page_title: Yann Sommer
section_title: International career
hierarchical_section_title: Yann Sommer / International career
caption_attribution_description: English: Friendly match – Austria (red shirts) vs. Switzerland (white shirts) 1-2 (1-2) – 2015-11-17 in Vienna, Ernst-Happel-Stadion – The photo shows the goalkeeper of Switzerland Yann Sommer.
context_page_description: Yann Sommer is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Swiss national team.
  Sommer completed his apprenticeship at Basel, where he won the Swiss Super League on four consecutive occasions before transferring to Mönchengladbach in 2014. He also won the Swiss Challenge League and two Liechtenstein Football Cups while on loan to Vaduz.
  Sommer made his debut for the Switzerland national team in 2012. He represented the nation at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
context_section_description: Sommer has represented Switzerland at various age levels, including at under-16, -17, -19 and -21 levels. He made his Swiss U-16s debut on 26 August 2003, but the match ended in a 0–5 defeat against the Germany. His U-17s debut was on 20 November 2003 in the 1–1 draw against England.
  Sommer made his debut for the Swiss under-21s on 22 August 2007, as he was substituted in at half-time during the 2–1 away win against Belgium. He was goalkeeper and captain of the Swiss U-21 team which competed in the final tournament of the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, hosted by Denmark between 11 and 25 June 2011. The Swiss team reached the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final on 25 June without conceding a goal, but lost 2–0 to Spain. This was Sommer's final match for the under-21s.
  Sommer made his debut for the Swiss senior side on 30 May 2012 at the Swissporarena, Lucerne, in a 0–1 defeat against Romania in a friendly match. On 13 May, he was named in Switzerland's 23-man squad for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
  Alongside Bundesliga colleagues Roman Bürki and Marwin Hitz, Sommer was one of three goalkeepers included in Switzerland's UEFA Euro 2016 squad. Sommer was Switzerland's first-choice goalkeeper, playing all four of the nation's matches. Sommer was unable to prevent Switzerland being eliminated by Poland in the round of 16, losing 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw.
  He was included in the Switzerland's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup.
caption: Sommer playing for Switzerland in November 2015
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