| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Scott Lee Sutter | ||
| Date of birth | 13 May 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Enfield, London, England | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Young Boys | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–1998 | Millwall | ||
| 1998–2000 | Barnet | ||
| 2000–2002 | Aston Villa | ||
| 2002–2003 | Charlton Athletic | ||
| 2003–2004 | Grasshopper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004–2009 | Grasshopper | 59 | (2) |
| 2009– | Young Boys | 73 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2006 | Switzerland U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2010– | Switzerland | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Scott Lee Sutter (born 13 May 1986) is a Swiss-English footballer who plays as a right-back for Swiss Super League club BSC Young Boys and the Switzerland national team. Previously, he played for Grasshopper Zürich and has represented Switzerland at the under-21 level.
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Sutter was born in Enfield, and grew up in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire where his family still live. Sutter is the son of an English mother of Polish descent[1] and a Swiss father. He attended Chancellor's School in Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire and was a childhood fan of Tottenham Hotspur.[2]
Sutter moved to Switzerland in 2002 aged 16 to join Grasshopper Club Zürich. After one year in the U18s and U21s he was called up to the main squad. His first game came aged 18 against Neuchâtel Xamax. He established himself as a first team regular and played in over 80 games including UEFA Cup qualification and group stages in the last two years. At the start of the 2007–08 season Sutter sustained a serious injury to his right ankle and underwent an operation which was successful.[3]
In June 2009 Sutter moved to Young Boys from Grasshopper, signing a contract until June 2012. He scored his first goal for the Bern club on 29 October 2009, in a 7–1 away league victory over Bellinzona.[2] He made appearances for Young Boys in the 2010-11 UEFA Champions League, against Fenerbahçe and Tottenham Hotspur.[4][5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other[nb 1] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Grasshopper | 2004–05 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 5 | |
| 2007–08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2008–09 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 59 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 78 | 5 | |
| Young Boys | 2009–10 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | |
| 2010–11 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | — | 45 | 2 | ||
| 2011–12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| Total | 73 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 5 | — | 97 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 132 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 175 | 8 | |
Statistics accurate as of match played 19 November 2011[3][6]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2010 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
In the autumn of 2006 Sutter stated that he no longer wished to be considered for selection for the Swiss national side as he wanted to play for England; "It hit me when I was in a bar supporting England with all my mates, wearing my England shirt and I knew that the next week I was going to be playing for Switzerland. It just didn't feel right. I was English".[8] However, in August 2010 he was selected for the Swiss squad[9] and earned his first full cap as a substitute in a 0-0 draw with Australia after replacing Stephan Lichtsteiner in the 46th minute on 3 September 2010.[10] "Switzerland has given me so much," Sutter said explaining the decision to play for the Swiss national team. "I went through so much with my injury and they gave me the opportunity to play. I would be stupid to turn it down because at one point I didn't think I would play football again. Switzerland is my home but it is also out of gratitude. It is my way of giving something back."[11]
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