Roman Bürki

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Roman Bürki
Bürki with Switzerland in 2015
Personal information
Full name Roman Bürki[1]
Date of birth (1990-11-14) 14 November 1990 (age 33)
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 39 (0)
International career‡
2011–2012 Switzerland U21 12 (0)
2014–2018 Switzerland 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 March 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[edit]

Switzerland[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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 SC 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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 30 March 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 31 0 0 0 – – 31 0
2012–13 34 0 4 0 – – 38 0
Grasshoppers 2013–14 34 0 3 0 4 0 – 41 0
Total 110 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 117 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 27 0 4 0 8 0 1[b] 0 40 0
2017–18 33 0 3 0 10 0 1[b] 0 47 0
2018–19 32 0 1 0 7 0 – 40 0
2019–20 31 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 39 0
2020–21 19 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 24 0
2021–22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 176 0 15 0 40 0 2 0 233 0
St. Louis City SC 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 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 0
Total 39 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 44 0
Career total 378 0 26 0 48 0 5 0 457 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

International[edit]

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[edit]

Grasshoppers

Borussia Dortmund

Individual

References[edit]

  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
  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. ^ "2023 MLS Best XI presented by Continental Tire". Major League Soccer. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  23. ^ "2023 MLS All-Star Team Roster". Major League Soccer. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  24. ^ "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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