Christian Schwegler

Christian Schwegler

Personal information
Full name	Christian Schwegler
Date of birth	6 June 1984 (1984-06-06) (age 27)
Place of birth	Ettiswil, Switzerland
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	defender
Club information
Current club	Red Bull Salzburg
Number	6
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003-2005	FC Lucerne	95	(0)
2005	Arminia Bielefeld	7	(0)
2006-2009	BSC Young Boys	105	(1)
2009-	FC Red Bull Salzburg	58	(1)
National team‡
2003-2006	Switzerland U-21	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 March 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2009

Christian Schwegler (born 6 June 1984 in Ettiswil) is a footballer from Switzerland who currently plays as defender for Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga.^[1]

Schwegler is known for his long throw-ins. He is the brother of Pirmin Schwegler.

Christian joined Red Bull Salzburg during the summer of 2009 from Young Boys Bern for a fee of €0.6m. During the Red Bulls 6-1 win over SV Mattersburg on 27 March 2010, Schwegler scored his first goal since joining the club.

External links

• Red Bull Salzburg profile (German)
• football.ch profile
• Guardian Football Stats

References

1. ^ Soccerway profile

Persondata
Name	Schwegler, Christian
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	6 June 1984
Place of birth	Ettiswil, Switzerland
Date of death
Place of death