Pirmin Schwegler

Pirmin Schwegler
Photo taken in 2012
Personnel
birthday	March 9, 1987
place of birth	Ettiswil ,  Switzerland
Size	178 cm
position	midfield
Juniors
Years	station
1992-2002	FC Grosswangen
2002-2003	FC Luzern
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2003-2005	FC Luzern	40 (3)
2005-2006	BSC Young Boys	32 (1)
2006-2009	Bayer 04 Leverkusen II	3 (0)
2006-2009	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	46 (0)
2009-2014	Eintracht Frankfurt	128 (6)
2014-2017	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	59 (1)
2017-2019	Hannover 96	56 (0)
2019–	Western Sydney Wanderers	19 (1)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2005	Switzerland U20	1 (0)
2005-2008	Switzerland U21	18 (1)
2009-2015	Switzerland	14 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of December 27, 2019

Pirmin Schwegler (born March 9, 1987 in Ettiswil ) is a Swiss football player . The midfielder , who was part of the Swiss national team for several years , is under contract with the Western Sydney Wanderers in Australia. Before that, apart from a one-year break, he played 13 years in the German Bundesliga for Bayer 04 Leverkusen , Eintracht Frankfurt , TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and Hannover 96 . In the top German division, Schwegler played 262 games and scored seven goals. He played 14 games for the Swiss national team.

Career

The midfielder was a member of Swiss national teams (U-16s and up) from May 2, 2000, for which he played 32 international matches.

Schwegler played on loan from FC Luzern in the 2005/06 season at BSC Young Boys . The German Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen signed him in May 2006 to 2010. He made his Bundesliga debut on September 17, 2006 in an away game against Eintracht Frankfurt (1: 3).

For the 2009/10 season he was brought to Eintracht by the local new coach Michael Skibbe , for whom he scored a goal in his first appearance on August 2, 2009 in the DFB Cup game against Offenbacher Kickers . Schwegler had already played under Skibbe for two years in Leverkusen. He scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 2-1 draw against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the 2009/10 season. He made his international debut on September 14, 2006 in the UEFA Cup match against FC Sion . On August 12, 2009 he was first used in the Swiss national team. In March 2015, he announced his resignation from the national team after he had only been called up sporadically. In the 2011/12 season , Schwegler was appointed team captain by coach Armin Veh as the successor to the Brazilian Chris , who had moved to VfL Wolfsburg .

For the 2014/15 season , Schwegler moved to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim , where he signed a contract until June 30, 2017. For the 2017/18 season , Schwegler went to Hannover 96 on a free transfer . He received a contract that ran until 2019, which was prematurely extended to 2020 in May 2018, but was only valid for the Bundesliga.

After the end of the 2018/19 season , in which he was relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga with Hanover, the Swiss moved to the Australian A-League with the Western Sydney Wanderers . On September 1, 2020, he leaves down under and ends his active career.

Private

At the age of 18 months, Pirmin Schwegler fell ill with leukemia and has been cured since 2003.

His brother Christian Schwegler is also a professional footballer.

Web links

Commons : Pirmin Schwegler  - Collection of Images

• Own website
• Pirmin Schwegler in the database of weltfussball.de
• Pirmin Schwegler in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pirmin Schwegler changes to TSG - contract until 2017
2. ↑ Schwegler comes from Hoffenheim on a free transfer
3. ↑ Schwegler sets the standard: contract extension until 2020
4. ↑ A lifelong dream comes true: Pirmin Schwegler moves to Australia , hannover96.de, accessed on May 14, 2019
5. ↑ Pirmin Schwegler ends the adventure in Australia
6. ↑ Midfield strategist Pirmin Schwegler puts an end to: Praise for the team spirit at Hannover 96
7. ↑ blick.ch: New tactics like the Germans: Hitzfeld does the Jogi. ( Memento from June 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) June 15, 2010.