page_title: Johan Djourou
section_title: International career
hierarchical_section_title: Johan Djourou / International career
caption_attribution_description: Johan Djourou im Trainingslager der Schweizer Fussballnationalmannschaft vor der Euro 2008
context_page_description: Danon Issouf Johannes Djourou Gbadjere, known as Johan Djourou, is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back. According to his profile on the website of his former club Arsenal, Djourou possesses "pace, power and whole-hearted commitment" in addition to his versatility.
  He played as a defensive midfielder in his youth for former club Étoile Carouge, but when he arrived at Arsenal, he was converted to a central defender. He occasionally filled in at full back for Arsenal and played several games in central midfield while on loan to Birmingham City. He spent time on loan at Hannover 96 in 2013 before joining fellow Bundesliga team Hamburger SV, initially on loan, later that year. After three years with Hamburg he went on to play for Turkish Super Lig club Antalyaspor, SPAL of Serie A, and most recently for Swiss Super League club Sion.
  Djourou made his international debut for Switzerland in March 2006, and went on to earn over 75 caps. He represented the nation at three FIFA World Cups and two UEFA European Championships.
context_section_description: Djourou made his senior Switzerland international debut in a friendly away to Scotland on 1 March 2006. He came on as a half-time substitute for Valon Behrami in the 3–1 win. He was called up to the Switzerland 2006 FIFA World Cup squad, despite not playing in the qualifiers. He started Switzerland's round of 16 game against Ukraine, and was substituted injured in the first half. Later that year, he made two appearances during Switzerland's qualification campaign for the UEFA U21 Championship, but did not appear for the Swiss U21 squad since.
  On 11 September 2007, Djourou scored his first international goal to equalise near the end of a 4–3 loss to Japan in a tournament in Austria. He was named in the Swiss squad for their co-hosting of UEFA Euro 2008, but did not play.
  After missing nearly the entire season for Arsenal in 2009–10, he was left out of the Swiss squad for the 2010 World Cup held in South Africa. For the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, he played all four games as the Swiss reached the last 16.
  On 9 October 2015, Djourou scored his only other international goal in a 7–0 win over San Marino in St. Gallen for UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying, netting a penalty kick after Fabian Schär was fouled. The result took the Swiss to the finals in France. In the summer's tournament, he played all four games of a run to the last 16.
  Djourou was part of Vladimir Petković's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. He played only the 1–0 loss to Sweden in the last 16 at the Saint Petersburg Stadium, where he filled in for the suspended Fabian Schär.
caption: Djourou at Euro 2008 with Switzerland
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