Christian Fassnacht

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Christian Fassnacht

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.[4]

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Christian Fassnacht
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Fassnacht playing for Young Boys in 2017
Personal information
Full name Christian Andreas Fassnacht[1]
Date of birth (1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 31)[2]
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
Young Boys
Number 16
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Tuggen 17 (10)
2015–2016 Winterthur 47 (11)
2016–2017 Thun 35 (10)
2017–2023 Young Boys 182 (58)
2023–2025 Norwich City 40 (6)
2025– Young Boys 8 (4)
International career
2018– Switzerland 19 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:28, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:31, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
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Club career

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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] He made his first start on 16 August in a Carabao Cup match against Queens Park Rangers[11] and made his first league start in the following game on 20 August against Millwall.[12] His second goal for Norwich was a consolation in a 2-1 defeat by Rotherham United.[13] 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.[14] The season ended with Norwich losing a play-off to Leeds United over two legs, with Fassnacht making substitute appearances in both games.[15]

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.[16] 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.[17]

Return to Young Boys

On 31 December 2024, his return to Young Boys was announced,[18] thus returning to Switzerland after one and a half years in England. His new contract runs until summer 2027.[19]

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.[20] 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.[21]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 March 2025[22]
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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tuggen 2014–15 Swiss Promotion League 1710111811
Winterthur 2014–15 Swiss Challenge League 132132
2015–16 34930379
Total 4711305011
Thun 2016–17 Swiss Super League 3510103610
Young Boys 2017–18 Swiss Super League 3411619[c]24914
2018–19 3511408[d]04711
2019–20 307638[e]24412
2020–21 36101112[f]44915
2021–22 1811109[d]12812
2022–23 298421[g]13411
Total 18258227471025175
Norwich City 2023–24 Championship 4063020456
2024–25 30000030
Total 4363020486
Young Boys 2024–25 Swiss Super League 841094
Career total 33298318204710412116
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  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. 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

International

As of match played 4 June 2023[23]
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National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 201830
201921
2021103
202220
202320
Total194
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Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fassnacht goal.[24]
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List of international goals scored by Christian Fassnacht
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
116 November 2019Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Gibraltar3–06–1UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
23 June 2021Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland Liechtenstein2–07–0Friendly
34–0
49 October 2021Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland Northern Ireland2–02–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
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