Marco Schönbächler
Swiss footballer (born 1990)
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Marco Schönbächler (born 11 January 1990) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 January 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Urdorf, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Positions | |||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Urdorf | |||
| FC Zürich | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2021 | FC Zürich | 292 | (41) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007–2009 | Switzerland U19 | 18 | (3) |
| 2009–2011 | Switzerland U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2014– | Switzerland | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 June 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 August 2014 | |||
Career
Schönbächler was part of the 2006–07 and 2008–2009 Swiss Championship winning team.[2]
On 17 August 2013, Schönbächler scored a hat-trick for Zürich in the first round of the Swiss Cup, leading his side to a 6–0 victory over FC Bassersdorf.[3] In the next round on 15 September 2013, Schönbächler scored Zürich's second goal, as his side twice came from behind to defeat Stade Lausanne Ouchy 3–2.[4] Schönbächler's goal-scoring streak continued into the quarter-finals, as he scored Zürich's equalizing goal in an eventual 4–1 defeat of FC Baden in the quarter-finals on 9 November.[5] His first league goal of the season came on 24 November, scoring Zürich's second goal in a 4–1 defeat of FC Sion.[6]
Honours
FC Zürich
Individual
- Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2014–15[7]
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