Christian Fassnacht

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]

Christian Fassnacht

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	Norwich City
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–	Norwich City	40	(6)
International career‡
2018–	Switzerland	19	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:23, 29 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:31, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

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. 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

• Swiss Super League: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20,^[16][17] 2020–21,^[18] 2022–23
• Swiss Cup: 2019–20, 2022–23^[19]

Individual

• Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2019–20,^[20] 2020–21,^[21] 2022–23^[22]

References

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2. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Switzerland (SUI)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 28. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
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8. "Leverkusen 0-2 Young Boys". UEFA. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
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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
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14. Christian Fassnacht at National-Football-Teams.com
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.
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