Miro Muheim
{{short description|Swiss footballer (born 1998)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Miro Muheim
| image = 2025-05-16 Hamburger SV Miro Muheim.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Miro Muheim in 2025
| fullname = Miro Max Maria Muheim{{Cite news |title=Miro Muheim |url=http://thechels.info/wiki/Miro_Muheim |publisher=TheChels.info |accessdate=18 February 2018}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|3|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Fluelen, Switzerland
| height = 1.82 m
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Hamburger SV
| clubnumber = 28
| youthyears1 = 2004–2009
| youthclubs1 = FC Zürich
| youthyears2 = 2009
| youthclubs2 = Industrie Turicum
| youthyears3 = 2009–2014
| youthclubs3 = FC Zürich
| youthyears4 = 2014–2017
| youthclubs4 = Chelsea
| years1 = 2017–2018
| clubs1 = Chelsea
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2017
| clubs2 = → Zürich (loan)
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2018–2022
| clubs3 = St. Gallen
| caps3 = 59
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2021–2022
| clubs4 = → Hamburger SV (loan)
| caps4 = 21
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2022–
| clubs5 = Hamburger SV
| caps5 = 91
| goals5 = 8
| nationalyears1 = 2013
| nationalteam1 = Switzerland U15
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2014
| nationalteam2 = Switzerland U16
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 = 2015
| nationalteam3 = Switzerland U17
| nationalcaps3 = 1
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2016
| nationalteam4 = Switzerland U18
| nationalcaps4 = 1
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| nationalyears5 = 2016–2017
| nationalteam5 = Switzerland U19
| nationalcaps5 = 7
| nationalgoals5 = 2
| nationalyears6 = 2020–2021
| nationalteam6 = Switzerland U21
| nationalcaps6 = 5
| nationalgoals6 = 0
| nationalyears7 = 2024–
| nationalteam7 = Switzerland
| nationalcaps7 = 2
| nationalgoals7 = 1
| pcupdate = 23 May 2025
| ntupdate = 25 March 2025
}}
Miro Max Maria Muheim (born 24 March 1998) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 2. Bundesliga club Hamburger SV and the Switzerland national team.
Club career
After a ten-year spell with FC Zürich, Muheim joined English club Chelsea in July 2014,{{Cite news |title=Swiss under-16 starlet agrees Chelsea deal |url=http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2014/07/03/swiss-starlet-agrees-chelsea-deal/ |publisher=HITC |date=3 July 2014 |accessdate=18 February 2018}} and was integrated into the club's academy setup.{{cite news|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/chelsea-want-john-stones-transfer-3558577 |title=Chelsea want John Stones transfer from Everton done at £12m before World Cup |date=17 May 2014 |accessdate=29 May 2017 |publisher=The Mirror}}{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/it/news/3785/generazione-di-fenomeni/2014/05/13/4813227/goal-talent-show-kovacic-alla-iniesta-thorgan-hazard-fa-14 |title=Goal Talent Show - Kovacic 'alla Iniesta', Thorgan Hazard fa 14 come Eden |date=13 May 2014 |accessdate=29 May 2017 |website=goal.com |language=Italian}} Muheim went onto enjoy an impressive debut season, netting eleven times in nineteen games during the under-18 campaign and made his under-21 debut a year later. However, during the 2016–17 campaign, Muheim became a bit-player and therefore returned to his boyhood club Zürich on loan for the remainder of the campaign;{{Cite news |title=Miro Muheim moves from Chelsea FC to FCZ |url=https://www.fcz.ch/de/profis/news/2017/miro-muheim-wechselt-vom-chelsea-fc-zum-fcz/ |publisher=FC Zürich Official Site |date=2 February 2017 |accessdate=18 February 2018}} however, he did not make a senior first team appearance during his time back at Zürich, spending his time with the club's second team in the Swiss Promotion League, and returned to Chelsea in June 2017.
On 31 January 2018, Muheim returned to Switzerland to join Swiss Super League club St. Gallen on a permanent basis.{{cite web|url=http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2018/01/academy-player-loan-news.html |title=Academy player loan news |date=31 January 2018 |accessdate=31 January 2018 |publisher=Chelsea FC}} Four days later, he made his professional debut during St. Gallen's 2–0 away defeat against Young Boys, replacing Silvan Gönitzer in the 80th minute.{{Cite news |title=Young Boys vs. St. Gallen |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2018/02/03/switzerland/super-league/bsc-young-boys-bern/fc-sankt-gallen-1879/2467118/ |publisher=Soccerway |date=3 February 2018 |accessdate=18 February 2018}}
On 15 June 2021, it was announced that Muheim would join 2. Bundesliga side, Hamburger SV on a season-long loan.{{Cite news |title=HSV leight Miro Muheim aus |url=https://www.hsv.de/news/hsv-leiht-miro-muheim-aus |publisher=Hamburger SV |date=15 June 2021 |accessdate=16 June 2022 |language=German}} He went onto feature 27 times, scoring once, before making the deal permanent in March 2022.{{Cite news |title=HSV verpflichtet Miro Muheim fest |url=https://www.hsv.de/news/hsv-verpflichtet-miro-muheim-fest |publisher=Hamburger SV |date=20 March 2022 |accessdate=16 June 2022 |language=German}}
International career
Muheim has represented Switzerland ranging from under-15 to under-21 levels. On 18 November 2024, he debuted for the Swiss senior squad in a Nations League 3–2 defeat against Spain at Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, playing the full match.{{Cite news|title=Muheim debuts, Mvogo in goal|url=https://www.bluewin.ch/en/index/muheim-debuts-mvogo-in-goal-2451626.html|newspaper=Blue News|date=18 November 2024|access-date=21 November 2024}}
=International goals=
Scores and results list Switzerlands's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Miro Muheim goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Miro Muheim !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |
| align="center"|1
|{{Start date|2025|03|25|df=y}} |Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland |{{fb|LUX}} |align="center"|3–0 |align="center"|3–1 |
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 14 May 2023}}{{Soccerway|miro-muheim/376727}}
| 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 !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="3"|Chelsea U23
|colspan="3"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18
|colspan="3"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2Appearances in EFL Trophy | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Chelsea
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zürich (loan)
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="6"|St. Gallen
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19
|Swiss Super League |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20
|Swiss Super League |33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21
|Swiss Super League |24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1Appearance in UEFA Europa League | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22
|Swiss Super League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!59 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 65 | 0 | ||
| Hamburger SV (loan)
|21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2Appearances in Bundesliga relegation play-offs | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
| Hamburger SV
|2. Bundesliga |31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 1 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!111 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 127 | 2 |
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References
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