Jonas Omlin

Jonas Omlin
Omlin with Basel in 2019
Personal information
Full name Jonas Omlin[1]
Date of birth (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Sarnen, Switzerland
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Kriens 26 (0)
2014–2018 Luzern 51 (0)
2015–2016 → Le Mont (loan) 15 (0)
2018–2020 Basel 59 (0)
2020–2023 Montpellier 74 (0)
2023– Borussia Mönchengladbach 18 (0)
International career‡
2020– Switzerland 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 June 2022

Jonas Omlin (born 10 January 1994) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for and captains Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Switzerland national team.[3]

Club career

Omlin played for Kriens in the 1. Liga Promotion. He moved on to Luzern, but was loaned out to Le Mont-sur-Lausanne for the 2015/16 season. He returned to Luzern for two seasons.

FC Basel announced on 22 June 2018 that they had signed goalkeeper Omlin from Luzern.[4] After five test games Omlin played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game at the St. Jakob-Park on 21 July 2018 as Basel were defeated 2–1 by St. Gallen.[5]

Under trainer Marcel Koller Basel won the Swiss Cup in the 2018–19 season. In the first round Basel beat FC Montlingen 3–0, in the second round Echallens Région 7–2 and in the round of 16 Winterthur 1–0. In the quarter-finals Sion were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi-finals Zürich were defeated 3–1. All these games were played away from home. The final was held on 19 May 2019 in the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern against Thun. Striker Albian Ajeti scored the first goal, Fabian Frei the second for Basel, then Dejan Sorgić netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel.[6] Omlin played in four cup games. On 12 August 2020, the club announced that Omlin had transferred to Montpellier as of straight away.[7] In his two seasons with the club Omlin played a total of 92 games for Basel. 59 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, five in the Swiss Cup, six in the Champions League, nine in the UEFA Europa League and 13 were friendly games.[8]

On 12 August 2020, Omlin signed for Montpellier.[9]

On 19 January 2023, Omlin signed for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach on a four-and-a-half year deal.[10]

International career

In May 2019, he was named to the national team for the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League final matches but did not appear in the tournament.[11]

He made his national team debut on 7 October 2020 in a friendly against Croatia.[12]

Euro 2020

Originally called up to the Swiss squad for the Euro 2020, Omlin suffered a minor injury to his right ankle during the warm-up of the opening game. The Swiss Football Association called up Gregor Kobel to replace his position.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 August 2023[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kriens 2012–13 1. Liga Promotion 4 0 — — — 4 0
2013–14 1. Liga Promotion 22 0 2 0 — — 24 0
Total 26 0 2 0 — — 28 0
Luzern 2014–15 Swiss Super League 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
2016–17 Swiss Super League 14 0 5 0 0 0 — 19 0
2017–18 Swiss Super League 36 0 2 0 2 0 — 40 0
Total 51 0 7 0 2 0 — 60 0
Le Mont (loan) 2015–16 Swiss Challenge League 15 0 0 0 — — 15 0
Basel 2018–19 Swiss Super League 27 0 4 0 4 0 — 35 0
2019–20 Swiss Super League 32 0 1 0 11 0 — 44 0
Total 59 0 5 0 15 0 — 79 0
Montpellier 2020–21 Ligue 1 31 0 0 0 — — 31 0
2021–22 Ligue 1 29 0 0 0 — — 29 0
2022–23 Ligue 1 14 0 0 0 — — 14 0
Total 74 0 0 0 — — 74 0
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2022–23 Bundesliga 15 0 — — — 15 0
2023–24 Bundesliga 0 0 1 0 — — 1 0
Total 15 0 1 0 — — 16 0
Career total 240 0 15 0 17 0 0 0 272 0

International

As of match played 12 June 2022[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Switzerland 2020 1 0
2021 1 0
2022 2 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Basel

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Switzerland (SUI)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 28. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Jonas Omlin". Montpellier HSC. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b Jonas Omlin at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Der FC Basel 1893 verpflichtet Jonas Omlin". FC Basel 1893. 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  5. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC St. Gallen 1:2 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  6. ^ "FC Basel - FC Thun 2:1 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  7. ^ FC Basel 1893 (2020). "Jonas Omlin wechselt per sofort zum Montpellier HS". FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 12 August 2020.{cite web}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Jonas Omlin - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Jonas Omlin nouveau gardien du MHSC" (in French). Montpellier HSC. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  10. ^ "BORUSSIA SIGN JONAS OMLIN FROM MONTPELLIER". www.borussia.de/en. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Pickford the hero in England shootout win". BBC Sport.
  12. ^ "Switzerland v Croatia game report". ESPN. 7 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Gregor Kobel substitui lesionado Jonas Omlin na Suíça". Record. 13 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Jonas Omlin". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  15. ^ Ren (31 January 2018). "SAFP GOLDEN 11 2017 - Die Gewinner". Golden11. Retrieved 16 September 2023.

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