should have better stayed in Switzerland from the beginning... he is out at least 6months means till the end of the year more or less hope Streller and Derdyiok stay in the country...
Although some players make it (Barnetta, Lichsteiner, Behrami) right away I would advise any 21 year old (or younger) player to stay in Switzerland a few years. Look att Vonlanthen, Esteban, Ziegler, Zambrella, Bühler, Dzemaili, Mota, Elmer and also Senderos, the Schwegler brothers, Djourou and Chiumiento to some extent.
I think that we cannot compare Esteban with dzemaili, vonlanthen or Ziegler, because he never used to play in the NLA before leaving Switzerland... but we can however consider that a lot of the above-mentioned players are a big waste
Forgot about this one. Nkufo scored two goals against Ajax in the Dutch CL playoffs. Now if only he could do the same for the Nati...
Frei had a funny goal: http://video.google.com/videosearch...ent=opera&rls=en&ndsp=20&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iv
the current list. any updates or mistakes, let me know GERMANY 1. Bundesliga: Dortmund: Alex Frei (A) Eintracht Frankfurt: Christoph Spycher (A) Leverkusen: Tranquillo Barnetta (A), Pirmin Schwegler (U-21) VfB Stuttgart: Ludovic Magnin (A) Hannover 96: Mario Eggimann (A) Hertha BSC: Fabian Lustenberger, Steve von Bergen (A) Wolfsburg: Diego Benaglio (A) 2. Bundesliga: MSV: Duisburg: Marcel Herzog FC Carl Zeiss Jena: Hervé Bochud (CH/F) lower divisions: SC Victoria Hamburg: Roger Stilz (CH/D) SV Untermenzing (Kreisliga): Reto Buchner RW Erfurt (Regionalliga Nord): Albert Bunjaku (CH/ALB) Wacker Burghausen (Regionalliga Süd): Satilmis Dilaver (CH/TR) SC Freiburg II (Oberliga): Raphael Mollet (U-19) Freiburg U-19: Ludovic Mathys (U-19), Hrvoje Bukovski (U-18, CH-CRO) Werder Bremen II (Regionalliga Nord): Kevin Fickentscher (CH/E, U-19) RW Essen (Regionalliga-Nord): Daniel Sereinig (CH/A) SV Walbeck: Joshua Claringbold (U-18) VfL Aalen (Regionalliga Süd): Patrick Bader 1.FC Kaiserslautern U-23 (Oberliga Südwest): Julien Jemmely Erzgebirge Aue: Dusan Pavlovic ITALY Serie A: Lazio: Valon Behrami (A) Udinese: Gökhan Inler (A), Igor Djuric (CH/SERB, U-19) Sampdoria: Reto Ziegler (A), Jonathan Rossini (U-19) Cagliari Calcio: Rijat Shala (CH/Serbia) AS Roma: Daniel Unal (U-19, on loan from Bellinzona) Serie B: Brescia (playoff for Serie A): Fabrizio Zambrella (U-21, I/CH), Gaetano Berardi (U-19, I/CH) Piacenza: Marco Padalino (CH/I), Alain Nef, Alessandro Ciarrocchi (U-19) Rimini: Migjen Basha (U-19, CH/Kosovo, on loan from Lucchese) US Lecce (playoff for Serie A): Frank Feltscher AS Bari: Mijat Maric Serie C: Spal (C2, B): David Sesa Sansovino (C2, B): Giuseppe Perrone Prato (C2, B): Daniel Panizzolo (U-19) Crotone (C1, B): Simone Fumasoli Cesena: Stefano Botta (CH/I, on loan from Genoa) FRANCE Ligue1: Auxerre: Stéphane Grichting (A), Jonathan Gagnoud (CH/F) Lille: Stephan Lichtsteiner (A) Rennes: Julian Esteban (U-21) Ligue2: Bastia: Phillipe Gigon (U-19) Metz: Daniel Gygax (A) Guingamp: Eduardo dos Santos (BRA, applied for Swiss passport) others: Julien Bessiene (U-18) ENGLAND Premiership: Arsenal: Phillippe Senderos (A), Johan Djourou (A) Aston Villa reserves: Yago Bellon (U-19), Damian Bellon (U-19) Blackburn Rovers: Johann Vogel Bolton Wanderers: Blerim Dzemaili (A) Manchester City: Gelson Fernandes (A) Portsmouth: Danijel Subotic (U-19, CH/BOS) Liverpool: Philipp Degen (A) Liverpool youth: Pajtim Kasami (U-16) UniBond First Division North: Curzen Ashton FC: Xavier Riedo Guernsey: St. Martins AC: Daniel Good Wales: TNS: Matthew Davies (U-18) SPAIN: Getafe: Fabio Celestini (A) Osasuna: Xavier Margairaz (A) Levante: Alexander Geijo (E/CH) Racing Santander: Fabio Coltorti (A) UD Lanzarote (segunda division B): Rodolfo Barriocanal Hoorn (E/CH) Netherlands: Twente: Blaise NKufo (A) BV Veendam: Guilherme Afonso (CH/Angola) De Grafschaap: Stephan Keller Sparta Rotterdam: Kim Jaggy (CH/HAITI) Turkey: Genclerbirligi: Ugur Dogru (CH/TR) Austria: Austria Salzburg: Remo Meyer, Johan Vonlanthen (A) FC Blau-Weiss Feldkirch: Mathias Barandun (CH/A) Canada: National TTC, Ontario: Kevin Plange (U-18) Belgium: Couillet: Jean-Pierre La Placa St-Truidense: Mario Cantaluppi South Africa: Moroka Swallows: Björn Gugger (CH/SA) US: Chivas: Raphael Wicky San José Frogs: Stefan Frei Julien Reinhard Israel: Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv: Selver Hodzic (CH/BOS) Maccabi Petach Tikva: Nenad Savic (CH/SRB) Czech Republic: Slovan Liberec: Diego Lattmann Kongo: AS Vita Club Kinshasa: Badile Lubamba (CH/CON) Cyprus: Enosis Neon Paralimni: Henri Siqueira-Barras (CH/BRA) Argentina: Belgrano de Cordoba: Leandro Ryser (RA/CH) Brazil: Youth Team Gremio Porto Alegre: Diego Dutra (BRA/CH) Youth Team Internacional: Diego Duran de Assis Moreira (BRA) Japan J-League: Jef United: Tomi Shimomura (JPN/CH) Vegalta Sendai: Junnosuke Schneider (JPN/CH) Serbia: FK Sevojno Uzice: Srdjan Maksimovic (CH/SRB) Bosnia: Modrica Maksima: Slavisa Dugic (CH/BOS) out of contract (former clubs): David Pallas (Bochum) Remo Buess (Queensland) Gaetano Giallanza (Darlington) Admir Bilibani (Larnaca(CH/BOS)) > evtl. Baulmes unknown status: Benjamin Engler (Juve youth) Henchoz, Berner (Blackburn) Ryan Wuest (Kaizer Chiefs) Lyon: Patrick Müller (A) swiss nationals abroad, but tied to other countries: Fiorentina: Zdravko Kuzmanovic (tied to Serbia) Dortmund: Mladen Petric (tied to Croatia) Bochum: Daniel Imhof (tied to Canada) Gladbach: Olivier Neuville (tied to Germany) 1. FC Köln: Mitreski (tied to Macedonia) Sportfreunde Siegen (Regionalliga Süd): Christian Okpala (tied to Nigeria) Heart of Midlothian: José Gonçalves (tied to Portugal) Schalke 04: Ivan Rakitic (tied to Croatia) Trabzonspor: Ferhat Cökmüs (tied to Turkey) Norrköping: Feliciano Magro (tied to Italy) swiss coaches abroad: Hertha BSC: Lucien Favre Bochum: Marcel Koller Club Sportif Sfaxien: Michel Decastel other talents from the swiss abroad camp: Dylan Burri Elton Dias Elmer Matthew Charles Amstad Axel Landolt: Playa del Carmen [México] Rafael José Aviles Escobar
Brescia and Lecce with 1-0 victories in the first leg of the playoffs, so 3 swiss players a step closer to Serie A
Would like to see Brescia get the last promotion spot as I think Zambrella is more ripe for the Serie A than Feltscher. Berardi should probably get loaned out should Brescia get promoted.
ALBINOLEFFE go to the finals thanks to the better classification in the regular season. Zambrella missed the biggest chance to equalize.
some more talents moving abroad... the list is getting longer and longer, although a few players have returned to Switzerland GERMANY (27) 1. Bundesliga: Dortmund: Alex Frei (A) Eintracht Frankfurt: Christoph Spycher (A) Leverkusen: Tranquillo Barnetta (A), Pirmin Schwegler (U-21) VfB Stuttgart: Ludovic Magnin (A) Hannover 96: Mario Eggimann (A) new Hertha BSC: Fabian Lustenberger, Steve von Bergen (A) Wolfsburg: Diego Benaglio (A) 2. Bundesliga: MSV: Duisburg: Marcel Herzog FC Carl Zeiss Jena: Hervé Bochud (CH/F) new lower divisions: SC Victoria Hamburg: Roger Stilz (CH/D) SV Untermenzing (Kreisliga): Reto Buchner RW Erfurt (Regionalliga Nord): Albert Bunjaku (CH/ALB) Wacker Burghausen (Regionalliga Süd): Satilmis Dilaver (CH/TR) SC Freiburg II (Oberliga): Raphael Mollet (U-20), Phillip Borer (CH?/D) new Freiburg U-19:Ludovic Mathys (U-19),Hrvoje Bukovski (U-18,CH/CRO),Anton Begic (CH/CRO)new Freiburg Jugend: Adao Joaquim (U-16) new, Evan Molingo Melo (U-15) new Werder Bremen II (Regionalliga Nord): Kevin Fickentscher (CH/E, U-20) SV Walbeck: Joshua Claringbold (U-18) VfL Aalen (Regionalliga Süd): Patrick Bader new 1.FC Kaiserslautern U-23 (Oberliga Südwest): Julien Jemmely (U-21) Chemnitzer FC U-19: Christopher Nussbaum new ITALY (22) Serie A: Lazio: Valon Behrami (A) Udinese: Gökhan Inler (A), Igor Djuric (CH/SERB, U-19) Sampdoria: Reto Ziegler (A), Jonathan Rossini (U-19) Cagliari Calcio: Rijat Shala (CH/Serbia) AS Roma: Daniel Unal (U-19, on loan from Bellinzona) Chievo Verona: Philippe Montandon new AC Milan primavera: Simone Malacarne (CH/I) new Genoa youth: Mirko Martucci (I/CH) new Serie B: Brescia: Fabrizio Zambrella (U-21, I/CH), Gaetano Berardi (U-19, I/CH) Piacenza: Marco Padalino (CH/I), Alain Nef, Alessandro Ciarrocchi (U-19) Rimini: Migjen Basha (U-19, CH/Kosovo) US Lecce (playoff for Serie A): Frank Feltscher new AS Bari: Mijat Maric new Serie C: Spal (C2, B): David Sesa Sansovino (C2, B): Giuseppe Perrone Prato (C2, B): Daniel Panizzolo (U-19) Crotone (C1, B): Simone Fumasoli Cesena: Stefano Botta (CH/I, on loan from Genoa) FRANCE (11) Ligue1: Auxerre: Stéphane Grichting (A), Jonathan Gagnoud (CH/F) Lille: Stephan Lichtsteiner (A) Rennes: Julian Esteban (U-21) AS Monaco: Bigambo Rochat (U-17) new, Matteo Fedele (U-16) new Lyon youth: Julien Bessiene (U-18) Ligue2: Bastia: Phillipe Gigon (U-19) Metz: Daniel Gygax (A) Guingamp: Eduardo dos Santos (BRA, applied for Swiss passport) others: La Roche Vendée: Nicolas Paillex (U-15) new ENGLAND (13) Premiership: Arsenal: Phillippe Senderos (A), Johan Djourou (A) Aston Villa reserves: Yago Bellon (U-19), Damian Bellon (U-19) Blackburn Rovers: Johann Vogel Bolton Wanderers: Blerim Dzemaili (A) Manchester City: Gelson Fernandes (A), Frederic Veseli (U-17) new Portsmouth: Danijel Subotic (U-19, CH/BOS) Liverpool: Philipp Degen (A) new Liverpool youth: Pajtim Kasami (U-16) UniBond First Division North: Curzen Ashton FC: Xavier Riedo Guernsey: St. Martins AC: Daniel Good Scotland: Dundee United: Mihael Kovacevic new Wales: TNS: Matthew Davies (U-18) SPAIN: Getafe: Fabio Celestini (A) Osasuna: Xavier Margairaz (A) Racing Santander: Fabio Coltorti (A) Levante: Alexander Geijo (E/CH) UD Lanzarote (segunda division B): Rodolfo Barriocanal Hoorn (E/CH) Netherlands: Twente: Blaise NKufo (A) BV Veendam: Guilherme Afonso (CH/Angola) De Grafschaap: Stephan Keller Sparta Rotterdam: Kim Jaggy (CH/HAITI) Turkey: Genclerbirligi: Ugur Dogru (CH/TR) Austria: Austria Salzburg: Remo Meyer, Johan Vonlanthen (A) FC Blau-Weiss Feldkirch: Mathias Barandun (CH/A) SC Rheindorf Altach: Daniel Sereinig (CH/A) new Canada: National TTC, Ontario: Kevin Plange (U-18) Belgium: Couillet: Jean-Pierre La Placa St-Truidense: Mario Cantaluppi South Africa: Moroka Swallows: Björn Gugger (CH/SA) US: Chivas: Raphael Wicky San José Frogs: Stefan Frei Julien Reinhard Israel: Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv: Selver Hodzic (CH/BOS) Maccabi Petach Tikva: Nenad Savic (CH/SRB) Czech Republic: Slovan Liberec: Diego Lattmann Kongo: AS Vita Club Kinshasa: Badile Lubamba (CH/CON) Argentina: Belgrano de Cordoba: Leandro Ryser (RA/CH) Brazil: Youth Team Gremio Porto Alegre: Diego Dutra (BRA/CH) Youth Team Internacional: Diego Duran de Assis Moreira (BRA) Japan J-League: Jef United: Tomi Shimomura (JPN/CH) Vegalta Sendai: Junnosuke Schneider (JPN/CH) Serbia: FK Sevojno Uzice: Srdjan Maksimovic (CH/SRB) Bosnia: Modrica Maksima: Slavisa Dugic (CH/BOS) out of contract (former clubs): David Pallas (Bochum) Remo Buess (Queensland) Gaetano Giallanza (Darlington) unknown status: Benjamin Engler (Juve youth) Henchoz, Berner (Blackburn) Ryan Wuest (Kaizer Chiefs) Patrick Müller ((A), Lyon) Dusan Pavlovic (CH/SRB, Erzgebirge Aue) swiss nationals abroad, but tied to other countries: Fiorentina: Zdravko Kuzmanovic (tied to Serbia) Dortmund: Mladen Petric (tied to Croatia) Bochum: Daniel Imhof (tied to Canada) Gladbach: Olivier Neuville (tied to Germany) 1. FC Köln: Mitreski (tied to Macedonia) Sportfreunde Siegen (Regionalliga Süd): Christian Okpala (tied to Nigeria) Heart of Midlothian: José Gonçalves (tied to Portugal) Schalke 04: Ivan Rakitic (tied to Croatia) Trabzonspor: Ferhat Cökmüs (tied to Turkey) Norrköping: Feliciano Magro (tied to Italy) swiss coaches abroad: Hertha BSC: Lucien Favre Bochum: Marcel Koller Club Sportif Sfaxien: Michel Decastel other talents from the swiss abroad camp: Dylan Burri Elton Dias Elmer Matthew Charles Amstad Axel Landolt: Playa del Carmen [México] Rafael José Aviles Escobar
Feltschers Lecce in Serie A after a 1-1 in the final playoff match and Cesena of course played in Serie B this season, sorry Stefano Marco Padalino is rumoured at Sampdoria