Gregor Kobel

Gregor Kobel (born 6 December 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Switzerland national team.[3]

Gregor Kobel
Kobel with Borussia Dortmund in 2021
Personal information
Full name Gregor Kobel[1]
Date of birth (1997-12-06) 6 December 1997
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Borussia Dortmund
Number 1
Youth career
Zürich
2013–2016 Grasshoppers
2014–2016 → 1899 Hoffenheim (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 1899 Hoffenheim 1 (0)
2019 → FC Augsburg (loan) 16 (0)
2019–2020 → VfB Stuttgart (loan) 31 (0)
2020–2021 VfB Stuttgart 33 (0)
2021– Borussia Dortmund 45 (0)
International career‡
2014 Switzerland U17 4 (0)
2015 Switzerland U18 1 (0)
2015–2016 Switzerland U19 6 (0)
2016 Switzerland U20 2 (0)
2016–2018 Switzerland U21 9 (0)
2021– Switzerland 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:12, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:01, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Hoffenheim

Kobel made his professional debut for 1899 Hoffenheim on 12 August 2018, starting in the first round of the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal against 3. Liga side Rot-Weiß Erfurt. The match finished as a 1–0 away win for Hoffenheim.[4]

VfB Stuttgart

For the 2019–20 season Kobel was loaned out to VfB Stuttgart.[5] On 28 July 2020, Kobel moved permanently to VfB Stuttgart and signed a contract until June 2024.[6]

Borussia Dortmund

On 31 May 2021, Kobel signed a five-year contract with Borussia Dortmund ahead of the 2021–22 season. The transfer fee paid to VfB Stuttgart was 15 million euros.[7]

International career

Kobel was a youth international for Switzerland. He was called up to the senior team for the first time on 2020.[8] In 2021 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.[9]

He made his debut on 1 September 2021 in a friendly against Greece, a 2–1 victory at home.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 15 February 2023[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1899 Hoffenheim II 2015–16 Regionalliga Südwest 50———50
2016–17 Regionalliga Südwest 260———260
2017–18 Regionalliga Südwest 80———80
2018–19 Regionalliga Südwest 40———40
Total 430———430
1899 Hoffenheim 2016–17 Bundesliga 0000——00
2017–18 Bundesliga 00201[lower-alpha 1]0—30
2018–19 Bundesliga 102000—30
Total 104010—60
FC Augsburg 2018–19 Bundesliga 16020——180
VfB Stuttgart (loan) 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 31000——310
VfB Stuttgart 2020–21 Bundesliga 33010——340
Total 6401000—650
Borussia Dortmund 2021–22 Bundesliga 290208[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 3]0400
2022–23 Bundesliga 160304[lower-alpha 4]0—230
Total 4505012010630
Career total 1690120130101950
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearance in DFL-Supercup
  4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

International
As of match played 2 December 2022[12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 202110
202230
Total40

References
  1. "Gregor Kobel". Bundesliga. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  2. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of players: Switherland" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 28. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  3. "Gregor Kobel". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  4. "Rot-Weiß Erfurt – 1899 Hoffenheim 0:1 (DFB-Pokal 2017/2018, 1. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. "Gregor Kobel joins VfB". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  6. "Gregor Kobel signs for VfB". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  7. "Borussia Dortmund sign Gregor Kobel from VfB Stuttgart". Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "Aufgebot der Nati - Petkovic setzt auf bewährte Kräfte". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 6 November 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  9. https://www.uefa.com / uefaeuro-2020 / match / 2024485 - switzerland-vs-spain / lineups /? iv = true
  10. "Switzerland v Greece game report". ESPN. 1 September 2021.
  11. Gregor Kobel at Soccerway
  12. "Gregor Kobel". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 1 September 2021.


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