Roman Bürki


Roman Bürki is a Swiss professional footballer, who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Borussia Dortmund and the Swiss national football team. Before that Bürki was part of the winning squad of Grasshoppers that beat FC Basel 4–3 on a penalty shootout in the Swiss Cup 2013 final.

Personal life

He is the older brother of FC Luzern defender Marco Bürki.

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.
For 2014–15 Bundesliga season he succeeded Oliver Baumann as number one goalkeeper. 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. He made his formal debut for the team on 15 August 2015, in a 4–0 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach. He kept 12 clean sheets for Dortmund in the league, making 33 appearances. In the 2016–17 season, he made 27 league appearances, keeping 9 clean sheets.
In the 2017–18 season, Bürki became the first goalkeeper to keep five clean sheets in the first five Bundesliga games.

International career

Roman Bürki played for Switzerland U-21 in the 2011 European Under-21 Championship.
In 2014, he 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. He was included in the Swiss 23 man squad for the 2018 World Cup.
In 2018, Burki stated that he didn’t want to be called up to the Switzerland squad in order to focus on the 2018–19 season at Dortmund.

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Honours

Grasshopper Club Zürich
Borussia Dortmund