Dimitri Oberlin

Dimitri Oberlin
Oberlin in 2017
Personal information
Full name Dimitri Joseph Oberlin Mfomo
Date of birth (1997-09-27) 27 September 1997
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 FC Basel
Number 19
Youth career
FC Étoile-Broye
2008–2009 FC Thierrens
2009–2011 Lausanne-Sport
2011–2015 FC Zürich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 FC Zürich 1 (0)
2015–2018 Red Bull Salzburg 12 (3)
2015 → FC Liefering (loan) 15 (7)
2016–2017 → SC Rheindorf Altach (loan) 20 (9)
2017–2018 → FC Basel (loan) 19 (4)
2018- FC Basel 0 (0)
National team‡
2012 Switzerland U15 7 (2)
2012 Switzerland U16 3 (1)
2014 Switzerland U17 8 (4)
2014–2016 Switzerland U19 9 (9)
2016– Switzerland U21 7 (3)
2018– Switzerland 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 March 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2017

Dimitri Oberlin (born 27 September 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who currently plays as a forward for FC Basel, in the Swiss Super League.

Club career

Youth

Oberlin started his youth football with FC Étoile-Broye, FC Thierrens and Lausanne-Sport, with whom he won an Under-15 championship in Switzerland.[1]

Zürich

In 2011 he moved to FC Zürich, and signed his first professional contract with the club in 2014. While he was initially promised playing time in the first team, he was used sparingly at the club, and for that reason Oberlin sought to transfer away from the club. He was sought after by Manchester United in England, but would've started in their academy with the Under-18 team. For that reason, Oberlin chose to transfer to Red Bull Salzburg in Austria, where a path to the first team was clearer.[2] Oberlin was often compared with fellow Cameroon-born, Swiss international Breel Embolo, and Zürich chairman Ancillo Capella remarked upon Oberlin's departure that he didn't want "hysterical mothers claiming that their sons are at least as good as Embolo".

Salzburg

On 30 June 2015 Red Bull Salzburg made the announcement that they had signed a three year contract with Oberlin.[3] Oberlin scored his first goal with Salzburg in his second game with the club, against Rapid Wien on 1 August, after coming on as a second half substitue. He ended up splitting his first season with Salzburg and their farm club, Liefering. He scored three goals with Salzburg, and seven with Liefering in the Erste Liga. Oberlin received an offer from Red Bull parent club RB Leipzig in the German Bundesliga, but declined, citing the importance of playing first team football.[4]

Rheindorf Altach

Oberlin was loaned out to fellow Austrian Football Bundesliga club Rheindorf Altach for the 2016–17 season. Oberlin got off to an amazing start with Altach, as he scored 6 goals in his first 5 games with the club. He finished the first half of the season with 9 goals, second in the league to Deni Alar, as Altach were the surprise leaders of the league at the halfway point of the season.[5] Oberlin was recalled by RB Salzburg at that point, and he found the back of the net on his first match back, scoring the only goal in a 1–0 win over Mattersburg.[6] He made three more appearances before missing nearly two months with a muscle tear in his thigh, picked up while on international duty with the Swiss under-20 team.[7] Expected to miss the rest of the season, Oberlin returned in time to make a substitute appearance against his former club that season, Altach, in the final game.[8] Altach were in fourth by that point in the season, and Salzburg won 1–0 as they ran away with the championship, their fourth in a row.

Basel

On 20 June 2017 Basel announced that they had acquired Oberlin on loan from Salzburg, with the option of a definite transfer.[9]

Basel, as champions of the Swiss Super League the previous year, earned a spot in the group stage of the Champions League. Oberlin appeared as a substitute against Manchester United at Old Trafford, but started for Basel against Portuguese club Benfica. On 27 September 2017, Oberlin played in the starting eleven in the Champions League Group stage match against Benfica. Basel ran out 5–0 victors at St. Jakob-Park, with Oberlin scoring two goals and assisting a third, highlighted by his full-field sprint after heading away a Benfica corner to finish off a Basel counter-attack with a goal.[10][11] Oberlin made 4 starts in the group stage, scoring 4 goals as Basel advanced to the knockout stages, second in their group behind Manchester United. Drawn against Manchester City, Basel lost 5–2 on aggregate, but they did defeat City in the second leg in Manchester 1–2, as Oberlin started both legs. He also scored on his debut with the club in the league on 5 August, finishing off a 3–0 victory over Thun with his stoppage time goal.

International career

Oberlin received his first call to the Switzerland national football team for friendlies against Greece and Panama in March of 2018.[12] Born in Cameroon, Oberlin moved to Switzerland at the age of 9, and has participated in their youth ranks from the age of 14.[13]

Career statistics

As of match played 14 March 2018[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Zürich 2013–14 Swiss Super League 10000010
2014–15 00000000
Total 10000010
FC Salzburg 2015–16 Austrian Bundesliga 123003[lower-alpha 1]0153
2016–17 51000051
Total 1740030204
FC Liefering (loan) 2015–16 Erste Liga 15700—157
SC Rheindorf Altach (loan) 2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga 20910—219
FC Basel (loan) 2017–18 Swiss Super League 194418[lower-alpha 2]4319
Career total 7224511148829
  1. ↑ Two appearances in the Champions League and one in the Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearances in the Champions League

Honours

Salzburg

References

  1. ↑ Yokhin, Michael (13 February 2018). "Basel could hit Manchester City with Dimitri Oberlin's blistering pace". ESPN.
  2. ↑ Dubach, Matthias (23 March 2016). "<<Embolo ist mein bester Freund>>". Blick.
  3. ↑ "Dimitri Oberlin wechselt vom FC Zürich zu Red Bull Salzburg". Red Bull Salzbug. 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  4. ↑ "Dimitri Oberlin kann sich RB Leipzig vorstellen". RB Live. 20 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Cullimore, Ben (15 February 2017). "RHEINDORF ALTACH: THE VILLAGE TEAM FIGHTING TO CONQUER AUSTRIA". These Football Times.
  6. ↑ "Oberlin sichert Salzburg drei Punkte gegen Mattersburg" [Oberlin secures three points for Salzburg against Mattersburg]. Sky Sport Austria (in German). 25 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Oberlin beim Nationalteam schwer verletzt". SPOX Österreich. 30 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "Salzburg siegt nach Eigentor gegen Altach und feiert Meistertitel - derstandard.at/2000058362381/Salzburg-siegt-nach-Eigentor-gegen-Altach". Der Standard. 28 May 2017.
  9. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2017). "Dimitri Oberlin wechselt leihweise zum FCB". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  10. ↑ Lawless, Josh (2017). "WATCH: Basel Star Dimitri Oberlin Channeled His Inner Usain Bolt Last Night". sportbible.com. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
  11. ↑ thelocal.ch (2017). "FC Basel thrash Benfica in Champions League". thelocal.ch. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
  12. ↑ https://www.bluewin.ch/de/sport/fussball/petkovic-nimmt-anlauf-77925.amp.html
  13. ↑ McVitie, Peter (22 November 2017). "Who is Dimitri Oberlin? The on-loan Basel forward who rejected Man Utd". Goal.
  14. ↑ "D. Oberlin". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
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