Person

Yann Sommer

b. 1988

Swiss association football player

Born
17 Dec 1988 · Morges

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 44 years
  1. 17 Dec 1988BornBorn in Morges
  2. 2003 – 2004TeamSwitzerland national under-16 association football team
  3. 2004 – 2005TeamSwitzerland national under-17 association football team
  4. 2005 – 2007TeamFC Basel
  5. 2005 – 2007TeamSwitzerland national under-19 association football team
  6. 2007 – 2014TeamFC Basel
  7. 2007 – 2009TeamFC Vaduz
  8. 2007 – 2011TeamSwitzerland national under-21 football team
  9. 2009 – 2010TeamGrasshopper Club Zürich
  10. 2012 – 2024TeamSwitzerland men's national football team
  11. 2014Took part2014 FIFA World Cup
  12. 2014 – 2023TeamBorussia Mönchengladbach
  13. 2018Took part2018 FIFA World Cup
  14. 2023TeamFC Bayern Munich
  15. 2023 – 2026TeamInter Milan
  16. 2026TeamClub Brugge K.V.

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1988 – today).

  1. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  2. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  3. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  5. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  7. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  8. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  9. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  10. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  11. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  12. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  13. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  14. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  15. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  16. 20112011 Norway attacks
  17. 2011Libyan civil war
  18. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  19. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  20. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  21. 2015Paris Agreement
  22. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  23. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  24. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  25. 2023Gaza war
  26. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  27. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Yann Sommer (born 17 December 1988) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian Pro League club Club Brugge. He is known for his reflexes and agility.

Sommer began his career at Basel, where he won the Swiss Super League on four consecutive occasions. He also won the Swiss Challenge League and two Liechtenstein Football Cups while on loan to Vaduz. In 2014, he moved to German side Borussia Mönchengladbach, where he remained for nine years, before signing for Bayern Munich in January 2023, where he won a Bundesliga title. In August, Sommer joined Italian side Inter Milan. With them, he won two Serie A titles, a Coppa Italia and helped them reach the final of UEFA Champions League in 2025.

Sommer made his debut for the Switzerland national team in 2012. He represented the nation at the FIFA World Cup in 2014, 2018 and 2022, and the UEFA European Championship in 2016, 2020 and 2024 before retiring from international play in August 2024.

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