Christian Fassnacht

Christian Fassnacht
Fassnacht playing for Young Boys in 2017
Personal information
Full name Christian Andreas Fassnacht
Date of birth (1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
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 0 (0)
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)

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.

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. He played an important role for the club during the title winning season, scoring 11 league goals.

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. 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.

Norwich City

On 25 July 2023, he departed Young Boys after six years at the club to join Norwich City, 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.

Return to Young Boys

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

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. 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.

Career statistics

Club

As of 31 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup 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 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 34 11 6 1 — 9 2 49 14
2018–19 35 11 4 0 — 8 0 47 11
2019–20 30 7 6 3 — 8 2 44 12
2020–21 36 10 1 1 — 12 4 49 15
2021–22 18 11 1 0 — 9 1 28 12
2022–23 29 8 4 2 — 1 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
2024–25 3 0 0 0 0 0 — 3 0
Young Boys 2024–25 Swiss Super League 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Career total 324 94 30 8 2 0 47 10 403 112
  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. ^ a b 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
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.
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

Individual

References

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  9. ^ "Christian Fassnacht wechselt zu Norwich City" [Christian Fassnacht transfers to Norwich City] (in Swiss High German). Young Boys. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Southampton 4-4 Norwich City". BBC. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
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  20. ^ "Young Boys win fourth straight Swiss league title". Yahoo. 18 April 2021. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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