Karl Grob

Karl Grob
Personal information
Full name Karl Grob
Date of birth (1946-05-30)30 May 1946
Place of birth Küsnacht, Switzerland
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
1965–1967 FC Küsnacht
1967 Zürich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1987 Zürich 513 (0)
National team‡
1967–1976 Switzerland 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 August 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 August 2017

Karl Grob (born 30 May 1946) is a Swiss retired professional football player who played as a goalkeeper. Grob is considered to be a legend for Zürich, as he was there for 20 years and helped the team win 5 Swiss Super Leagues and 4 Swiss Cups.[1]

Professional career

Grob was a left-winger with FC Küsnacht before switching to a goalkeeper.[2] Grob is the record holder for FC Zürich in appearances in the Swiss Super League, in European tournament, and in total appearances.[3][4]

International career

Grob made seven appearances for the Switzerland national football team, the first in a 4-0 Euro 1968 qualification loss to Italy on 23 December 1967.[5]

Honours

Zürich

References

  1. ↑ "Was macht eigentlich ...? - Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich". www.tagblattzuerich.ch.
  2. ↑ (Fotos), Michael Wegmann (Interview) und Benjamin Soland. "Goalie-Legenden Engel und Grob: "Der Cupsieg ist das Schönste"".
  3. ↑ "dbFCZ - Top20". www.dbfcz.ch.
  4. ↑ uefa.com. "Zürich – UEFA.com". Uefa.com.
  5. ↑ "1967". fussball-schweiz.ch.
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