François Affolter

François Affolter (2012 )

Jacques François Affolter ( born March 13, 1991 Biel ) is a Swiss football player. He is since 2014 with FC Luzern under contract.

Playing career

Association

Affolter comes from the football school of FC Biel -Bienne and joined us in 2007 for BSC Young Boys. He made ​​his debut in Super League 14 September 2008 in a 2-1 away win against AC Bellinzona. On 2 October 2008, the defender played for the first time in the UEFA Cup. In the 0-2 away defeat at FC Bruges, he played the full 90 minutes.

On January 24, 2012 Affolter moved to the end on loan with option to purchase Werder Bremen. His league debut came on the occasion of the 19th game day on 28 January 2012 at the home match against Bayer 04 Leverkusen. The Bremen he was able to maintain until the season end next Sokratis in the center of defense. He also benefited from the longer violations of Naldo and Sebastian Prödl.

For the 2012/13 season the injured returned and was replaced by Naldo Assani Lukimya. Henceforth, Affolter had to resign as number four in the central defender. This was also encouraged by his participation in the Olympic football tournament in 2012, which he missed parts of summer preparation. In the first round Affolter was no longer considered. Match practice he gained partly in the second team in the fourth division Regionalliga Nord. At the end of 2012 Werder Bremen did not use the agreed purchase option and Affolter returned the year back to the BSC Young Boys.

Affolter changed at the beginning of 2014 to FC Luzern. Of the Inner Swiss, he received a long-term contract until June 2018.

National

On August 3, 2010 Affolter was nominated for the first time for the Swiss national team, and for eight days later in the game against Austria to his debut. U-21 coach Pierluigi Tami nominated Affolter for the squad for the U -21 European Championship 2011 in Denmark, where he took second place with his team. Although he belonged to the starting lineup and played in the first game against Denmark, he missed the rest of the tournament due to a torn muscle in his right thigh.

Achievements

• Finalist at the U -21 European Championship 2011