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Mario Eggimann Personal information Full name Mario Eggimann Date of birth 24 January 1981 Place of birth Brugg, Switzerland Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) Playing position Defender Club information Current club Hannover 96 Number 5 Youth career 1988–1989 FC Küttigen 1989–1998 FC Aarau Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1998–2002 Aarau 41 (1) 2002–2008 Karlsruher SC 176 (18) 2008– Hannover 96 58 (1) National team‡ 2007– Switzerland 10 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 June 2010Mario Eggimann (born 24 January 1981 in Brugg, Switzerland) is a Swiss football defender currently playing for Hannover 96.[1] He also plays for the Swiss National team.[2]
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Career
Eggimann began his career with local side FC Küttigen before moving to bigger local rivals FC Aarau where he began his professional career making his professional debut in 1998. He played at Stadion Brugglifeld for FC Aarau until 2002 when he headed to Germany to play in the Bundesliga for Karlsruher SC.[3] In the 2006–07 season Eggimann was made captain as Karlsruher SC were champions of the Second Bundesliga.[citation needed]
In March 2008, Eggimann exercised a clause in his contract by moving to Hannover 96 for 1.4 million Euros. He has signed a contract until June 2013.[4]
National team
Eggimann was captain of the Swiss U21 national team.[citation needed] On 7 September 2007, he played first for the Swiss national football team coming on as a half-time substitute for Johan Djourou in a 2–1 victory against Chile in Vienna. The match was part of a tournament in Austria, comprising Japan and Austria as well as Chile and Switzerland.[5]
Eggimann was selected by then-coach Köbi Kuhn prior to Euro 2008 but did not make the final squad. He has been selected by Ottmar Hitzfeld for the World Cup 2010.[6]
Personal life
On 20 February 2008, Eggimann became a father for the first time to a baby girl.[7]
References
- ^ "Mario Eggimann" (in German). fussballdaten.de. http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/eggimannmario/. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
- ^ Mario Eggimann – FIFA competition record
- ^ "Eggimann, Mario" (in German). kicker.de. http://www.kicker.de/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2007-08/28263/vereinsspieler_mario-eggimann.html. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
- ^ "Eggimann vom KSC zu 96" (in German). kicker.de. 10 March 2008. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/artikel/376055/. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
- ^ "Schweizer siegen knapp gegen Chile" (in German). blick.ch. 7 September 2007. http://www.blick.ch/sport/euro08/schweiz-chile-70942. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
- ^ "Switzerland". FIFA. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/teams/team=43971/squadlist.html. Retrieved 11 June 2010.[dead link]
- ^ "Eggimann wird Vater" (in German). ksc.de. 20 February 2008. http://www.ksc.de/aktuelles/anzeigen/news/eggimann-wird-vater/96/neste/112.html?tx_ttnews%5BpS%5D=1202733530&cHash=c4ac2d028a. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
External links
- Mario Eggimann at worldfootball.net
- Mario Eggimann at fussballdaten.de (German)
- Mario Eggimann at Hannover96.de (German)
Switzerland Squads Switzerland squad – 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 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: ChallandesSwitzerland 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: HitzfeldHannover 96 – current squad 1 Zieler · 2 Andreasen · 3 Haggui · 4 Pogatetz · 5 Eggimann · 6 Cherundolo (c) · 7 Pinto · 8 Lala · 9 Sobiech · 11 Ya Konan · 13 Schlaudraff · 14 Miller · 15 Hauger · 16 Royer · 17 Stoppelkamp · 19 C. Schulz · 20 Carlitos · 21 Radlinger · 23 Chahed · 24 Pander · 25 Abdellaoue · 26 Aycicek · 27 Akdari · 28 Stindl · 31 Pläschke · 33 Schmiedebach · 34 Rausch · 35 Avevor · Manager: Slomka
Categories:- 1981 births
- Living people
- FC Aarau players
- Hannover 96 players
- Karlsruher SC players
- Swiss footballers
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Switzerland international footballers
- Swiss-German people
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
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