Tranquillo Barnetta

Swiss footballer

Tranquillo Barnetta (it; born 22 May 1985) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Tranquillo Barnetta
Barnetta with Switzerland in 2006
Personal information
Full name Tranquillo Barnetta[1]
Date of birth (1985-05-22) 22 May 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth St. Gallen, Switzerland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1991–1996 FC Rotmonten St. Gallen
1996–2002 St. Gallen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 St. Gallen 60 (15)
2004–2012 Bayer Leverkusen 187 (23)
2004–2005Hannover 96 (loan) 7 (2)
2012–2015 Schalke 04 44 (3)
2013–2014Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 22 (1)
2015–2016 Philadelphia Union 41 (6)
2017–2019 St. Gallen 60 (11)
Total 421 (61)
National team
2002 Switzerland U17 6 (0)
2004–2014 Switzerland 75 (10)
Honours
Representing   Switzerland
Men's Football
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Winner 2002 Denmark
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total Ref.
Division App. Goals App. Goals App. Goals App. Goals App. Goals
St. Gallen Swiss Super League 2002–03 30 10 30 10 [2][3]
2003–04 30 5 30 5
Total 60 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 15
Hannover 96 (loan) Bundesliga 2004–05 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 2
Bayer Leverkusen Bundesliga 2005–06 31 6 1 0 2 0 1 0 35 6
2006–07 30 1 2 1 9 0 0 0 41 2
2007–08 32 6 1 0 11 1 0 0 44 7
2008–09 31 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 37 5
2009–10 32 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 34 4
2010–11 24 2 1 0 6 0 0 0 31 2
2011–12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Total 187 23 13 2 28 1 1 0 229 26
Schalke 04 Bundesliga 2012–13 21 0 3 0 7 0 0 0 31 0
2013–14 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2014–15 22 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 27 3
Total 44 3 5 0 11 0 0 0 60 3
Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) Bundesliga 2013–14 22 1 2 0 7 0 0 0 31 1
Philadelphia Union MLS 2015 11 1 2 0 13 1
2016 30 5 2 0 32 5
Total 41 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 45 6
St. Gallen Swiss Super League 2016–17 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1
2017–18 19 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 21 2
2018–19 25 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 28 9
Total 60 11 5 1 0 0 0 0 65 12
Career total 421 61 31 3 46 1 1 0 499 65

International

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Source:[4]
National team Year App. Goals
Switzerland national team 2004 2 0
2005 8 0
2006 10 3
2007 10 3
2008 10 0
2009 9 0
2010 9 0
2011 1 2
2012 7 2
2013 6 0
2014 3 0
Total 75 10

International goals

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List of international goals scored by Tranquillo Barnetta
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Report
1. 1 March 2006 Hampden Park, Glasgow   Scotland 1–0 3–1 Friendly [source?]
2. 27 May 2006 St. Jakob-Park, Basel   Ivory Coast 1–0 1–1 Friendly
3. 19 June 2006 Westfalenstadion, Dortmund   Togo 2–0 2–0 2006 World Cup
4. 22 August 2007 Stade de Genève, Geneva   Netherlands 1–0 (penalty) 2–1 Friendly
5. 2–0
6. 7 September 2007 Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna   Chile 1–0 2–1 Friendly
7. 4 June 2011 Wembley Stadium, London   England 1–0 2–2
8. 2–0
9. 15 August 2012 Stadion Poljud, Split   Croatia 2–1 4–2 Friendly
10. 16 October 2012 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík   Iceland 1–0 2–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honors

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Bayer Leverkusen

Switzerland U17

References

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  1. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  2. Tranquillo Barnetta at Soccerway
  3. "Tranquillo Barnetta". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  4. "Tranquillo Barnetta". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 3 June 2014.