Pascal Zuberbühler
Zuberbühler in 2007
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Pascal Zuberbühler | ||
| Date of birth | 8 January 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Frauenfeld, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1983–1992 | Frauenfeld | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1999 | Grasshoppers | 187 | (0) |
| 1999–2006 | FC Basel | 178 | (0) |
| 2000 | → FC Aarau (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | → Bayer Leverkusen (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | West Bromwich Albion | 15 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 51 | (0) |
| 2008–2011 | Fulham | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 446 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1994–2008 | Switzerland | 51 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2011 | Philippines (goalkeeper coach) | ||
| 2012 | Philippines (goalkeeper coach) | ||
| 2015 | Philippines (goalkeeper coach) | ||
| 2015– | Derby County (goalkeeper coach) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Pascal Zuberbühler (born 8 January 1971) is a Swiss former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently works as a goalkeeper coach for Derby County.
Born in Frauenfeld, Switzerland, Zuberbühler made 187 appearances for Grasshopper Club Zürich between 1991 and 1999, winning the Swiss Super League three times and the Swiss Cup once. He moved to FC Basel where he played 217 games, winning the Championship another three times & the Swiss Cup twice. He is famous for his saves in a 1–1 tie with Liverpool in a Champions League game. He also played 13 league games and five Champions League games for Bayer Leverkusen in the 2000–01 season.
He signed a two-year contract for West Bromwich Albion on a free transfer from Basel on 14 July 2006. His first appearance in an Albion shirt was in a friendly against Motherwell, where he earned praise from his manager Bryan Robson. He then kept a clean sheet on his competitive début as Albion beat Hull City 2–0 on 5 August 2006. However, he was generally not a success with the Baggies and was dropped straight from the first team by new manager Tony Mowbray after starting 15 games, apparently due to the fans' poor reaction to Zuberbühler, who would boo and sarcastically applaud him when he played. Mowbray made the Swiss keeper available for loan in November.
Zuberbühler returned to the first team after Russell Hoult was suspended, and responded by keeping a clean sheet in the 3–0 FA Cup win at rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers, but it proved to be his last game for the club. January transfer-window signing Dean Kiely immediately replaced Zuberbühler in the first team, and he felt this harmed his chances for Euro 2008, due to be held in his home country, Switzerland. In February 2007, he was told by West Brom that he was "surplus to requirements", and that they would not stand in his way should a club come in for him. He signed an 18-month contract at Swiss side Neuchatel Xamax, moving there on a free transfer.
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