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Steven Zuber
	Zuber with Switzerland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Steven Zuber
Date of birth	17 August 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Winterthur, Switzerland
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Winger, Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Zürich
Youth career
1997–1998	FC Wülflingen/Wiesendangen
1998–2001	FC Kollbrunn-Rikon
2001–2002	FC Turbenthal
2002–2006	Winterthur
2006–2008	Grasshopper
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2013	Grasshopper
2013–2014	CSKA Moscow
2014–2020	TSG Hoffenheim
2015–2016	→ TSG Hoffenheim II
2019	→ VfB Stuttgart (loan)
2020–2022	Eintracht Frankfurt
2021–2022	→ AEK Athens (loan)
2022–2024	AEK Athens
2024–	Zürich
International career‡
2007–2008	Switzerland U17
2008–2009	Switzerland U19
2010–2012	Switzerland U21
2012	Switzerland Olympic
2017–	Switzerland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:52, 11 December 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 July 2024

Steven Zuber (born 17 August 1991) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss Super League club Zürich and for the Switzerland national team. He has also been a youth international for Switzerland.

Early life

Steven Zuber was born on 17 August 1991 in Winterthur, Zürich, Switzerland to Walter and Susanne Zuber. He has five siblings: Melanie, Kevin, Severin, David, and Marvin.^[3] On 27 May 2015, he married his long-time girlfriend, Mirjana Vasović.^[4]

Club career

Grasshopper

Zuber made his first-team debut for Grasshopper on 12 July 2008 in the Intertoto Cup second round, second leg match against KS Besa, where he came on as an 83rd-minute substitute. On 3 August, he made his first Swiss Super League appearance in a 1–1 draw with Vaduz.

CSKA Moscow

On 5 July 2013, Zuber signed a five-year contract with Russian Premier League champions CSKA Moscow.^[5] He made his debut on 13 July against Zenit St. Petersburg in the 2013 Russian Super Cup, which CSKA won 3–0.^[6] He made his league debut four days later against Ural.^[7]

Hoffenheim

On 14 August 2014, Zuber moved to 1899 Hoffenheim^[8] on a four-year deal.^[9] On 25 January 2017, he extended his contract until 2020.^[10]

VfB Stuttgart

On 9 January 2019, Zuber was loaned out to VfB Stuttgart until the end of the season.^[11]

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 4 August 2020, Zuber joined Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt, with Mijat Gaćinović going the other way as part of a swap deal.^[12] He signed a 3-year contract.

AEK Athens

On 30 August 2021 he signed a long-season contract with Superleague Greece club AEK Athens on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt.^[13] After 130 appearances in the German Bundesliga, Zuber moves to a new league after he has already played football in his home country and Russia. For the left midfielder, the Greek capital club will be the sixth in his professional career.^[14]

The deal between the two clubs includes a buy-out option in the region of €2,000,000, while Zuber will sign a three-year contract, should AEK choose to exercise it.^[15]

On 6 May 2022, AEK activated the buy-out clause of the Swiss player and along with that, the three-year contract was signed. Zuber was a key figure in helping AEK win the Greek Superleague title scoring 8 goals in 28 matches.

International career

A member of the 2007–08 Switzerland U-17 squad, he was named as a reserve for the UEFA U-17 Championship held in May 2008. Zuber was a member of the Switzerland national team that participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.^[3] On 17 March 2017, he was called into camp for the Switzerland team.^[16]

He was included in the national team's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.^[17] He started the first 2 group games against Brazil and Serbia, scoring the tying goal in a 1–1 draw with Brazil in their first group match. He started their round of 16 match against Sweden as they lost 1-0 and fell out of the tournament.

In May 2019, he played in 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals, where his team finished 4th.^[18]

Zuber was included in Switzerland's UEFA Euro 2020 squad.^[19] He played an important role in Switzerland's victory over France in the round of 16, providing an assist and winning a penalty. He also finished the tournament as the assist leader with 4.^[20]

He missed the 2022 FIFA World Cup due to injury.^[21] Despite returning to full fitness, he played just one international game throughout 2023, coming on in the final 30 minutes against Andorra on 16 June 2023.

He was selected for Switzerland's 38-man preliminary squad for the UEFA Euro 2024.^[22] During the preparation for the main tournament, he scored the opening goal from long distance in a friendly win against Estonia.^[23]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 May 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Grasshopper	2008–09	Swiss Super League	10	0	1	0	5	1	—		16	1
	2009–10		20	5	0	0	—		—		20	5
	2010–11		34	4	3	6	2^[b]	0	—		39	10
	2011–12		31	8	4	2	—		—		35	10
	2012–13		32	6	4	1	—		—		36	7
	Total		127	23	12	9	7	1	—		146	33
CSKA Moscow	2013–14	Russian Premier League	27	1	3	0	6^[c]	0	1^[d]	0	37	1
	2014–15	Russian Premier League	2	0	—		—		1^[d]	0	3	0
	Total		29	1	3	0	6	0	2	0	40	1
Hoffenheim	2014–15	Bundesliga	17	0	4	0	—		—		21	0
	2015–16		12	2	0	0	—		—		12	2
	2016–17		24	4	2	0	—		—		26	4
	2017–18		20	1	1	0	6^[e]	0	—		27	1
	2018–19		8	0	1	0	3^[c]	1	—		12	1
	2019–20		14	2	2	0	—		—		16	2
	Total		95	9	10	0	9	1	—		114	10
Stuttgart (loan)	2018–19	Bundesliga	15	5	—		—		—		15	5
Eintracht Frankfurt	2020–21		20	0	2	0	—		—		22	0
	2021–22		0	0	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	Total		20	0	3	0	0	0	—		23	0
AEK Athens (loan)	2021–22	Super League Greece	35	8	3	0	—		—		38	8
AEK Athens	2022–23		28	8	6	0	—		—		34	8
	2023–24		31	7	2	0	9^[f]	1	—		42	8
	2024–25		3	1	1	0	1^[g]	0	—		5	1
	Total		97	24	12	0	10	1	—		119	25
Career total			383	62	40	9	32	3	2	0	457	74

^ Includes Swiss Cup, Russian Cup, DFB-Pokal, Greek Cup
^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
^ ^a ^b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
^ ^a ^b Appearance in Russian Super Cup
^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
^ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 6 July 2024^[24]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Switzerland	2017	8	2
	2018	13	3
	2019	4	1
	2020	7	0
	2021	14	4
	2022	5	0
	2023	1	0
	2024	4	1
Total		56	11

Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.^[25]

List of international goals scored by Steven Zuber
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	7 October 2017	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Hungary	3–0	5–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	7 October 2017	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Hungary	4–0	5–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	27 March 2018	Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland	Panama	4–0	6–0	Friendly
4	17 June 2018	Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don, Russia	Brazil	1–1	1–1	2018 FIFA World Cup
5	8 September 2018	Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland	Iceland	1–0	6–0	2018–19 UEFA Nations League A
6	23 March 2019	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia	Georgia	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
7	25 March 2021	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Bulgaria	3–0	3–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	30 May 2021	Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland	United States	2–1	2–1	Friendly
9	1 September 2021	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Greece	1–0	2–1	Friendly
10	9 October 2021	Stade de Genève, Lancy, Switzerland	Northern Ireland	1–0	2–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
11	4 June 2024	Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland	Estonia	1–0	4–0	Friendly