![]() Siegrist with Aston Villa in 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Benjamin Kevin Siegrist[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 31 January 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Therwil, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Rapid București | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2002 | FC Therwil | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2009 | Basel | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2012 | Aston Villa | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2016 | Aston Villa | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | → Burton Albion (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | → Cambridge United (loan) | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | → Solihull Moors (loan) | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Vaduz | 32 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2022 | Dundee United | 121 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2022–2024 | Celtic | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | Rapid București | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | Switzerland U17 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | Switzerland U18 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Switzerland U19 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Switzerland U21 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 August 2024 |
Benjamin Kevin Siegrist (born 31 January 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga I club Rapid București.
He was a member of the Switzerland squad at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and went on to represent the Swiss Under-21s.[3] In 2009, Siegrist was part of his nation's FIFA U-17 World Cup winning side, during which he also received the competition's inaugural Golden Glove award for best goalkeeper. During seven years in the Aston Villa Academy Siegrist undertook a series of short-term loans to English Football League and Conference sides. After a spell in the Swiss Super League with Vaduz, Siegrist signed for Scottish club Dundee United in 2018.