Kevin Fickentscher

Kevin Fickentscher
Personal information
Date of birth	6 July 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Nyon, Switzerland
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Sion II
Number	1
Youth career
1998–2000	FC Rolle
2000–2004	Lausanne-Sport
2004–2007	Werder Bremen
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2008	Werder Bremen II
2008–2009	La Chaux-de-Fonds
2009–	Sion II
2009–2023	Sion
2013–2015	→ Lausanne-Sport (loan)
International career
2007–2008	Switzerland U20
2008–2011	Switzerland U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 September 2023

Kevin Fickentscher (born 6 July 1988) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays for Sion II as a goalkeeper.

Career

Fickentscher was born in Nyon, and initially began his footballing career with local side FC Rolle before a move to the academy of FC Lausanne-Sport in 2000. After a stay of four years, he was picked by German club SV Werder Bremen, where he went on to feature for the under-19 team but did not really break into the reserves, making two appearances for them.

This prompted a move back to Switzerland for him as he joined then-Swiss Challenge League team FC La Chaux-de-Fonds for the 2008–09 season.

The following year Fickentscher moved up to Swiss Super League with FC Sion. After joining the club, he played sparsely for the first team, featuring far more for the reserves. In the summer of 2013 he decided to return to FC Lausanne-Sport in order to get more playing time, signing on a two-year loan, allowing him to return to Sion in 2015 when his main competitor in goal, Andris Vaņins, would be out of contract at the club.^[1]^[2]

References

^ "Kevin Fickentscher rejoint le LS". FC Lausanne-Sport (in French). lausanne-sport.ch. 11 June 2013. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
^ "Kevin Fickentscher attendait d'être No 1 depuis un moment". Le Matin (in French). lematin.ch. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.