Karl Grob
Personal information
Full name Karl Grob
Date of birth (1946-05-30)30 May 1946
Place of birth Küsnacht, Switzerland
Date of death 20 April 2019(2019-04-20) (aged 72)
Place of death Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1965–1967 FC Küsnacht
1967 Zürich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1987 Zürich 513 (0)
1987–1988 Biel-Bienne 31 (0)
International career‡
1967–1976 Switzerland 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 August 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 August 2017

Karl Grob (30 May 1946 – 20 April 2019) was a Swiss professional footballer 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 a total of five Swiss Super Leagues and four 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]

Death

Grob died of heart failure on 20 April 2019 in Zürich, at the age of 72.[6]

Honours

Zürich

References

  1. ↑ Fischer, Andy (28 October 2013). ""Was macht eigentlich ...?". Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich (in German). Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  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.
  6. ↑ "La Suisse du foot pleure Karl Grob". Le Matin (in French). 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
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