Raphael Koch

Raphael Koch ( born January 20, 1990 in Emmen LU ) is a Swiss football player at the position of a defender. Since 2009, he plays for FC Zurich in the Axpo Super League, the top division in Swiss football.

Its almost exactly one year younger brother Philippe is also an active professional football player. He also currently plays in the professional team of FC Zurich, and was with his brother already at FC Biberist and FC Solothurn active.

Career

Association

Career beginning in Biberist

His active career as a football player began cooking in 1997 at FC Biberist Biberist in the canton of Solothurn. After spending a few years there in the various youth teams, he joined with his brother in the main town of Solothurn, where they were taken in the youth of the FC Solothurn. There he played from his admission in 2001, mainly in young and came the 2006/07 season for the first time in the men's team with gaming operations in the third-class Swiss 1st League used. He announced on 16 September 2006 his competitive debut when he was employed in a 4-0 away win over FC Kickers Lucerne in 84 minutes of play for Deniz Mendi, who was active in the late 1990s, Swiss professional football.

After this brief appearance in this season Koch was promoted in the following third- League season 2007/ 08 to a real regular in the defensive line of his team. He was employed in 25 of the 30 league games of his team and scored one goal. This he succeeded on 22 September 2007 in a 7-1 thrashing against SC Zofingen and was also the 1-1 equalizer. After he ranked with the team in the final table in sixth place, he experienced a similar episode season 2008/ 09, with the exception that he was on the court increased over the full duration. In 24 league games, he brought it again on a hit and came in the final ranking the third highest Swiss league table to ninth place in the tightly staggered ending table.

Professional debut at FC Zurich

After two seasons before his younger brother was changed to FC Zurich already there and even won the Swiss championship in the 2008/ 09 season, which a learned Polymechaniker followed his younger brother and finalized in May 2009 a move to Zurich. Although Koch, who are just getting into the final exams at this time was to federally qualified Polymechaniker, was eligible to play only from 1 July 2009 for the FC Zurich, he signed with the Zurich City Club previously a three-year contract. At FC Zurich he was chef who was thrown back two years in his football development due to knee and meniscus problems and two darausresultierenden operation used in his first professional season in 2009/10 only sporadically.

Raphael Koch, who already held a variety of positions in the course of his young career, is considered by those in charge of FC Zurich as a central defender and used in the current league events as such. Previously, he was taken in his early youth at FC Biberist predominantly as a midfielder in use and had a central position. After the change in the youth department of FC Solothurn, he was transformed into a full-back and had to act defensively from now on, as he had learned it before. In addition to the position of the outer defense he hatt in Solothurn has also held the positions of a wing and outer midfielder, but has also been used as a striker.

At FC Zurich, where he should first gain experience in the U-21 team in the Swiss third division, and should only be done slowly to professional football, he was on 15 August 2009, his pro debut. He came on in the 67th minute for the game Florian Stahel and played so briefly beside his younger but already more successful brother. This was followed for cooking only inserts in the second team (U -21 ) at the Zurich. To date (as of October 3, 2010 ) Raphael Koch came in any other league game more for FC Zurich used. With the exception of an insert in the Swiss Cup 2010/11 on 18 September 2010 ( a 6-0 victory over FC Schötz ) he completed no further obligation to play more for the professional team of the club. End of June 2011 is well known that the FC Zurich extended the contract with Raphael Koch in 2015. He was often used as a substitute for the 2011/12 season. But when he came to the game, he mostly played more than 45 minutes. Because of injured players, he played mostly by 90 minutes. His first goal for FC Zurich, he scored 7 August 2011 against city rivals Grasshopper Club Zurich ( 6-0 ). 54 minutes into the cooking met for temporary 3-0 lead.

National

First international experience could cook for the first time to collect in 2008, when he was first appointed to a young Swiss national team. For the U-19 national team, he was on 26 November 2008 his team debut when he came over the age colleague from Canada 's 1-0 success for use. Another four inserts and a goal followed. His first goal for the national team of Switzerland, he scored on 7 June 2009 with a clear 6-1 victory over the U- 19 team in Northern Ireland.

In the same year he was also appointed to the cadre of the Swiss U-20 national teams. Here he arrived on 12 August 2009 to his team debut when he was on the court in a 5-1 away win over the Austrian U- 20 through the full duration. For the Swiss U-20 national team chef came during five internationals to use. His last game he completed on 28 April 2010 at a 2:3 home defeat against the Italian U-20 national team, as he played the full match over the full duration.

In the first game after the U-21 European Championship 2011 Raphael Koch made ​​his debut in the Swiss U-21 National Team against peers from Italy. He stood during the first half as a left defender, at the Stadio Franco Ossola, Varese, on the field. For the second half he was substituted for his brother Philippe Koch. The game ended 1-1 tie. The only goal for the Swiss succeeded his club mates Josip Drmic in the 27th minute. His first goal for the U- 21 team scored Raphael Koch on November 10, 2011 during the qualifying match against Georgia. In the 64th minute of the hit allowed him to 5-0 final at the Stadio di Cornaredo in Lugano.