| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michel Aebischer[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-01-06)6 January 1997 (age 28)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Fribourg, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Pisa (on loan fromBologna) | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | Young Boys | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2022 | Young Boys | 133 | (12) |
| 2022 | →Bologna (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2022– | Bologna | 82 | (1) |
| 2025– | →Pisa (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Switzerland U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Switzerland U20 | 8 | (0) |
| 2018 | Switzerland U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2019– | Switzerland | 36 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2025 | |||
Michel Aebischer (born 6 January 1997) is a Swiss professionalfootballer who plays as adefensive midfielder forSerie A clubPisa, on loan fromBologna, and theSwitzerland national team.[2]
Aebischer is a youth exponent fromYoung Boys. He made hisSwiss Super League debut on 10 September 2016 againstLuzern.[3]
He was part of the Young Boys squad that won the2017–18 Swiss Super League, their first league title for 32 years.[4]
On 25 January 2022, he joinedBologna in Italy. The transfer was initially a loan with a future obligation to buy the rights permanently.[5]
On 3 August 2025, Aebischer was loaned byPisa, with a conditional obligation to buy.[6]
Aebischer made his debut forSwitzerland national team on 18 November 2019 in aEuro 2020 qualifier againstGibraltar. He came on as a substitute forRuben Vargas in the 85th minute.[7] On 9 November 2022, he was called up for the Swiss squad for the2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar,[8] where he made one appearance as a 76th-minute substitute forDjibril Sow in the 1–0Group G loss toBrazil.[9]
On 7 June 2024, Aebischer was named in the 26-man squad for theUEFA Euro 2024.[10] On 15 June, he scored his first international goal and provided an assist in a 3–1 victory overHungary in Switzerland's opening match of the tournament.[11]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Young Boys | 2016–17 | Swiss Super League | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 2017–18 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6[c] | 0 | 35 | 4 | ||
| 2019–20 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8[d] | 0 | 46 | 4 | ||
| 2020–21 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11[e] | 0 | 39 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11[c] | 1 | 28 | 3 | ||
| Total | 133 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 194 | 15 | ||
| Bologna (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 12 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| Bologna | 2022–23 | Serie A | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | |
| 2023–24 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 40 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Total | 82 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 1 | ||
| Pisa (loan) | 2025–26 | Serie A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| Career total | 237 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 306 | 16 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 13 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | |
| Total | 36 | 2 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 June 2024 | RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany | 21 |  Hungary | 2–0 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2024 | [13] |
| 2 | 10 June 2025 | Geodis Park,Nashville, United States | 32 |  United States | 2–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
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