Joel Untersee
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joel Untersee | ||
| Date of birth | 11 February 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | FC Vaduz (on loan from Juventus) | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2010 | FC Zürich | ||
| 2010-2011 | Juventus | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2011– | Juventus | 0 | (0) |
| 2014 | → FC Vaduz (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2014- | → FC Vaduz (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009 | Switzerland U15 | 4 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Switzerland U16 | 9 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Switzerland U17 | 10 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Switzerland U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Switzerland U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2013 | Switzerland U20 | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 December 2014. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Joel Untersee (born 11 February 1994) is a Swiss-South African footballer who currently plays as a Defender for FC Vaduz in the Swiss Super League, on loan from Serie A champions Juventus.
Career
Early career
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, of Swiss descent, Untersee moved to Switzerland at a very young age and opted to represent Switzerland at various youth levels internationally. Following his move, Untersee joined the youth academy of FC Zürich, where he would eventually remain until 2010, before transferring to Italian giants, Juventus Football Club during the 2010-11 season.
Juventus
On 28 October 2010, Unterseeo officially left FC Zürich to join Juventus, where he was assigned to the youth team. After a successful debut season in Italy, Untersee was called up to the first team training camp in the summer 2011 by new head coach Antonio Conte. Following the summer ritiro, however, the young fullback returned to the youth sector for the 2011–12 season and remained during the 2012–13 campaign as well.
On 1 January 2014, Juventus confirmed that Untersee had left them for FC Vaduz on a six-month loan deal that would expire on 30 June 2014.[1] Instantly making an impact with his new team, Untersee made his first appearance against FC Lugano in a 2-0 home victory on 3 February 2014. He went on to make 15 league appearances. Additionally, he scored his first goal for his new club in an 8-0 victory over FC Ruggell in the Liechtenstein Football Cup. On 3 July 2014, Juventus and Vaduz reached an agreement to prolong the loan deal for another season.[2]
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