Tranquillo Barnetta

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Tranquillo Barnetta
Personal information
Date of birth	May 22, 1985 (1985-05-22) (age 23)
Place of birth	St. Gallen, Switzerland
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Bayer Leverkusen
Number	7
Youth clubs
1991-1996 1996-2002	FC Rotmonten St. Gallen St. Gallen
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002–2004 2004–2005 2005–	St. Gallen Hannover 96 (loan) Bayer 04 Leverkusen	60 (12) 07 0(2) 93 (13)
National team2
2004–	Switzerland	32 0(6)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 17, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of May 20, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Tranquillo Barnetta (born 22 May 1985 in St. Gallen) is a Swiss football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Bayer Leverkusen. His father and mother are of italian origin. Barnetta grew up near by St. Gallen, Switzerland and has been playing for the Swiss national team since 2004.

Barnetta started his career with FC St. Gallen in Switzerland, but he was soon snapped up by the German side Leverkusen. He has also enjoyed a loan spell at Hannover 96.

He is a member of the Switzerland national team and was called up to the squad to participate in the 2006 World Cup, where his penalty hit the crossbar in the shootout with Ukraine in which Switzerland went out 0-3 on penalties. Earlier on, Barnetta had scored the second goal in Switzerland's group stage win over Togo. On July 4, Barnetta was named as one of the shortlisted players for the tournament's Best Young Player award.

[edit] External links

• barnettafan.ch - Tranquillo Barnetta's Official Fanshop (German)
• Leverkusen who's who
• Barnetta profile, on J1897.com
• Career statistics at fussballdaten.de (German)

v • d • e Switzerland squad - UEFA Euro 2004 1 Stiel • 2 Haas • 3 Berner • 4 Henchoz • 5 Murat Yakin • 6 Vogel • 7 Cabanas • 8 Wicky • 9 Frei • 10 Hakan Yakin • 11 Chapuisat • 12 Zuberbühler • 13 Zwyssig • 14 Magnin • 15 Gygax • 16 Celestini • 17 Spycher • 18 Huggel • 19 Barnetta • 20 Müller • 21 Rama • 22 Vonlanthen • 23 Roth • Coach: Kuhn

v • d • e 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 Hakan Yakin • 23 P. Degen • Coach: Kuhn

v • d • e Switzerland squad - UEFA Euro 2008 1 Benaglio • 2 Djourou • 3 Magnin • 4 Senderos • 5 Lichtsteiner • 6 Huggel • 7 Cabanas • 8 İnler • 9 Frei • 10 Hakan Yakin • 11 Streller • 12 Derdiyok • 13 Grichting • 14 Gygax • 15 G. Fernandes • 16 Barnetta • 17 Spycher • 18 Zuberbühler • 19 Behrami • 20 Müller • 21 Jakupović • 22 Vonlanthen • 23 P. Degen • Coach: Kuhn

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