Sandro Burki

Sandro Burki

Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-09-16) 16 September 1985
Place of birth	Oftringen, Switzerland
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	FC Aarau (Sporting director)
Youth career
	FC Zürich
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2002	FC Zürich	7	(0)
2002–2003	Bayern Munich (A)	2	(0)
2003–2005	Young Boys	21	(0)
2005	FC Wil	15	(1)
2005–2006	FC Vaduz	32	(7)
2006–2017	FC Aarau	340	(22)
Total		417	(30)
International career
	Switzerland U17
2008	Switzerland	1	(0)
Managerial career
2017–	FC Aarau (sporting director)
Medal record Men's football Representing Switzerland UEFA European Under-17 Championship Winner 2002 Denmark
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sandro Burki (born 16 September 1985) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the sporting director of FC Aarau.

Club career

Burki began his career with FC Zürich. Burki caught the attention of numerous clubs, eventually signing for FC Bayern Munich. However, the move was not successful, and was subsequently criticised by Swiss Football Association Technical Director Hansruedi Hasler claiming that "The examples of Philippe Senderos and Sandro Burki, who were both U17 European champions, show how important the choice of team is."

Returning within a year to the Swiss leagues, he played for BSC Young Boys, FC Wil and FC Vaduz before signing for FC Aarau, to whom he is contracted until 30 June 2011.

International career

Burki is a former youth international and was in the Swiss U-17 squad that won the 2002 U-17 European Championships.

He made his senior Switzerland international debut against Cyprus on 22 August 2008, after which he was linked in the press with a move to Celtic.

Honours

• UEFA U-17 European Champion: 2002

External links

• FC Aarau profile (in German)
• Sandro Burki – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Kader – Sandro Burki Swiss Football League