Tranquillo Barnetta
Barnetta with Switzerland in 2006
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| Full name | Tranquillo Barnetta | |||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 May 1985 | |||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | St. Gallen, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||
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Current team
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St. Gallen | |||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1996 | FC Rotmonten St. Gallen | |||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2002 | St. Gallen | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | St. Gallen | 60 | (15) | |||||||||||||||
| 2004–2012 | Bayer Leverkusen | 187 | (23) | |||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | → Hannover 96 (loan) | 7 | (2) | |||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Schalke 04 | 44 | (3) | |||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | → Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) | 22 | (1) | |||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Philadelphia Union | 40 | (6) | |||||||||||||||
| 2017– | St. Gallen | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
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| 2004– | Switzerland | 75 | (10) | |||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 November 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 December 2014 |
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Tranquillo Barnetta (Italian pronunciation: [traŋˈkwillo barˈnetta]; born 22 May 1985) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for St. Gallen. He usually plays out wide as a left winger but can also play in the centre as an attacking midfielder, or even in a more withdrawn role as a central midfielder. Barnetta is known for his "extreme pace, mobility and creativity". Prior to moving to the MLS, Barnetta played football for several Swiss and German clubs. At international level, he has amassed 75 caps for the Swiss national team, representing his nation in three FIFA World Cups, and two UEFA European Football Championships.
Barnetta started his career with St. Gallen in his hometown but was soon snapped up by German side Bayer Leverkusen in January 2004. During his first season at Bayer, he had a loan spell at Hannover 96, returning to Bayer in March 2005.
After a good showing at the World Cup in Germany, Barnetta became a regular in the Bayer squad. The 2008–09 season was one to forget for him, after Bayer finished two places lower than the previous season and his goals tally dropped slightly. During the summer transfer window, he was linked with a move away from Bayer as his place in the squad seemed under threat from loanee Toni Kroos. Barnetta regained his good form in the 2009–10 season, scoring a brace in only his second league game of the season and contributing to Bayer's unbeaten run for the entire first half of the season. In the 2013–14 season, Barnetta had a season long loan spell at Eintracht Frankfurt, returning to Schalke 04 in June 2014 whom he signed for at the end of the 2011–12 season.
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