Christian Andreas Fassnacht (born 11 November 1993) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Swiss Super League club Young Boys and the Switzerland national team.
Club career Young Boys Fassnacht was part of the Young Boys squad that won the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, their first league title in 32 years. He played an important role for the club during the title winning season, scoring 11 league goals.
On 3 October 2019, Fassnacht scored a late goal deep into second-half stoppage time to give Young Boys a 2–1 home win over Rangers in the Europa League group stage. On 25 February 2021, he scored in Young Boys' 2–0 second-leg victory over Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League Round of 32, securing passage into the Round of 16 for the first time in club history.
Norwich City On 25 July 2023, he departed Young Boys after six years at the club to join Norwich City, reuniting with his former head coach David Wagner.
On 12 August, he scored his first goal for Norwich City in a 4–4 draw against Southampton. He made his first start on 16 August in a Carabao Cup match against Queens Park Rangers and made his first league start in the following game on 20 August against Millwall. His second goal for Norwich was a consolation in a 2-1 defeat by Rotherham United. As the season went on, Fassnacht drifted in and out of the starting line-up. Although he played in 40 of the 46 league games, he only started 19 of them, with players like Jonathan Rowe, Marcelino Núñez and Borja Sainz providing alternatives alongside the established midfield pair of Kenny McLean and Gabriel Sara. He contributed 6 goals, the last coming in a 4-1 win over Cardiff City. The season ended with Norwich losing a play-off to Leeds United over two legs, with Fassnacht making substitute appearances in both games.
Fassnacht was added to the starting line-up of Norwich's first game of the 2024/25 season against Oxford United at a late stage, after Rowe withdrew himself from the squad over transfer speculation. The game ended in a 2–0 defeat, with Fassnacht being replaced by Adam Idah in the 61st minute. It was his last start for Norwich, with new manager Johannes Hoff Thorup having new signings Emiliano Marcondes, Oscar Schwartau and Anis Ben Slimane among his options along with the likes of McLean, Núñez and Sainz. Fassnacht would make two further appearances for Norwich as a substitute, the last being when he replaced Slimane in the 87th minute of a 2–0 defeat by Bristol City on 9 November.
Return to Young Boys On 31 December 2024, his return to Young Boys was announced, thus returning to Switzerland after one and a half years in England. His new contract runs until summer 2027.
International career Fassnacht made his debut with the Switzerland national team (he never represented Switzerland before at any level) in a 2–1 away loss against Belgium. In 2021 he was called up to the national team for the 2020 UEFA European Championship, where the team created one of the main sensations of the tournament reaching the quarter-finals.https://www.uefa.com / uefaeuro-2020 / match / 2024485 - switzerland-vs-spain / lineups /? iv = true
On 20 May 2026, Fassnacht was selected in the 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsTuggen2014–15Swiss Promotion League171011———1811Winterthur2014–15Swiss Challenge League132————1322015–1634930———379Total471130———5011Thun2016–17Swiss Super League351010———3610Young Boys2017–18Swiss Super League341161—92—49142018–19351140—80—47112019–2030763—82—44122020–21361011—124—49152021–22181110—91—28122022–2329842—11—3411Total18258227—4710—25175Norwich City2023–24Championship4063020—204762024–25300000——30Total4363020—20506Young Boys2024–25Swiss Super League181120———20112025–26331810—81—42192026–277411———85Total583341—81—7035Career total38212734920551120475147
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsSwitzerland2018302019212021103202220202320202520202631Total245
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fassnacht goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Christian FassnachtNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 18 November 2019 Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar 3–0 6–1 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification2 3 June 2021 Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland 2–0 7–0 Friendly3 4–04 9 October 2021 Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland 2–0 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification5 31 May 2026 Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland 4–1 4–1 Friendly
Honours
Young Boys Swiss Super League: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23 Swiss Cup: 2019–20, 2022–23
Individual Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2025–26 Swiss Super League Top Scorer: 2025–26
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