Christian Fassnacht
{{Short description|Swiss footballer (born 1993)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Christian Fassnacht
| image = Christian Fassnacht (cropped).jpg
| caption = Fassnacht playing for Young Boys in 2017
| fullname = Christian Andreas Fassnacht{{cite web |url=https://www.efl.com/news/2024/february/08/efl-squad-list--season-2023-24 |title=EFL Squad List: Season 2023/24|publisher=EFL |access-date=9 July 2024}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|11|11|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce44/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Switzerland (SUI) |publisher=FIFA |page=28 |date=15 November 2022 |access-date=15 November 2022}}
| birth_place = Zürich, Switzerland
| position = Right winger
| currentclub = Young Boys
| clubnumber = 16
| years1 = 2014
| clubs1 = Tuggen
| caps1 = 17
| goals1 = 10
| years2 = 2015–2016
| clubs2 = Winterthur
| caps2 = 47
| goals2 = 11
| years3 = 2016–2017
| clubs3 = Thun
| caps3 = 35
| goals3 = 10
| years4 = 2017–2023
| clubs4 = Young Boys
| caps4 = 182
| goals4 = 58
| years5 = 2023–2025
| clubs5 = Norwich City
| caps5 = 40
| goals5 = 6
| years6 = 2025–
| clubs6 = Young Boys
| caps6 = 11
| goals6 = 7
| nationalyears1 = 2018–
| nationalteam1 = Switzerland
| nationalcaps1 = 19
| nationalgoals1 = 4
| club-update = 15:15, 6 April 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 19:31, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
}}
Christian Andreas Fassnacht (born 11 November 1993) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Swiss Super League club Young Boys and the Switzerland national team.{{cite web|title=C. Fassnacht
|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/christian-fassnacht/397328/|website=Soccerway|access-date=10 October 2016}}
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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/amp/idUKKBN1HZ0YS|title = Soccer - Young Boys end 32-year wait for Swiss title and end Basel dominance|newspaper = Reuters|date = 28 April 2018}} He played an important role for the club during the title winning season, scoring 11 league goals.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfl.ch/statistik-archiv/superleague/spieler/torschuetzen/league/raiffeisen-super-league-20172018/|title=Torschützen|website=Swiss Football League|access-date=9 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709210737/http://www.sfl.ch/statistik-archiv/superleague/spieler/torschuetzen/league/raiffeisen-super-league-20172018/|archive-date=9 July 2018|url-status=dead}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/oct/03/young-boys-rangers-europa-league-match-report|title=Young Boys' Christian Fassnacht jolts Rangers' hopes with late winner|website=The Guardian|date=3 October 2019|access-date=7 November 2019}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2029875--leverkusen-vs-young-boys/?iv=true|title=Leverkusen 0-2 Young Boys|website=UEFA|date=25 February 2021|access-date=26 February 2021}}
=Norwich City=
On 25 July 2023, he departed Young Boys after six years at the club to join Norwich City,{{cite web|url=https://www.bscyb.ch/news?nid=13661|title=Christian Fassnacht wechselt zu Norwich City|publisher=Young Boys|date=25 July 2023|access-date=25 July 2023|language=de-ch|trans-title=Christian Fassnacht transfers to Norwich City}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66413373|title=Southampton 4-4 Norwich City|website=BBC|date=12 August 2023|accessdate=14 August 2023}} He made his first start on 16 August in a Carabao Cup match against Queens Park Rangers{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66446683|title=Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Norwich City|website=BBC|date=16 August 2023|accessdate=5 March 2025}} and made his first league start in the following game on 20 August against Millwall.{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12309/12941692/norwich-3-1-millwall-canaries-stay-unbeaten-in-championship-after-breezing-past-listless-lions|title=Norwich 3-1 Millwall: Canaries remain unbeaten|website=Sky Sports|date=20 August 2023|accessdate=5 March 2025}} His second goal for Norwich was a consolation in a 2-1 defeat by Rotherham United.{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/Rotherham-vs-Norwich/484757s|title=Rotherham 2-1 Norwich|website=Sky Sports|date=2 September 2023|accessdate=5 March 2025}} As the season went on, Fassnacht drifted in and out of the starting line-up. Although he played in 40 of the 46 league games, he only started 19 of them, with players like Jonathan Rowe, Marcelino Núñez and Borja Sainz providing alternatives alongside the established midfield pair of Kenny McLean and Gabriel Sara. He contributed 6 goals, the last coming in a 4-1 win over Cardiff City.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68259656|title=Norwich City 4-1 Cardiff City|website=BBC|date=17 February 2024|accessdate=5 March 2025}} The season ended with Norwich losing a play-off to Leeds United over two legs, with Fassnacht making substitute appearances in both games.{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=93117&season_id=156|title=Christian Fassnacht: Games played 2023/24|website=Soccerbase|accessdate=5 March 2025}}
Fassnacht was added to the starting line-up of Norwich's first game of the 2024/25 season against Oxford United at a late stage, after Rowe withdrew himself from the squad over transfer speculation. The game ended in a 2–0 defeat, with Fassnacht being replaced by Adam Idah in the 61st minute.{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11688/13194042/oxford-united-2-0-norwich-city-mark-harris-on-target-as-des-buckinghams-os-win-on-championship-debut|title=Oxford United 2-0 Norwich City|website=Sky Sports|date=10 August 2024|accessdate=5 March 2025}} It was his last start for Norwich, with new manager Johannes Hoff Thorup having new signings Emiliano Marcondes, Oscar Schwartau and Anis Ben Slimane among his options along with the likes of McLean, Núñez and Sainz. Fassnacht would make two further appearances for Norwich as a substitute, the last being when he replaced Slimane in the 87th minute of a 2–0 defeat by Bristol City on 9 November.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c154w45x3zkt|title=Norwich City 0-2 Bristol City: Canaries' unbeaten home run ends|website=BBC|date=9 November 2024|accessdate=5 March 2025}}
=Return to Young Boys=
On 31 December 2024, his return to Young Boys was announced,{{citenews|url=https://www.canaries.co.uk/content/fassnacht-completes-permanent-move-to-young-boys|title=Fassnacht completes permanent move to Young Boys|publisher=Norwich City F.C.|date=31 December 2024}} thus returning to Switzerland after one and a half years in England. His new contract runs until summer 2027.{{cite web|url=https://www.bscyb.ch/news?nID=15516|title=Christian Fassnacht kehrt zu YB zurück|publisher=Young Boys|date=31 December 2024|access-date=3 January 2025|language=de-ch|trans-title=Christian Fassnacht returns to YB}}
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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/45845579|title=Belgium 2-1 Switzerland: Romelu Lukaku scores twice as hosts win in Brussels|date=12 October 2018|work=BBC Sport|access-date=13 October 2018|language=en-GB}} 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.https://www.uefa.com / uefaeuro-2020 / match / 2024485 - switzerland-vs-spain / lineups /? iv = true
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 16 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/christian-fassnacht/397328/|title=C. Fassnacht|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 April 2024}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Swiss Cup, FA Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes EFL Cup}} !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Tuggen
|17 | 10 | 1 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 11 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Winterthur
|rowspan=2|Swiss Challenge League |13 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 13 | 2 | ||||
| 2015–16
|34 | 9 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 9 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!47 | 11 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|—||50 | 11 | ||||
| Thun
|35 | 10 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 36 | 10 | |||
| rowspan="7"|Young Boys
|rowspan="6"|Swiss Super League |34 | 11 | 6 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 9{{efn|Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League}} | 2 | 49 | 14 | ||
| 2018–19
|35 | 11 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 8{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | 47 | 11 | ||
| 2019–20
|30 | 7 | 6 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | 8{{efn|Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League}} | 2 | 44 | 12 | ||
| 2020–21
|36 | 10 | 1 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 12{{efn|Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and four goals in UEFA Europa League}} | 4 | 49 | 15 | ||
| 2021–22
|18 | 11 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 9{{efn|name=UCL}} | 1 | 28 | 12 | ||
| 2022–23
|29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|name=UECL|Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 1 | 34 | 11 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!182 | 58 | 22 | 7 | colspan="2"|— | 47 | 10 | 251 | 75 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Norwich City
|rowspan="2"|Championship |40 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 45 | 6 | ||
| 2024–25
|3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!43 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 48 | 6 | ||
| Young Boys
|Swiss Super League |8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 4 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!332 | 98 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 10 | 412 | 116 |
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=International=
{{updated|match played 4 June 2023|{{NFT}}}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="5"|Switzerland
|2018 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 10 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total||19||4 |
:Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fassnacht goal.{{NFT|72141|accessdate=22 November 2019}}
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Christian Fassnacht | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"|1 | 16 November 2019 | Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar | {{fb|GIB}} | align="center"|3–0 | align="center"|6–1 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
| align="center"|2 | rowspan="2"|3 June 2021 | rowspan="2"|Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland | rowspan="2"|{{fb|LIE}} | align="center"|2–0 | align="center" rowspan="2"|7–0 | rowspan="2"|Friendly |
| align="center"|3 | align="center"|4–0 | |||||
| align="center"|4 | 9 October 2021 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland | {{fb|NIR}} | align="center"|2–0 | align="center"|2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
Young Boys
- Swiss Super League: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20,{{Cite news|agency=Associated Press|title=Young Boys wins Swiss league title in 54th week of season|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/soccer/young-boys-wins-swiss-league-title-in-54th-week-of-season/2020/07/31/59092fea-d36e-11ea-826b-cc394d824e35_story.html|access-date=18 October 2020|issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite web|title=Young Boys seal third straight Swiss title|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/news/_n4120021_/young-boys-seal-third-straight-swiss-title/|access-date=19 October 2020|website=worldfootball.net|language=en}} 2020–21,{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/young-boys-win-fourth-straight-171147271.html|title=Young Boys win fourth straight Swiss league title|website=Yahoo|date=18 April 2021|accessdate=19 April 2021|archive-date=18 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418230513/https://sports.yahoo.com/young-boys-win-fourth-straight-171147271.html|url-status=dead}} 2022–23
- Swiss Cup: 2019–20, 2022–23{{Cite web|title=Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Statistik und Resultate|url=https://www.football.ch//sfv/schweizer-cups/schweizer-cup/statistik-und-resultate.aspx/oid-1/s-2020/cp-3954/cr-109/tg-3452936/|access-date=18 October 2020|website=www.football.ch|language=de}}
Individual
- Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2019–20,{{Cite web |date=2020-01-30 |title=SAFP Golden 11 2019 |url=https://golden11.ch/awards/2019 |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=Golden11 |language=en-US}} 2020–21,{{Cite web |date=2021-02-02 |title=SAFP Golden 11 Winners 2020 |url=https://golden11.ch/awards/safp-golden-11-winners-2020 |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=Golden11 |language=en-US}} 2022–23{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfl.ch/news/detail/das-sfl-team-der-saison-2022-23/|title=Das SFL-Team der Saison 2022/23|publisher=Swiss Football League|language=de|date=2023-06-29}}
References
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{{BSC Young Boys squad}}
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