Yann Sommer

Footballer

Birthday December 17, 1988

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Morges, Switzerland

Age 35 years old

Nationality Switzerland

Height 1.83 m

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1970

The club also managed to beat its record of consecutive matches without defeat, exceeding the record of 17 matches it had set during the 1970–71 season.

Sommer's debut came against Homburg in the DFB-Pokal, where Gladbach won 3–1.

Sommer played against VfB Stuttgart on the opening day in a 1–1 draw.

1988

Yann Sommer (born 17 December 1988) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Switzerland national team.

2003

He moved to the Basel youth setup in 2003.

2005

He signed his first professional contract with Basel in 2005.

He became the first-choice goalkeeper in the under-21 squad almost immediately, fending off contenders like Jayson Leutwiler and Orkan Avci, and was third-choice for the senior squad behind Franco Costanzo and Louis Crayton.

2007

During the summer of 2007, Sommer signed a new contract lasting until 2011, and was loaned out to Liechtensteiner club Vaduz to gain first-team experience in an environment somewhat more competitive than the reserves in the Swiss 1. Liga.

He was made the first-choice goalkeeper and played 33 matches over the course of the 2007–08 Swiss Challenge League season, playing a major part in Vaduz's promotion to the Swiss Super League.

2008

He made his Super League debut for Vaduz on 20 July 2008 in the 2–1 away win against Luzern.

2009

His loan deal was then extended to last until January 2009.

Sommer was recalled to Basel on 7 January 2009 because the club's first-choice goalkeeper, Franco Costanzo, was injured.

Sommer made his Super League debut for Basel in a 3–2 defeat to Young Boys at the Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf, on 7 February 2009.

He played six matches for Basel up until the end of the season.

On 16 June, he joined Grasshoppers on a one-season-long loan.

During his season there, he played 33 league matches.

2010

On 14 June 2010, Sommer signed a five-year contract with Basel.

He served as second-choice goalkeeper behind Franco Costanzo.

Sommer played five Super League matches during the 2010–11 season and so was part of the championship-winning team.

2011

In March 2011, Basel announced it would not offer Costanzo a contract extension, therefore making Sommer the club's first-choice goalkeeper.

Sommer made his UEFA Champions League debut on 14 September 2011 in the 2–1 home win against Oțelul Galați.

He was first-choice goalkeeper in the 2011–12 season, after the end of which he won the double of the league and Swiss Cup.

2012

Sommer made his debut for the Switzerland national team in 2012.

At the end of the 2012–13 season, Sommer won the league title for the third consecutive time, having played in all 36 league matches.

Basel also finished as runners-up in the Swiss Cup.

In the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, Basel advanced to the semi-finals, where they were matched against reigning Champions League holders Chelsea.

Basel was eliminated 2–5 on aggregate.

2013

At the end of the 2013–14 season, Sommer won the league championship with Basel.

They also reached the final of the 2013–14 Swiss Cup, but were beaten 2–0 by Zürich after extra time.

In the 2013–14 Champions League, Basel finished the group stage in third position to qualify for Europa League knockout phase, where they advanced as far as the quarter-finals.

In their 2013–14 season, Basel played a total of 68 matches: 36 Swiss League fixtures, six Swiss Cup, six Champions League, ten Europa League and ten test matches.

Sommer totaled 58 appearances: 35 League, two Cup, ten Champions League and six Europa League, as well five in the test games.

However, Sommer managed to keep 65 clean sheets in 170 appearances in all competitions with Basel.

2014

Sommer completed his apprenticeship at Basel, where he won the Swiss Super League on four consecutive occasions, before transferring to Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2014, where he remained for nine years.

He also won the Swiss Challenge League and two Liechtenstein Football Cups while on loan to Vaduz.

He represented the nation at the FIFA World Cup in 2014, 2018 and 2022, and the UEFA European Championship in 2016 and 2020.

Born in Morges, Vaud, Sommer played as a child in the youth teams of Herrliberg and later of Concordia Basel.

On 10 March 2014, Sommer signed a five-year contract with German Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach, effective from 1 July.

He was signed to replace Marc-André ter Stegen, who had joined Barcelona.

In Sommer's first season at Mönchengladbach, 2014–15, Gladbach finished in third place in the Bundesliga, club's highest league finish since 1978.