seal third straight Swiss title". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  18. ^ "Young Boys win fourth straight Swiss league title". Yahoo. 18 April 2021. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  19. ^ "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Statistik und Resultate". www.football.ch (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  20. ^ "SAFP Golden 11 2019". Golden11. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  21. ^ "SAFP Golden 11 Winners 2020". Golden11. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  22. ^ "Das SFL-Team der Saison 2022/23" (in German). Swiss Football League. 29 June 2023.


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