Pascal Zuberbühler
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Pascal Zuberbühler | |
| Date of birth | January 8, 1971 (age 36) | |
| Place of birth | Frauenfeld, Switzerland | |
| Height | 1.97 m | |
| Nickname | Zubi | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Neuchâtel Xamax | |
| Number | TBA | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1983-92 | Frauenfeld | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1992-99 2000 2000-01 1999-2006 2006-2007 2007- |
Grasshoppers FC Aarau (loan) Bayer Leverkusen (loan) FC Basel West Bromwich Albion Neuchâtel Xamax |
187 (0) 2 (0) 13 (0) 178 (0) 15 (0) 0 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1994- | Switzerland | 44 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Pascal Zuberbühler (born January 8, 1971 in Frauenfeld) is a Swiss football (soccer) goalkeeper who currently plays for Neuchâtel Xamax in the Challenge League.
Zuberbühler made 187 appearances for Grasshopper Zürich between 1991 and 1999 winning the Swiss Championship 3 times and the Swiss Cup once. He moved to FC Basel for whom he played 217 games, winning the Championship another 3 times & the Swiss Cup twice. He also played 13 league games and 5 Champions League games for Bayer Leverkusen in 2000-01.
He signed a two-year contract for West Bromwich Albion on a free transfer from Basel on 14 July 2006. However, he was not a success with the Baggies and was dropped straight from the first team by new manager Tony Mowbray after starting 15 games, apparently due to the fans' poor reaction to Zuberbühler, who would boo and sarcastically applaud him when he played. He then returned to the first team after Russell Hoult was suspended, but was dropped after one game. He was unhappy when Dean Kiely was signed in January 2007 who immediately replaced him in the first team, as he felt this harmed his chances for Euro 2008, due to be held in his home country, Switzerland. On 5th February 2007, he was told by West Brom that he was "surplus to requirements", and that they would not stand in his way should a club come in for him. On 12 February, 2007 it was announced he had signed an 18 month contract at Swiss side Neuchâtel Xamax, on a free transfer.
Zuberbühler has been capped 44 times by Switzerland and was a member of the Swiss squad for Euro 2004 and also the squad for World Cup 2006. Despite having received criticism in the run-up to the 2006 tournament, particularly his handling of crosses, he did not concede a goal in nearly 400 minutes of football as his team lost in the last 16 on penalties against Ukraine. Switzerland remained the only team in the whole tournament not to concede a goal in normal time.
[edit] Honours
Swiss Championship Winner 1995, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2005
Swiss Cup Winner 1994, 2002, 2003
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Switzerland squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Zuberbühler | 2 Djourou | 3 Magnin | 4 Senderos | 5 Margairaz | 6 Vogel | 7 Cabanas | 8 Wicky | 9 Frei | 10 Gygax | 11 Streller | 12 Benaglio | 13 Grichting | 14 D. Degen | 15 Džemaili | 16 Barnetta | 17 Spycher | 18 Lustrinelli | 19 Behrami | 20 Müller | 21 Coltorti | 22 Yakın | 23 P. Degen | Coach: Kuhn |
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