Sandro Burki

Sandro Burki (born 16 September 1985) is a retired footballer from Switzerland who played as a midfielder. He is currently the sporting director of FC Aarau.[1]

Sandro Burki
Personal information
Full name Sandro Burki
Date of birth (1985-09-16) 16 September 1985
Place of birth Oftringen, Switzerland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Aarau (Sporting director)
Youth career
FC Zurich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 FC Zurich 7 (0)
2002–2003 Bayern Munich (A) 2 (0)
2003–2005 BSC Young Boys 21 (0)
2005 FC Wil 15 (1)
2005–2006 FC Vaduz 32 (7)
2006–2017 FC Aarau 340 (22)
National team
Switzerland U-17
2008 Switzerland 1 (0)
Teams managed
2017– FC Aarau (sporting director)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Burki began his career with FC Zurich. Burki caught the attention of numerous clubs, eventually signing for FC Bayern Munich. However, the move was not successful, and was subsequently criticised by Swiss Football Association Technical Director Hansruedi Hasler claiming that "The examples of Philippe Senderos and Sandro Burki, who were both U17 European champions, show how important the choice of team is."[2]

Returning within a year to the Swiss leagues, he played for BSC Young Boys, FC Wil and FC Vaduz before signing for FC Aarau, to whom he is contracted until 30 June 2011.[3]

International career

Burki is a former youth international and was in the Swiss U-17 squad that won the 2002 U-17 European Championships.[4]

He made his senior Switzerland international debut against Cyprus on 22 August 2008, after which he was linked in the press with a move to Celtic.[5]

Honours
  • UEFA U-17 European Champion: 2002
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References
  1. Sandro Burki wird 32 – das ist die Geburtstagsbotschaft von Sportreporter Ruedi Kuhn‚ aargauerzeitung.ch, 16 September 2016
  2. Hansruedi Hasler wants to lead the juniors to the top Archived 8 July 2012 at Archive.today Credit Suisse Online, 19 August 2008
  3. Profile FC Aaru Archived 19 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Tschoumy, Renaud (10 November 2009). "Les "Rouge" admirent les "Rougets"". Le Matin (in French). Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.
  5. Aarau play down Burki Celtic link BBC Sport, 25 September 2008

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