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Nico Elvedi
Nico Elvedi
Personal information
Full name: Nico Elvedi
Date of birth: 30 September 1996 (1996-09-30) (age 28)
Place of birth:    Zürich, Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
Height: 6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m)
Playing position: Centre back, right back
Club information
Current club Flag of Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Number: 30
Youth clubs
2005–2006
2006–2013
Flag of Switzerland FC Greifensee
Flag of Switzerland Zürich
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
2013–2015
2014–2015
2015–
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Flag of Switzerland Zürich
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National team
2012–2013
2014
2013–2015
2015
2016
2016–
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland U17
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland U18
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland U19
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland U20
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland U21
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
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Nico Elvedi (born 30 September 1996) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Club career[]

Born in Zürich, Elvedi was a youth player for FC Zürich. He made his Swiss Super League debut on 15 May 2014 in a 1–0 away win against FC Lausanne-Sport playing the full match.

Elvedi joined Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2015 for a €4 million transfer fee. He scored his first goal in the Bundesliga during the derby against 1. FC Köln. The match saw Borussia Mönchengladbach win 1–0.

International career[]

Elvedi played for various Swiss youth teams, and made his debut for the senior Switzerland national football team in a friendly 1–2 defeat to Belgium on 28 May 2016.

He was included in the Switzerland national football team 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

External links[]

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Borussia Mönchengladbach squad - 2024–25

Sommer · Doucouré · Friedrich · Kramer · Herrmann · Zakaria · 10 Thuram · 11 Wolf · 13 Stindl (c) · 14 Pléa · 15 Beyer · 17 Koné · 18 Lainer · 20 Netz · 21 Sippel · 22 Bénes · 23 Hofmann · 24 Jantschke · 25 Bensebaini · 26 Müsel · 28 Ginter · 29 Scally · 30 Elvedi · 32 Neuhaus · 34 Noß · 36 Embolo · 37 Bennetts · 41 Olschowsky · 46 Kersken ·

Manager:  Flag of Germany Daniel Farke
Borussia Monchengladbach
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Switzerland – UEFA Euro 2016 – Round of 16

1. Sommer 2. Lichtsteiner 3. Moubandje 4. Elvedi 5. Von Bergen 6. Lang 7. Embolo 8. Frei 9. Seferović 10. Xhaka 11. Behrami 12. Hitz 13. Rodríguez 14. Zakaria 15. Džemaili 16. Fernandes 17. Tarashaj 18. Mehmedi 19. Derdiyok 20. Djourou 21. Bürki 22. Schär 23. Shaqiri Manager:  Flag of Croatia Vladimir Petković

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Switzerland – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16

1. Sommer 2. Lichtsteiner (c) 3. Moubandje 4. Elvedi 5. Akanji 6. Lang 7. Embolo 8. Freuler 9. Seferović 10. Xhaka 11. Behrami 12. Mvogo 13. Rodríguez 14. Zuber 15. Džemaili 16. Fernandes 17. Zakaria 18. Gavranović 19. Drmić 20. Djourou 21. Bürki 22. Schär 23. Shaqiri Manager:  Flag of Yugoslavia Vladimir Petković

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Switzerland – UEFA Euro 2020 – Quarter-finals

1. Mvogo 2. Omlin 3. Sommer 4. Akanji 5. Benito 6. Cömert 7. Elvedi 8. Lotomba 9. Mbabu 10. Omeragić 11. Rodríguez 12. Schär 13. Widmer 14. Fernandes 15. Freuler 16. Shaqiri 17. Sow 18. Xhaka (c) 19. Zakaria 20. Zuber 21. Embolo 22. Fassnacht 23. Gavranović 24. Mehmedi 25. Seferović 26. Vargas Manager:  Flag of Yugoslavia Vladimir Petković

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Switzerland – UEFA Euro 2024 – Quarter-finals

1. Sommer 2. Stergiou 3. Widmer 4. Elvedi 5. Akanji 6. Zakaria 7. Embolo 8. Freuler 9. Okafor 10. Xhaka (c) 11. Steffen 12. Mvogo 13. Rodriguez 14. Zuber 15. Zesiger 16. Sierro 17. Vargas 18. Duah 19. Ndoye 20. Aebischer 21. Kobel 22. Schär 23. Shaqiri 24. Jashari 25. Amdouni 26. Rieder
Manager:  Flag of Switzerland Murat Yakin

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