Charles Pickel

Charles Pickel
Personal information
Full name Charles Monginda Pickel
Date of birth (1997-05-15) 15 May 1997
Place of birth Solothurn, Switzerland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Defender, midfielder
Club information
Current team

Neuchâtel Xamax

(on loan from Grasshopper)
Number 6
Youth career
2009–2015 Solothurn
2004–2011 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2016 Basel U-21 8 (0)
2016–2017 Basel 3 (0)
2017– Grasshopper 19 (0)
2018 → FC Schaffhausen (loan) 1 (0)
2018- → Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) 5 (0)
National team‡
2014–2015 Switzerland U18 6 (0)
2015–2016 Switzerland U19 4 (0)
2015– Switzerland U20 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 October 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 March 2017

Charles Pickel (born 15 May 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Swiss League side Neuchâtel Xamax, on loan from Grasshopper.

Career

Pickel started his youth football with FC Solothurn. In Summer 2011, he transferred to Basel and played in their U18 team in their U21 team. On 23 December 2015, he signed a two and a half year professional contract.[1] On 16 May 2016, Pickel made his Swiss Super League debut for Basel in the starting eleven in the 0–4 away defeat against Luzern.[2] Under trainer Urs Fischer Pickel won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2015–16 Super League season. For the club it was the seventh title in a row and their 19th championship title in total.[3]

On 1 March 2017, it was announced that Pickel had signed for Grasshopper Club.[4] GC announced that he had signed a four and a half year contract with them.[5] Pickel played his debut for his new club on 5 March 2017 in the Swissporarena in the starting eleven against Luzern. He played the entire game and it ended in a 1–1 draw.

International career

Pickel played one international game for the Swiss U-15. He played his debut for the Swiss U-18 national team as midfielder on 2 September 2014 as they drew 2–2 with the Swedish U-18. He played his debut for the Swiss U-19 national team as Defender on 1 September 2015 as they drew 1–1with Portugal U-19.[6]

Honours

FC Basel

References

  1. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2015). "Charles Pickel unterzeichnet einen Profivertrag". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
  2. ↑ Marti, Caspar (2016). "0:4 – Der FCB bleibt ohne Chancen beim FC Luzern". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  3. ↑ Marti, Casper (2016). "Es ist vollbracht ! Der FCB ist zum 19. Mal Meister". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  4. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2017). "Charles Pickel wechselt zum Grasshopper Club Zürich". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  5. ↑ GCZ (2017). "Charles-Pickel zu GC". Grasshopper Club Zürich. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  6. ↑ SFV (2015). "Kader U-19 Charles Pickel". SFV. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
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