Benjamin Siegrist

Benjamin Siegrist
Personnel
Surname	Benjamin Kevin Siegrist
birthday	January 31, 1992
place of birth	Therwil ,  Switzerland
Size	196 cm
position	goal
Juniors
Years	station
2000-2002	FC Therwil
2002-2009	FC Basel
2009-2010	Aston Villa
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2010-2015	Aston Villa U-21	45 (0)
2013-2016	Aston Villa	0 (0)
2013-2014	→  Burton Albion  (loan)	0 (0)
2014	→  Cambridge United  (loan)	3 (0)
2015-2016	→  Solihull Moors  (loan)	0 (0)
2016	→  Wycombe Wanderers  (loan)	1 (0)
2016-2018	FC Vaduz	32 (0)
2018–	Dundee United	0 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2007-2008	Switzerland U-16	4 (0)
2008-2009	Switzerland U-17	11 (0)
2009	Switzerland U-18	10 (0)
2010-2011	Switzerland U-19	9 (0)
2011-2013	Switzerland U-21	1 (0)
1 Only league games are given. Status: end of season 2017/18

Benjamin Kevin Siegrist (born January 31, 1992 in Therwil ) is a Swiss football goalkeeper . The 1.96 meter tall goalkeeper is under contract with Scottish first division club Dundee United .

Career

On November 15, 2009, Siegrist won the World Cup in Nigeria with the Swiss U-17 national team and received the Golden Glove for the tournament's best goalkeeper. The achievements of the U-17s and of Siegrist in particular during this World Cup were extensively recognized in the national and international press. The FIFA Technical Study Group described Siegrist in its report as a “responsive goalkeeper with good positional play, strong both on the line and with flanks”.

In May 2011 he was nominated by U-21 national coach Pierluigi Tami for the provisional squad of the Swiss U-21s for the U-21 European Football Championship 2011 . In the end, Siegrist also made it into the final squad. In the tournament itself Siegrist was only a substitute goalkeeper. The Swiss team reached the final. At the Olympic Games in London , Siegrist was part of the Swiss squad.

successes

FC Basel

• Swiss Champion U-16: 2007/08
• Swiss Cup winner with the U-16: 2007/08

FC Vaduz

• Liechtenstein Cup Winner : 2017 , 2018

National team

• U-17 world champion : 2009
• Finalist at the 2011 European Under-21 Championship

Awards

• Golden Glove of the U-17 World Cup 2009

Web links

Commons : Benjamin Siegrist  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Benjamin Siegrist on the Swiss Football League website
• Benjamin Siegrist in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Usage statistics on the website of the Swiss Football Association: A-Team , U-21 , U-20 , U-19 , U-18 , U-17 , U-16 , U-15

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FIFA (Ed.): FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009 - Technical Report and Statistics , Zurich 2009, p. 193.
2. ↑ ^{a b} FC Basel 1893: Two more junior titles for FCB . FC Basel 1893. 2008. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 15, 2008.