Roman Bürki

Roman Bürki

Personal information
Full name	Roman Bürki[1]
Date of birth	14 November 1990
Place of birth	Münsingen, Switzerland
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Borussia Dortmund
Number	38
Youth career
1999–2005	FC Münsingen
2005–2009	Young Boys
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2009–2013	Young Boys	2	(0)
2009–2010	→ FC Thun (loan)	4	(0)
2010	→ FC Schaffhausen (loan)	9	(0)
2011–2013	→ Grasshopper (loan)	76	(0)
2013–2014	Grasshopper	34	(0)
2014–2015	SC Freiburg	34	(0)
2015–	Borussia Dortmund	26	(0)
National team^‡
2011–2012	Switzerland U-21	12	(0)
2014–	Switzerland	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 March 2016. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2015

Roman Bürki (born 14 November 1990) is a Swiss professional footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Borussia Dortmund. Bürki was part of the winning squad that beat FC Basel 4-3 on a penalty shootout in the Swiss Cup 2013 final.

He is the older brother of the defender Marco Bürki.

Career

Swiss league

Bürki began his career in 2007 with the reserve squad of the BSC Young Boys. In 2009, he moved to FC Thun, and half a year later to FC Schaffhausen. In the summer of 2010 he went back to BSC Young Boys, and again half a year later he was transferred to Grasshopper Club Zürich. First, he was the back-up goalkeeper, later the first goalkeeper. He was on loan until 2013, when Grasshoppers bought him rights.

SC Freiburg

On 24 May 2014, he signed a contract with SC Freiburg.^[2] For the season 2014/15 of Bundesliga it undertook SC Freiburg as the successor of Oliver Baumann ^[3] In Freiburg Bürki played in all 34 games, but he couldn't prevent the team from being relegated to 2. Bundesliga.

Borussia Dortmund

On 14 June 2015, he signed a contract with Borussia Dortmund.^[4] He made his Bundesliga debut on Saturday 15 August against Borussia Mönchengladbach in which Dortmund won 4-0.

National team

Roman Bürki played for Switzerland U-21 on the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Since 2013 he is called for Switzerland and was in squad for 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. On November 18, 2014 he made his debut in friendly match against Poland. ^[5]

Career statistics

As of 20 March 2016 ^[6]

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	League	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Switzerland			League		Swiss Cup		Europe		Other		Total
FC Thun (loan)	2009–10	Challenge League	4	0	2	0	–		–		6	0
FC Schaffhausen (loan)	2009–10	Challenge League	9	0	0	0	–		–		9	0
Young Boys	2010–11	Super League	2	0	0	0	2	0	–		4	0
Grasshopper (loan)	2010–11		11	0	0	0	0	0	–		11	0
	2011–12		31	0	0	0	–		–		31	0
	2012–13		34	0	4	0	–		–		38	0
Grasshopper	2013–14		34	0	3	0	4	0	–		41	0
Total			125	0	9	0	6	0	0	0	140	0
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Europe		Other[lower-alpha 1]		Total
SC Freiburg	2014–15	Bundesliga	34	0	2	0	–		–		36	0
Borussia Dortmund	2015–16		26	0	4	0	3	0	–		29	0
Total			60	0	6	0	3	0	0	0	65	0
Career Total			182	0	15	0	9	0	0	0	205	0

1. Includes DFB-Supercup and FIFA Club World Cup matches.

Switzerland national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2014	1	0
2015	3	0
Total	4	0

References

1. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 30. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
2. "Herzlich Willkommen, Roman Bürki!" (in German). SC Freiburg. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
3. message
4. Dortmund získal švajčiarskeho brankára Bürkiho (in Slovak)
5. Swiss vs Poland
6. "Burki Statistic". soccerway.com.

External links

• Player profile at weltfussball.de
• Roman Bürki profile at Soccerway
• Player profile at football.ch