Roman Bürki

Roman Bürki
Bürki with Switzerland in 2015
Personal information
Full name Roman Bürki[1]
Date of birth (1990-11-14) 14 November 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Münsingen, Switzerland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 St. Louis City SC
Number 1
Youth career
1999–2005 FC Münsingen
2005–2009 Young Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Young Boys 2 (0)
2009–2010 → FC Thun (loan) 4 (0)
2010 → FC Schaffhausen (loan) 9 (0)
2011–2013 → Grasshoppers (loan) 76 (0)
2013–2014 Grasshoppers 34 (0)
2014–2015 SC Freiburg 34 (0)
2015–2022 Borussia Dortmund 176 (0)
2022 St. Louis City 2 4 (0)
2023– St. Louis City SC 65 (0)
International career‡
2011–2012 Switzerland U21 12 (0)
2014–2018 Switzerland 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 June 2018

Roman Bürki (born 14 November 1990) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club St. Louis City SC. From 2014 to 2018, he played for the Switzerland national team.

Club career

Switzerland

Bürki began his career in 2007 with the reserve squad of the BSC Young Boys. In 2009, he moved to FC Thun, and half a year later to FC Schaffhausen. In the summer of 2010 he went back to BSC Young Boys, and again half a year later he was transferred to Grasshopper Club Zürich. First, he was the back-up goalkeeper, later the first goalkeeper. He was on loan until 2013, when Grasshoppers bought his rights.

SC Freiburg

On 24 May 2014, he signed a contract with SC Freiburg.[3]

For 2014–15 Bundesliga season he succeeded Oliver Baumann as number one goalkeeper.[4] He played in all 34 games, while being unable to prevent the team from being relegated to 2. Bundesliga.

Borussia Dortmund

On 14 June 2015, he signed for Borussia Dortmund.[5] He made his formal debut for the team on 15 August 2015, in a 4–0 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach.[6] He kept 12 clean sheets for Dortmund in the league, making 33 appearances.[7] In the 2016–17 season, he made 27 league appearances, keeping nine clean sheets.[8]

In the 2017–18 season, Bürki became the first goalkeeper to keep five clean sheets in the first five Bundesliga games.[9]

St. Louis City SC

On 16 March 2022, Bürki agreed to a deal that would send him to Major League Soccer expansion franchise St. Louis City SC for their inaugural season in 2023.[10] He is the highest-paid goalkeeper in the league and would earn a $1.5 million base salary.[11] Bürki played four matches for reserve squad St. Louis City 2 in 2022 along with several other future St. Louis players.[12]

On 20 February 2023, Bürki was named the club's captain.[13]

International career

Bürki played for Switzerland U-21 in the 2011 European Under-21 Championship.

In 2014, Bürki was first called up for Switzerland and was also in the squad for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. On 18 November 2014, he made his debut in a friendly match against Poland.[14] He was part of the squad for the 2016 European Championships, but never made it to any match.[15] Ultimately, his team was eliminated in the round of 16 away after losing 5–4 on penalties against Poland.[16]

He was included in Switzerland's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup.[17]

In 2018, Burki stated that he did not want to be called up to the Switzerland squad in order to focus on the 2018–19 season at Dortmund.[18]

Personal life

Bürki is the older brother of FC Thun defender Marco Bürki.[19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 October 2024[20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Thun (loan) 2009–10 Swiss Challenge League 4 0 2 0 – – 6 0
FC Schaffhausen (loan) 2009–10 Swiss Challenge League 9 0 0 0 – – 9 0
Young Boys 2010–11 Swiss Super League 2 0 0 0 2 0 – 4 0
Grasshoppers (loan) 2010–11 Swiss Super League 11 0 0 0 0 0 – 11 0
2011–12 Swiss Super League 31 0 0 0 – – 31 0
2012–13 Swiss Super League 34 0 4 0 – – 38 0
Total 76 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 80 0
Grasshoppers 2013–14 Swiss Super League 34 0 3 0 4 0 – 41 0
SC Freiburg 2014–15 Bundesliga 34 0 2 0 – – 36 0
Borussia Dortmund 2015–16 Bundesliga 33 0 6 0 3 0 – 42 0
2016–17 Bundesliga 27 0 4 0 8 0 1[b] 0 40 0
2017–18 Bundesliga 33 0 3 0 10 0 1[b] 0 47 0
2018–19 Bundesliga 32 0 1 0 7 0 – 40 0
2019–20 Bundesliga 31 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 39 0
2020–21 Bundesliga 19 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 24 0
2021–22 Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 176 0 15 0 40 0 2 0 233 0
St. Louis City 2 2022 MLS Next Pro 4 0 0 0 – 0 0 4 0
St. Louis City SC 2023 MLS 33 0 0 0 – 3[c] 0 36 0
2024 MLS 32 0 0 0 2 0 3[d] 0 37 0
Total 65 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 73 0
Career total 404 0 26 0 48 0 8 0 486 0
  1. ^ Includes Swiss Cup, DFB-Pokal
  2. ^ a b Appearance in DFL-Supercup
  3. ^ One appearance in Leagues Cup, two appearances in MLS Cup playoffs
  4. ^ Appearances in Leagues Cup

International

As of 22 June 2018[21]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Switzerland 2014 1 0
2015 3 0
2016 2 0
2017 1 0
2018 2 0
Total 9 0

Honours

Grasshoppers

Borussia Dortmund

St. Louis City SC

Individual

References

  1. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Roman Bürki". Borussia Dortmund. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Herzlich Willkommen, Roman Bürki!" (in German). SC Freiburg. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  4. ^ message
  5. ^ Dortmund získal švajčiarskeho brankára Bürkiho (in Slovak)
  6. ^ "Borussia Dortmund 4-0 Borussia Monchengladbach". BBC Sport. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Roman Bürki | Football Statistics | Form Guide | Squawka.com". www2.squawka.com. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Roman Bürki | Football Statistics | Form Guide | Squawka.com". www2.squawka.com. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Hamburger SV 0-3 Borussia Dortmund". BBC Sport. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  10. ^ "St. Louis CITY SC Signs Swiss Goalkeeper Roman Bürki From Bundesliga Club Borussia Dortmund". St. Louis City SC. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  11. ^ Hochman, Benjamin (16 February 2023). "Hochman: With goalie Roman Burki, City SC tries to 'catch up to his standard'". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  12. ^ Moore-Bloom, Arlo (18 November 2022). "St. Louis City SC celebrates new stadium as roster takes shape for MLS debut". Soccer America. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  13. ^ "Roman Bürki Named St. Louis CITY SC's First Captain". St. Louis City SC. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  14. ^ "Poland vs. Switzerland – 18 November 2014". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  15. ^ "Switzerland include three teenagers in final squad for Euro 2016". ESPN FC. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  16. ^ "Poland edge past Switzerland on penalties in EURO 2016 round of 16". 25 June 2016.
  17. ^ "2018 World Cup: Switzerland name Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri in squad". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  18. ^ "Roman Bürki: Im Nationalteam auf Standby". bvb.de.
  19. ^ "Bürki über die Beziehung zu Bruder Roman". SRF (in German). 14 November 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  20. ^ "R. Bürki". Soccerway.
  21. ^ "Roman Bürki". EU-Football.info. 24 June 2018.
  22. ^ "St. Louis CITY dominate Sporting KC to set another MLS record". Major League Soccer. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  23. ^ "2023 MLS Best XI presented by Continental Tire". Major League Soccer. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  24. ^ "2023 MLS All-Star Team Roster". Major League Soccer. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  25. ^ "St. Louis CITY's Roman Bürki named 2023 Allstate MLS Goalkeeper of the Year". Major League Soccer. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
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