Timm Klose

Timm Klose (born 9 May 1988) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre back for the Premier League club Norwich City and the Switzerland national team.

Timm Klose
Klose playing for Switzerland in 2015
Personal information
Full name Timm Klose[1]
Date of birth (1988-05-09) 9 May 1988
Place of birth Frankfurt, West Germany
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Norwich City
Number 15
Youth career
1993–2003 BSC Old Boys
2003–2004 FC Basel
2004–2007 BSC Old Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Basel U21 47 (3)
2009–2011 FC Thun 59 (4)
2011–2013 1. FC Nürnberg 45 (2)
2012 → 1. FC Nürnberg II 8 (1)
2013–2016 VfL Wolfsburg 30 (2)
2016– Norwich City 110 (10)
National team‡
2010–2011 Switzerland U21 11 (0)
2011– Switzerland 17 (0)
2012 Switzerland Olympic 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:34, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2020

Born in Frankfurt to a German father and Swiss mother, he was raised in Switzerland from the age of five. After playing in the youth teams of BSC Old Boys and FC Basel, he moved to FC Thun in 2009, and two years later joined the German club 1. FC Nürnberg. He played for VfL Wolfsburg from 2013 until he joined Norwich in 2016, where he has since made over 100 appearances.

Klose made his full international debut for Switzerland in 2011, and as of June 2020 has 17 caps. He also played for the Switzerland Olympic team at London 2012.

Club career

Early career

Klose made 29 appearances as FC Thun won the 2009–10 Swiss Challenge League, scoring in a 4–0 home win over FC Gossau on 5 December.[2] He made 30 appearances in the following season in the Super League, scoring three times.[2]

On 28 May 2011, he left Thun for 1. FC Nürnberg on a three-year deal for around €400,000.[3] He made 13 league appearances from August to November, and then 8 from March to May with the reserves in the Regionalliga Bayern; he scored the only goal on 8 May against FC Ingolstadt 04 II.[2] The following season he returned to the first team, and scored twice in 32 Bundesliga appearances.[2]

VfL Wolfsburg

On 1 July 2013, Klose signed for VfL Wolfsburg on a four-year contract.[4] He was sent off on his Wolfsburg debut, a 2–0 away defeat to rivals Hannover 96 on 10 August,[5] and only played 9 more league games throughout the season, with just 4 more as a starter.[2] However, he played the full 90 minutes as Wolfsburg won the DFB-Pokal for the first time with a 3–1 victory over Borussia Dortmund on 30 May 2015.[6]

Norwich City
Left to right: Jonny Howson, Cameron Jerome, Klose and Jacob Murphy make a defensive wall against Wigan Athletic in September 2016

On 18 January 2016, Klose signed for Premier League side Norwich City on a three-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[7][8] He made his debut on 2 February in a 3–0 home loss to Tottenham Hotspur,[9] and totalled ten games for the relegated Canaries, scoring to open a 3–2 win over Newcastle United at Carrow Road on 2 April.[10]

In 2018–19, Klose played 31 times as Norwich won the EFL Championship and scored four goals, including both of a 2–1 win at Nottingham Forest on 20 October 2018.[11] He signed a new three-year contract on 20 May 2019, tying him to the club until 2022.[12]

Klose suffered a posterior cruciate ligament injury to his right knee on 27 August 2019, as Norwich were eliminated from the EFL Cup by Crawley Town.[13] He did not return until the following 19 June, when he played a 3–0 home loss to Southampton following the COVID-19 hiatus.[14] Eight days later, he was sent off for the first time for Norwich, when he pulled down Odion Ighalo in a 2–1 home extra-time loss to Manchester United in the sixth round of the FA Cup.[15]

International career

He was named in the Team of the Tournament at the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in which his country reached the final. He also represented Switzerland at the 2012 Olympics, and played every match as Switzerland were eliminated in last place in Group B.

He made his full international debut for Switzerland on 10 August 2011, replacing Philippe Senderos in the 57th minute of a 2–1 away friendly win against Liechtenstein.[16] On 7 October he played his first competitive international and start, as Switzerland lost a Euro 2012 qualifier 2–0 away to Wales.[17] He also played two matches in the team's successful 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, but was not selected for the tournament.

An injury sustained by Klose while playing for Norwich City in April 2016,[18] ultimately led to him missing selection for Euro 2016.

Career statistics
As of 5 May 2019
Club Season League Cup1 League Cup2 Continental3 Other4 Total Ref.
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Thun 2009–10 Challenge League 29200—292 [19]
2010–11 Super League 30311314 [19]
Totals 59511—606 —
Nürnberg II 2011–12 Regionalliga Süd 81——81 [19]
Nürnberg 2011–12 Bundesliga 13010140 [19]
2012–13 32210332 [20]
Totals 45220—472 —
Wolfsburg 2013–14 Bundesliga 10021———121 [21]
2014–15 1214131193 [22]
2015–16 81102010121 [19]
Totals 30272—5110435 —
Norwich City 2015–16 Premier League 1010000——101 [19]
2016–17 Championship 3212000—10351 [23]
2017–18 Championship 37410000000384
2018–19 Championship 31410100000334
Norwich totals 110104010001011610–
Career totals 2522014310512027424–

Honours

FC Thun

VfL Wolfsburg[24]

Norwich City

Switzerland U21

References
  1. "2019/20 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. "T. Klose". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  3. Matthey, James (28 May 2011). "Nurnberg sign Timm Klose from FC Thun". Goal.com. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  4. "KLOSE MAKES WOLFSBURG SWITCH". Bundesliga. 1 July 2013. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  5. "Derby success for Hannover". Sky Sports. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  6. "Dortmund 1–3 Wolfsburg: DFB-Pokal won by De Bruyne and Dost". Goal.com. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  7. "Canaries secure fourth permanent January deal". Norwich City F.C. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  8. "Timm Klose: Norwich sign Switzerland defender". BBC Sport. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  9. Caney, Gavin (3 February 2016). "My best is yet to come, roars Timm Klose after Norwich City career begins with deserved home loss". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  10. Callow, Nick (2 April 2016). "Norwich City 3 Newcastle United 2: Martin Olsson's dramatic late strike puts Rafael Benitez's men on the brink". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  11. Bailey, Michael (21 October 2018). "'I was smiling even before the ball was in' – City star bouncing at his career-first intervention". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  12. "Timm Klose: Norwich City defender signs new three-year contract". BBC Sport. 20 May 2019.
  13. "Timm Klose: Norwich defender out for 'lengthy spell' with knee ligament injury". BBC Sport. 4 September 2019.
  14. "Timm Klose knows Norwich have to improve if they are to avoid relegation". Evening Express. 20 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  15. Critchley, Mark (27 June 2020). "Norwich vs Manchester United result: Harry Maguire scrambles late winner to earn semi-final spot". The Independent. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  16. "Liechtenstein 1–2 Switzerland". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  17. "Wales 2–0 Switzerland". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  18. Davitt, Paddy. "Injured Norwich City defender Timm Klose sets ambitious Euro 2016 target". Eastern Daily Press.
  19. "Timm Klose " Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  20. "Spielersteckbrief Timm Klose". kicker (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  21. "Spielersteckbrief Timm Klose". kicker (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  22. "Spielersteckbrief Timm Klose,". kicker (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  23. "Timm Klose profile". www.whoscored.com. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  24. "Timm Klose". kicker. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  25. Anderson, John, ed. (2019). Football Yearbook 2019–2020. London: Headline Publishing Group. pp. 258–259. ISBN 978-1-4722-6111-3.
  26. https://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2011/matches/round=2000005/match=2003419/postmatch/lineups/index.html
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