Philippe Koch

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Philippe Koch
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Philippe Koch (2009)
Personnel
birthday February 8, 1991
Size 178 cm
position defender
Juniors
Years station
1999-2002 FC Biberist
2002-2007 FC Solothurn
2007 FC Biel-Bienne
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2007-2009 FC Zurich U-21 29 (0)
2008-2016 FC Zurich 201 (5)
2016-2017 Novara Calcio 3 (0)
2017-2019 FC St. Gallen 15 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
Switzerland U16 8 (0)
Switzerland U17 14 (0)
Switzerland U19 14 (0)
2009–2012 Switzerland U21 25 (1)
2011– Switzerland 0 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of March 29, 2020

2 As of March 31, 2016

Philippe Koch (born February 8, 1991 ) is a Swiss football player . He plays in the position of defender.

Career

Club career

FC Zurich

Philippe Koch's youth clubs were FC Biberist and FC Solothurn . In 2007 he moved to FC Zurich . On August 28, 2008, he played his first game for the first team of FC Zurich during the UEFA Cup game against SK Sturm Graz . Zurich decided the game 5-3 on penalties. In the 2008/09 season , Koch became Swiss champions for the first time in his career with FC Zurich. He scored his first goal in the Super League on October 2, 2011 in the 226th Zurich Derby . He scored the interim 1: 1 with a right-footed shot in the 43rd minute. The game was whistled by referee Sascha Kever in the 78th minute when riots broke out in the stadium . The game was rated 3-0 forfait for Grasshopper Club Zurich . His older brother Raphael was also under contract with FC Zurich from 2009-2015. From 2017 to 2019 he worked at FC St. Gallen , but was rarely used.

National team career

Koch played in the U-16, U-17 , U-19 and U-21 of Switzerland. With the U-17, U-19 and U-21 he managed to take part in various tournaments. In 2008 Koch played at the U-17 European Championship in Turkey. However, the team was eliminated in the preliminary round. Players such as Nassim Ben Khalifa , Xherdan Shaqiri and Admir Mehmedi also played for Switzerland . With the U-19 he qualified for the U-19 European Championship in 2009 , in which the team after a 1-1 in the opening game against England, a 2-1 win against Slovenia and a 0-1 defeat against Ukraine, already eliminated in the preliminary round. His greatest success at national team level he achieved in 2011 at the U-21 European Championship in Denmark, when the team made it to the final without conceding a goal. There she was defeated by Spain , with 0-2.

For the European Championship qualifier against Montenegro on October 11, 2011 , Koch was nominated as the left full-back for the suspended Reto Ziegler , who received the red card in the game against Wales (2-0). National coach Ottmar Hitzfeld preferred Ricardo Rodríguez for Ziegler , who had already played a 28-minute mission in the game against Wales .

successes

With his club

With FC Zurich

As a national player

With the U-21 of Switzerland

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Koch, Philippe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1991