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Marco Wölfli 
Personal information Full name Marco Wölfli Date of birth 22 August 1982 Place of birth Grenchen, Switzerland Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Playing position Goalkeeper Club information Current club BSC Young Boys Number 1 Youth career 1991–1997 Fulgor Grenchen 1997–1998 FC Solothurn 1998–1999 BSC Young Boys Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1999–2002 BSC Young Boys 2 (0) 2002–2003 Thun 14 (0) 2003– BSC Young Boys 200 (0) National team‡ 2001–2004 Switzerland U-21 24 (0) 2008– Switzerland 9 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 June 2010Marco Wölfli (born 22 August 1982) is a Swiss football goalkeeper and captain of BSC Young Boys in the Swiss Super League. He is contracted to the club until June 2012.[1]
Wölfli made his league debut for Young Boys during their 1999–2000 Nationalliga B campaign. Two years later, limited opportunities with the first team saw him move to FC Thun, where he won promotion to the Nationalliga A and established himself as a good prospect. He returned to Young Boys in the summer of 2003, quickly cementing himself as the Bern club's first choice goalkeeper.
After the retirement of veteran striker Thomas Häberli, Wölfli was named club captain by manager Vladimir Petkovic prior to the 2009–10 season.[2] He is currently the longest tenured player at the club.[3] In November 2010 he extended his contract to last until 30 June 2015.[4]
He earned his first international cap for Switzerland in the friendly match against Finland on 19 November 2008. Diego Benaglio is currently the first choice goalkeeper, with Wölfli and FC Zürich keeper Johnny Leoni vying for the backup position.
References
- General
- Weltfussball profile (German)
- goal.com profile
- nationalfootballteam
- BSC Young Boys profile (German)
- footbball.ch profile (German)
- Specific
- ^ transfermarkt.co.uk – Marco Wölfli profile
- ^ Der Bund – Als Captain in die Heimat
- ^ transfermarkt.de – YB Kader
- ^ "Wölfli und Nef bleiben langfristig bei YB!" (in German). BSC Young Boys. 24 November 2010. http://www.bscyb.ch/news-detail.aspx?navi=4&detail=764. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
Switzerland Squads Switzerland squad – 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 1 Wölfli • 2 P.Degen • 3 Jaggy • 4 Senderos • 5 Eggimann • 6 Rochat • 7 Lichtsteiner • 8 Barnetta • 9 Shala • 10 Chiumiento • 11 Vonlanthen • 12 Benaglio • 13 Cerrone • 14 Nef • 15 Montandon • 16 Callà • 17 Bah • 18 Kulaksızoğlu • 19 Baumann • 20 Zambrella • 21 D.Degen • 22 Portmann • Coach: Challandes
Switzerland squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Benaglio • 2 Lichtsteiner • 3 Magnin • 4 Senderos • 5 von Bergen • 6 Huggel • 7 Barnetta • 8 Inler • 9 Frei (c) • 10 Nkufo • 11 Behrami • 12 Wölfli • 13 Grichting • 14 Padalino • 15 Yakin • 16 G. Fernandes • 17 Ziegler • 18 Bunjaku • 19 Derdiyok • 20 P. Schwegler • 21 Leoni • 22 Eggimann • 23 Shaqiri • Coach: HitzfeldBSC Young Boys – current squad 1 Wölfli · 3 Ojala · 4 Nef · 5 Dudar · 6 Silberbauer · 7 Sutter · 8 Farnerud · 9 Schneuwly · 10 Costanzo · 11 Ben Khalifa · 13 Zverotić · 16 Raimondi · 17 Spycher · 18 Mvogo · 19 Mveng · 20 Affolter · 21 Degen · 22 Veškovac · 23 Lingani · 24 Mayuka · 26 Tosetti · 27 Benito · 29 Nuzzolo · 30 Doubaï · 31 Alioski · 33 Lecjaks · Manager: Gross
Categories:- 1982 births
- Living people
- Swiss footballers
- Switzerland international footballers
- BSC Young Boys players
- FC Thun players
- Swiss Super League players
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
- Swiss football biography stubs
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