Roman Buess

Roman Buess
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-09-21) 21 September 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Basel, Switzerland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward[1]
Team information
Current team
 Winterthur
Number 9
Youth career
2001–2003 SV Muttenz
2003–2010 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Basel U21 58 (18)
2011–2014 Basel 1 (0)
2012–2013 → FC Aarau (loan) 17 (0)
2013–2014 → FC Locarno (loan) 31 (9)
2014–2015 FC Wohlen 29 (10)
2015–2016 Thun 31 (9)
2016–2018 St. Gallen 76 (14)
2019 Lausanne-Sport 14 (2)
2019– Winterthur 140 (47)
International career
2007–2008 Switzerland U16 7 (3)
2008–2009 Switzerland U17 13 (2)
2009–2010 Switzerland U18 7 (0)
2010–2011 Switzerland U19 3 (0)
2011–2012 Switzerland U20 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024

Roman Buess (born 21 September 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for FC Winterthur.

Club career

FC Basel

Born in Basel, Buess started his football with the youth teams of SV Muttenz. He moved to FC Basel in 2003 and played for various FC Basel youth teams, including the U-18 team that won the Swiss championship in 2010.[2] After that date he was member of the U-21 squad and at the beginning of the 2011–12 season he was in training with the FC Basel first team. He made his first team debut in the 4–0 away win in the 2011–12 Swiss Cup game against FC Eschenbach.[3] He played his league debut in the 2–1 home win in a match against Thun on 2 May 2012.[4] Despite having played only in one league game, at the end of the 2011–12 season he won the Double, the League Championship title[5] and the Swiss Cup[6] with Basel. However, during the season, he had continued playing regularly with the U-21 team.

Loan to Aarau and Locarno

To gain regular playing experience Buess was loaned to FC Aarau in the Swiss Challenge League for the 2012–13 Season. Aarau finished the season as Challenge League champions and were promoted. Buess played 17 games in the league and 4 in that seasons Swiss Cup. However, the loan contract ran out and thus Buess returned to Basel and was again loaned out, this time to FC Locarno. Buess played in 31 of the 36 games, but Locarno finished bottom of the Challenge League table and were relegated.

Wohlen

Buess's contract with Basel expired and therefore he joined FC Wohlen on a free transfer. Wohlen started well in the season and led in the league table from the second up until the 26th match day, when they were overtaken by Servette FC and the later Challenge League champions FC Lugano. Buess finished the season as team top scorer and with 11 goals, in 7th position of the best scorer list in the League. With 12 final passes he ended the season as the league's top assist giver.

Thun

At the beginning of the 2014–15 Swiss Super League season Buess transferred to FC Thun.

Career statistics

As of 9 February 2018[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Basel 2011–12 Swiss Super League 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Aarau (loan) 2012–13 Swiss Challenge League 17 0 2 1 0 0 19 1
Locarno (loan) 2013–14 Swiss Challenge League 31 9 1 0 0 0 32 9
Wohlen 2014–15 Swiss Challenge League 29 10 2 0 0 0 31 10
Thun 2015–16 Swiss Super League 31 9 2 0 4[a] 1 37 10
2016–17 Swiss Super League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 31 9 2 0 4 1 37 10
St. Gallen 2016–17 Swiss Super League 29 5 1 1 0 0 30 6
2017–18 Swiss Super League 19 6 3 0 0 0 22 6
Total 48 11 4 1 0 0 52 12
Career totals 157 39 11 2 4 1 172 42
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Basel

Aarau

International

References

  1. ^ Roman Buess at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b Marti, Caspar (2010). "Die U18 des FCB ist Schweizer Meister!" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  3. ^ Weber, Dominik (2011). "FCB startet erfolgreich in den Schweizer Cup: 4:0-Sieg in Eschenbach" (in German). nzz.ch. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  4. ^ Meister, Remo (2012). "Auch im Spiel 1 als Schweizer Meister 2012 gewinnt der FCB weiter" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Jetzt hat Basel den Titel auf sicher" (in German). football.ch. 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  6. ^ "Matchtelegram FC Basel 1893 5:3 FC Luzern" (in German). football.ch. 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  7. ^ Roman Buess at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  8. ^ a b FC Basel 1893 (2008). "Zwei weitere Nachwuchstitel für den FCB" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 15 June 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)