Christoph Spycher

Christoph Spycher

Personal information
Full name	Christoph Spycher
Date of birth	30 March 1978
Place of birth	Wolhusen, Switzerland
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Left back
Youth career
1986–1992	FC Sternenberg
1992–1997	SC Bümpliz 78
1997–1999	FC Münsingen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1999–2001	Luzern	66	(0)
2001–2005	Grasshoppers	103	(6)
2005–2010	Eintracht Frankfurt	120	(0)
2010–2014	BSC Young Boys	99	(7)
Total		388	(13)
National team
2003–2010	Switzerland	46	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Christoph Spycher (born 30 March 1978 in Wolhusen) is former Swiss football player.

Career

Since 2005, his club is Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Bundesliga and plays as a full-back.

He had a trial with Rangers FC in June 2004.^[1]

In the 2007–08 season he was vice captain at Eintracht. He was appointed captain of the team in July 2009. In May 2010, it was reported that he joined BSC Young Boys. On 18 May 2010, Spycher was forced to pull out of Switzerland's 2010 FIFA World Cup squad because of a knee injury and also retired from international football.^[2]

Honours

Club

with Eintracht Frankfurt

• DFB-Pokal Runner-up: 2005–06

References

1. Grahame, Ewing; Peters, Keith (20 July 2004). "Rangers send Stewart back to Manchester". The Daily Telegraph (London).
2. "Defender Christoph Spycher quits Switzerland set-up". BBC Sport (BBC). 18 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-18.

External links

• Christoph Spycher at eintracht-archiv.de
• Christoph Spycher at National-Football-Teams.com
• Christoph Spycher on the website of the Swiss Football League