Stephan Lichtsteiner

Stephan Lichtsteiner
	Stephan Lichtsteiner
Personal information
Full name:	Stephan Lichtsteiner
Date of birth:	16 January 1984 (age 41)
Place of birth:	Adligenswil, Switzerland
Height:	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position:	Right-back; Right wing-back; Right midfielder
Youth clubs
1991–1996; 1996–2000; 2000–2001	FC Adligenswil; Luzern; Grasshoppers
Senior clubs
National team

General

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Stephan Lichtsteiner (born 16 January 1984) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays for German club FC Augsburg and the Switzerland national team. He is captain of the Switzerland national team. An attacking right-back or wing-back, he is known for his energetic runs down the right wing, as well as his stamina and athleticism.

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 5 June 2018

Club statistics
Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Grasshopper	2001–02	Swiss Super League	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2002–03		25	0	—		2^a	0	—		27	0
	2003–04		26	2	4	0	4^b	0	—		34	2
	2004–05		27	2	1	0	—		—		28	2
	Total		79	4	5	0	6	0	—		90	4
Lille	2005–06	Ligue 1	31	1	4^c	0	8^d	0	—		43	1
	2006–07		24	0	5^e	0	3^f	0	—		32	0
	2007–08		34	4	4^g	1	—		—		34	5
	Total		89	5	13	1	11	0	—		113	6
Lazio	2008–09	Serie A	33	1	6	0	—		—		39	1
	2009–10		33	2	2	0	7^a	0	1^h	0	43	2
	2010–11		34	0	1	0	—		—		35	0
	Total		100	3	9	0	7	0	1	0	117	3
Juventus	2011–12	Serie A	35	2	3	0	—		—		38	2
	2012–13		28	4	1	0	6^f	0	1^h	0	36	4
	2013–14		27	2	1	0	7ⁱ	0	1^h	1	36	3
	2014–15		32	3	3	0	13^f	0	1^h	0	49	3
	2015–16		26	0	4	1	6^f	1	1^h	0	37	2
	2016–17		26	1	2	0	1^f	0	1^h	0	30	1
	2017–18		27	0	3	0	2^f	0	0	0	32	0
	Total		201	12	17	1	35	1	5	1	257	15
Arsenal	2018–19	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arsenal	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			469	24	44	2	59	1	6	1	578	28

a. ^All appearance(s) in the UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
b. ^Two appearances in the UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Cup
c. ^Two appearances in Coupe de France, two appearances in Coupe de la Ligue
d. ^Four appearances in the UEFA Champions League, Four appearances in UEFA Cup
e. ^Three appearances in Coupe de France, two appearances in Coupe de la Ligue
f. ^All appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
g. ^Three appearances and one goal in Coupe de France, one appearance in Coupe de la Ligue
h. ^Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, four in UEFA Europa League

International[]

As of 3 June 2018

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Switzerland	2006	1	0
	2007	7	0
	2008	11	0
	2009	6	0
	2010	11	0
	2011	9	1
	2012	9	1
	2013	6	2
	2014	11	1
	2015	8	0
	2016	9	1
	2017	8	2
	2018	3	0
Total		99	8

International goals[]

As of 7 October 2017. Switzerland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Lichtsteiner's goal.

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 October 2011	St. Jakob Park, Basel, Switzerland	43	Montenegro	2–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
2	26 May 2012	St. Jakob Park, Basel, Switzerland	47	Germany	4–2	5–3	Friendly
3	6 September 2013	Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland	59	Iceland	1–1	4–4	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	6 September 2013	Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland	59	Iceland	3–1	4–4	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	3 June 2014	Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland	63	Peru	1–0	2–0	Friendly
6	13 November 2016	Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland	88	Faroe Islands	2–0	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	31 August 2017	kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland	91	Andorra	3–0	3–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	7 October 2017	St. Jakob Park, Basel, Switzerland	93	Hungary	5–1	5–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours[]

Clubs[]

Grasshopper Zürich

Swiss Football League (1): 2002–03

Lazio

Coppa Italia (1): 2008–09
Supercoppa Italiana (1): 2009

Juventus

Serie A (7) 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Supercoppa Italiana (3): 2012, 2013, 2015
Coppa Italia (4): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18

External links[]

Stephan Lichtsteiner – ESPN FC
Stephan Lichtsteiner FIFA competition record

Switzerland
Swiss competitions Swiss Coaches Swiss players Swiss stadiums

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: Vladimir Petković

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: Vladimir Petković

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Personal information
Stephan Lichtsteiner

Full name:	Stephan Lichtsteiner
Date of birth:	16 January 1984 (1984-01-16) (age 41)
Place of birth:	Adligenswil, Switzerland
Height:	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position:	Right-back Right wing-back Right midfielder
Youth clubs
1991–1996 1996–2000 2000–2001	FC Adligenswil Luzern Grasshoppers
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2001–2005 2005–2008 2008–2011 2011–2018 2018–2019 2019–2020 Total	Grasshoppers Lille Lazio Juventus Arsenal FC Augsburg	079 00(4) 089 00(5) 100 00(3) 201 0(12) 014 00(0) 020 00(0) 503 0(24)
National team
2003–2005 2006–2019	Switzerland U21 Switzerland	030 00(1) 105 00(8)