Jayson Leutwiler
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jayson Leutwiler[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 April 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Middlesbrough | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2002 | FC Cornaux | ||
| 2002–2005 | Neuchâtel Xamax | ||
| 2005–2007 | FC Basel | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2005–2009 | Basel U-21 | 47 | (0) |
| 2007–2012 | Basel | 0 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Concordia Basel (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2009-2010 | → Yverdon-Sport (loan) | 30 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Wohlen (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2012 | → FC Schaffhausen (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2012– | Middlesbrough | 1 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005 | Switzerland U-16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2006 | Switzerland U-17 | 0 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Switzerland U-18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2008 | Switzerland U-19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Switzerland U-20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2009 | Switzerland U-21 | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:31, 10 August 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Jayson Leutwiler (born 25 April 1989) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Middlesbrough.
Club career
Leutwiler started his children's football with the local club in Cornaux. In 2002 he moved to the youth system of Neuchâtel Xamax and stayed there until 2005.
Playing in the U-18 and U-21 teams, Leutwiler came through the ranks at FC Basel, but because Yann Sommer was first choice goalkeeper in front of him, Leutwiler was sent on loan at FC Concordia Basel in 2007, where he was more likely to get first-team football. At just 18 years of age he had much improving to do and his season-long loan spell at Concordia would have helped him mature as a footballer. However after only 4 games FC Basel cancelled the loan and took Leutwiler back as their first team third-choice goalkeeper because the transfer of Riccardo Meili fell through.
After two further seasons on the bench with the Basel first team squad and a number of appearances in the reserve team, Leutwiler was loaned out to Yverdon-Sport for the season 2009/10. The following season he was loaned to FC Wohlen, but here he was unable to hold the first goalkeeper position, therefore he returned to Basel.[2] During the second half of the 2010/11 and the first half of the season 2011/12 he played for the Basel U-21 team again. On 27 January 2012 it was announced that he would be loaned out to FC Schaffhausen until the end of the season.
On 14 August 2012 it was announced that Leutwiler joined Middlesbrough.[3] Leutwiler made his debut in a 3-1 win away at Preston in the league cup third round, in which some of his late saves were described as 'Amazing' by BBC Tees commentator Ali Brownlee.
Leutwiler got his second competitive start for Boro in a 2-1 defeat to Accrington Stanley at home in the first round of the Capital One Cup. He made his league debut in the 1-0 victory over Charlton after being brought on as a substitute.
International career
Leutwiler played twice for the Swiss U-16 team, his debut being in the 2-1 home win against the Czech Republic U-16 team on 26 April 2005. He also played for the Switzerland U-18 team on 18 October 2006 in the 4-5 away defeat against Slovakia U-18. Leutwiler was nominated for the Swiss national U-20 squad four times, playing three times. He gave his debut on 10 September 2008 in the 5-2 home win against Italy U-20 in the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia in Como.[4] His last appearance was against the same opposition on 20 May 2010 as the Swiss lost 4-1. He was also called up for the Swiss U-21 team, but remained on the bench in all three occasions.
Titles and honours
Basel
References
- ↑ "Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 18 May 2013. p. 20. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2011). "Torhüter Leutwiler zurück zur FCB-U21". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2011-01-26. (German)
- ↑ "Boro seal keeper deal, Leutwiler joins from Basel". skysports.com. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
- ↑ "Match Telegram". Schweizerischer Fussballverband. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Zwei weitere Titel für FCB-Nachwuchs". FC Basel 1893. 2006. Retrieved 2006-06-18. (German)
External links
- Profile at FC Basel (German)
- Profile at Swiss Football League Website (German)
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