Gregor Kobel

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Gregor Kobel
Kobel playing for Borussia Dortmund in 2023
Personal information
Full name Gregor Kobel[1]
Date of birth (1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Borussia Dortmund
Number 1
Youth career
Zürich
2013–2016 Grasshoppers
2014–2016 → TSG Hoffenheim (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 TSG Hoffenheim 1 (0)
2019 → FC Augsburg (loan) 16 (0)
2019–2020 → VfB Stuttgart (loan) 31 (0)
2020–2021 VfB Stuttgart 33 (0)
2021– Borussia Dortmund 80 (0)
International career‡
2014 Switzerland U17 4 (0)
2015 Switzerland U18 1 (0)
2015–2016 Switzerland U19 6 (0)
2016 Switzerland U20 2 (0)
2016–2018 Switzerland U21 9 (0)
2021– Switzerland 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:44, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:26, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Gregor Kobel (born 6 December 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Switzerland national team.[3]

Club career[edit]

TSG Hoffenheim[edit]

Kobel made his professional debut for TSG Hoffenheim on 12 August 2018, starting in the first round of the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal against 3. Liga side Rot-Weiß Erfurt. Hoffenheim won the away match 1–0.[4]

VfB Stuttgart[edit]

For the 2019–20 season Kobel was loaned out to VfB Stuttgart.[5] On 28 July 2020, Kobel moved permanently to VfB Stuttgart and signed a contract until June 2024.[6]

Borussia Dortmund[edit]

On 31 May 2021, Kobel signed a five-year contract with Borussia Dortmund ahead of the 2021–22 season. The transfer fee paid to VfB Stuttgart was 15 million euros.[7]

On 5 October 2023, Kobel signed new long term deal at Borussia Dortmund valid until June 2028.[8]

International career[edit]

Kobel was a youth international for Switzerland. He was called up to the senior team for the first time in 2020.[9]

In 2021, he was called up to the national team for the UEFA Euro 2020, where the team upset favorites France en route to the quarter-finals, where they were eventually lost to Spain.[10][11][12]

He made his debut on 1 September 2021 in a friendly against Greece, a 2–1 victory at home.[13]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 21 April 2024[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
TSG Hoffenheim II 2015–16 Regionalliga Südwest 5 0 — — — 5 0
2016–17 Regionalliga Südwest 26 0 — — — 26 0
2017–18 Regionalliga Südwest 8 0 — — — 8 0
2018–19 Regionalliga Südwest 4 0 — — — 4 0
Total 43 0 — — — 43 0
TSG Hoffenheim 2016–17 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2017–18 Bundesliga 0 0 2 0 1[a] 0 — 3 0
2018–19 Bundesliga 1 0 2 0 0 0 — 3 0
Total 1 0 4 0 1 0 — 6 0
FC Augsburg (loan) 2018–19 Bundesliga 16 0 2 0 — — 18 0
VfB Stuttgart (loan) 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 31 0 0 0 — — 31 0
VfB Stuttgart 2020–21 Bundesliga 33 0 1 0 — — 34 0
Total 64 0 1 0 0 0 — 65 0
Borussia Dortmund 2021–22 Bundesliga 29 0 2 0 8[b] 0 1[c] 0 40 0
2022–23 Bundesliga 27 0 4 0 4[d] 0 — 35 0
2023–24 Bundesliga 24 0 3 0 9[d] 0 — 36 0
Total 80 0 9 0 21 0 1 0 111 0
Career total 204 0 16 0 22 0 1 0 243 0
  1. ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearance in DFL-Supercup
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International[edit]

As of match played 16 June 2023[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Switzerland 2021 1 0
2022 3 0
2023 1 0
Total 5 0

Honours[edit]

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Gregor Kobel". Bundesliga. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  2. ^ "First Team: Gregor Kobel". Borussia Dortmund. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Gregor Kobel". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Rot-Weiß Erfurt – 1899 Hoffenheim 0:1 (DFB-Pokal 2017/2018, 1. Round)". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Gregor Kobel joins VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Gregor Kobel signs for VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Borussia Dortmund sign Gregor Kobel from VfB Stuttgart". Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  8. ^ Bahl, Tushar (5 October 2023). "Gregor Kobel extends Borussia Dortmund contract". BVB Buzz. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Aufgebot der Nati - Petkovic setzt auf bewährte Kräfte". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 6 November 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  10. ^ https://www.uefa.com / uefaeuro-2020 / match / 2024485 - switzerland-vs-spain / lineups /? iv = true
  11. ^ "France 3-3 Switzerland (aet; pens 4-5): Euro 2020 last 16 – as it happened". the Guardian. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Switzerland vs. Spain - Football Match Summary - July 2, 2021 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  13. ^ "Switzerland v Greece game report". ESPN. 1 September 2021.
  14. ^ Gregor Kobel at Soccerway
  15. ^ "Gregor Kobel". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  16. ^ "The official Bundesliga Team of the Season 2022/23". Bundesliga. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  17. ^ "Jude Bellingham ist VDV-Spieler der Saison" (in German). VDV. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.

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