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.
- 17 Dec 1988BornBorn in Morges
- 2003 – 2004TeamSwitzerland national under-16 association football team
- 2004 – 2005TeamSwitzerland national under-17 association football team
- 2005 – 2007TeamFC Basel
- 2005 – 2007TeamSwitzerland national under-19 association football team
- 2007 – 2014TeamFC Basel
- 2007 – 2009TeamFC Vaduz
- 2007 – 2011TeamSwitzerland national under-21 football team
- 2009 – 2010TeamGrasshopper Club Zürich
- 2012 – 2024TeamSwitzerland men's national football team
- 2014Took part2014 FIFA World Cup
- 2014 – 2023TeamBorussia Mönchengladbach
- 2018Took part2018 FIFA World Cup
- 2023TeamFC Bayern Munich
- 2023 – 2026TeamInter Milan
- 2026TeamClub Brugge K.V.
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1988 – today).
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2015Paris Agreement
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic
- 20212020 Summer Olympics
- 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2023Gaza war
- 20242024 Summer Olympics
- 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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