Gregor Kobel
Kobel playing for Borussia Dortmund in 2023
Personal information
Full name Gregor Kobel[1]
Date of birth (1997-12-06) 6 December 1997
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Borussia Dortmund
Number 1
Youth career
Zürich
2013–2016 Grasshoppers
2014–2016 → 1899 Hoffenheim (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 1899 Hoffenheim 1 (0)
2019 → FC Augsburg (loan) 16 (0)
2019–2020 → VfB Stuttgart (loan) 31 (0)
2020–2021 VfB Stuttgart 33 (0)
2021– Borussia Dortmund 72 (0)
International career‡
2014 Switzerland U17 4 (0)
2015 Switzerland U18 1 (0)
2015–2016 Switzerland U19 6 (0)
2016 Switzerland U20 2 (0)
2016–2018 Switzerland U21 9 (0)
2021– Switzerland 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:25, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:26, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Gregor Kobel (born 6 December 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Switzerland national team.[3]

Club career

Hoffenheim

Kobel made his professional debut for 1899 Hoffenheim on 12 August 2018, starting in the first round of the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal against 3. Liga side Rot-Weiß Erfurt. The match finished as a 1–0 away win for Hoffenheim.[4]

VfB Stuttgart

For the 2019–20 season Kobel was loaned out to VfB Stuttgart.[5] On 28 July 2020, Kobel moved permanently to VfB Stuttgart and signed a contract until June 2024.[6]

Borussia Dortmund

On 31 May 2021, Kobel signed a five-year contract with Borussia Dortmund ahead of the 2021–22 season. The transfer fee paid to VfB Stuttgart was 15 million euros.[7]

On 5 October 2023, Kobel signed new long term deal at Borussia Dortmund valid until June 2028.[8]

International career

Kobel was a youth international for Switzerland. He was called up to the senior team for the first time in 2020.[9]

In 2021, he was called up to the national team for the UEFA Euro 2020, where the team upset favorites France en route to the quarter-finals, where they were eventually lost to Spain.[10][11][12]

He made his debut on 1 September 2021 in a friendly against Greece, a 2–1 victory at home.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 December 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1899 Hoffenheim II 2015–16 Regionalliga Südwest 50———50
2016–17 Regionalliga Südwest 260———260
2017–18 Regionalliga Südwest 80———80
2018–19 Regionalliga Südwest 40———40
Total 430———430
1899 Hoffenheim 2016–17 Bundesliga 0000——00
2017–18 Bundesliga 00201[lower-alpha 1]0—30
2018–19 Bundesliga 102000—30
Total 104010—60
FC Augsburg (loan) 2018–19 Bundesliga 16020——180
VfB Stuttgart (loan) 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 31000——310
VfB Stuttgart 2020–21 Bundesliga 33010——340
Total 6401000—650
Borussia Dortmund 2021–22 Bundesliga 290208[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 3]0400
2022–23 Bundesliga 270404[lower-alpha 4]0—350
2023–24 Bundesliga 160306[lower-alpha 4]0—250
Total 72090180101000
Career total 1960160190102320
  1. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Appearance in DFL-Supercup
  4. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 16 June 2023[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 202110
202230
202310
Total50

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Gregor Kobel". Bundesliga. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "First Team: Gregor Kobel". Borussia Dortmund. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Gregor Kobel". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Rot-Weiß Erfurt – 1899 Hoffenheim 0:1 (DFB-Pokal 2017/2018, 1. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Gregor Kobel joins VfB". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "Gregor Kobel signs for VfB". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Borussia Dortmund sign Gregor Kobel from VfB Stuttgart". Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  8. ↑ Bahl, Tushar (5 October 2023). "Gregor Kobel extends Borussia Dortmund contract". BVB Buzz. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "Aufgebot der Nati - Petkovic setzt auf bewährte Kräfte". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 6 November 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  10. ↑ https://www.uefa.com / uefaeuro-2020 / match / 2024485 - switzerland-vs-spain / lineups /? iv = true
  11. ↑ "France 3-3 Switzerland (aet; pens 4-5): Euro 2020 last 16 – as it happened". the Guardian. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  12. ↑ "Switzerland vs. Spain - Football Match Summary - July 2, 2021 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  13. ↑ "Switzerland v Greece game report". ESPN. 1 September 2021.
  14. ↑ Gregor Kobel at Soccerway
  15. ↑ "Gregor Kobel". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  16. ↑ "The official Bundesliga Team of the Season 2022/23". Bundesliga. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  17. ↑ "Jude Bellingham ist VDV-Spieler der Saison" (in German). VDV. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
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