Pascal Zuberbühler

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Personal information
Pascal Zuberbühler
Full name	Pascal Zuberbühler
Date of birth	January 8, 1971 (age 35)
Place of birth	Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Height	1.97 m
Nickname	Zubi
Position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	West Bromwich Albion
Number	1
Youth clubs
1983-92	Frauenfeld
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1992-99 2000 2000-01 1999-2006 2006-	Grasshoppers FC Aarau (loan) Bayer Leverkusen (loan) FC Basel West Bromwich Albion	187 (0) 2 (0) 13 (0) 178 (0) 15 (0)
National team**
1994-	Switzerland	44 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:31, 4 November 2006 (UTC). ** National team caps and goals correct as of June 26, 2006.

Pascal Zuberbühler (born January 8, 1971 in Frauenfeld) is a Swiss football (soccer) goalkeeper who currently plays for English Championship side West Bromwich Albion.Since joining Albion in the summer he has been given the nickname zuberhowler after some highly criticised performances.

Zuberbühler made 187 appearances for Grasshopper Zürich between 1991 and 1999 winning the Swiss Championship 3 times and the Swiss Cup once. He moved to FC Basel for whom he played 217 games, winning the Championship another 3 times & the Swiss Cup twice. He also played 13 league games and 5 Champions League games for Bayer Leverkusen in 2000-01.

He signed a two-year contract for West Brom on a free transfer from Basel on 14 July 2006.The signing was made on the strength of a "Best Of Zubi" video that had been sent to then manager Bryan Robson.

Zuberbühler has been capped 44 times by Switzerland and was a member of the Swiss squad for Euro 2004 and also the squad for World Cup 2006. Despite having received criticism in the run-up to the 2006 tournament, particularly his handling of crosses, he did not concede a goal in nearly 400 minutes of football as his team lost in the last 16 on penalties against Ukraine. Switzerland remained the only team in the whole tournament not to concede a goal in normal time.

[edit] Honours

Swiss Championship Winner 1995, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2005

Swiss Cup Winner 1994, 2002, 2003

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	Switzerland squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Zuberbühler \| 2 Djourou \| 3 Magnin \| 4 Senderos \| 5 Margairaz \| 6 Vogel \| 7 Cabanas \| 8 Wicky \| 9 Frei \| 10 Gygax \| 11 Streller \| 12 Benaglio \| 13 Grichting \| 14 D. Degen \| 15 Džemaili \| 16 Barnetta \| 17 Spycher \| 18 Lustrinelli \| 19 Behrami \| 20 Müller \| 21 Coltorti \| 22 Yakın \| 23 P. Degen \| Coach: Kuhn

West Bromwich Albion F.C. - Current Squad
1 Zuberbühler \| 2 Watson \| 3 Robinson \| 4 Perry \| 5 Clement \| 6 Davies \| 7 Quashie \| 8 Greening \| 9 Ellington \| 10 Hartson \| 11 Gera \| 12 Chaplow \| 13 Steele \| 14 Albrechtsen \| 15 Kamara \| 17 Carter \| 18 Gaardsøe \| 19 Koumas \| 20 McShane \| 21 Phillips \| 23 Forsyth \| 25 Hoult \| 27 Elvins \| 28 Hodgkiss \| 30 Daniels \| 33 Nardiello \| Manager: Mowbray