Christoph Spycher (born 30 March 1978) is Swiss former professional footballer who played as a left-back. Spycher is chief sports officer of BSC Young Boys.

Career

Born in Wolhusen, Spycher played for Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga for five years, mainly as a full-back.

Christoph Spycher

He had a trial with Rangers FC in June 2004.

Christoph Spycher

In the 2007–08 season he was vice captain at Eintracht. He was appointed captain of the team in July 2009. In May 2010, it was reported that he joined BSC Young Boys.

Christoph Spycher

International career

He represented the national team at 2008 UEFA Euro, where the team showed good performance in the tournament, achieving the best result at the time.

On 18 May 2010, Spycher was forced to pull out of Switzerland's 2010 FIFA World Cup squad because of a knee injury and also retired from international football.

Honours

Grasshopper Club Zürich

Nationalliga A: 2002–03

Eintracht Frankfurt

DFB-Pokal runner-up: 2005–06

References

External links

Christoph Spycher at eintracht-archiv.de

1978 births

Living people

Swiss men's footballers

Switzerland men's international footballers

Swiss expatriate men's footballers

Men's association football fullbacks

Swiss Super League players

Bundesliga players

FC Luzern players

Grasshopper Club Zürich players

Eintracht Frankfurt players

BSC Young Boys players

UEFA Euro 2004 players

2006 FIFA World Cup players

UEFA Euro 2008 players

Expatriate men's footballers in Germany

Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany

FC Münsingen players

Footballers from the canton of Lucerne

People from Wolhusen