Benjamin Siegrist
Benjamin Siegrist is a goalkeeper currently playing in Aston Villa’s Under-21 team.
Benjamin Siegrist
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Full Name
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Benjamin Siegrist
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Date of Birth
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31 January 1992
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Age
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32 years
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Place of Birth
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Basel, Switzerland
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Position
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Goalkeeper
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Nationality
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Swiss
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Current club
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Aston Villa
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Previous club/s
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Basel
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Youth career
Benjamin joined Villa from the youth ranks of Basel upon turning 17 in January 2009. He featured regularly for the Under-18s and then the Under-21s, before loan spells in 2013-14 at Burton Albion and Cambridge United.
International
Siegrist has represented Switzerland at Under-16, Under-17, Under-18, Under-19 and Under-21 level. He was part of the Swiss squad that took part in the London Olympic Games in 2012 and also won the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in 2010, claiming the prize for the tournament's best goalkeeper.
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Career honours
Contract
Benjamin is contracted at Villa Park until the end of the 2014-15 campaign.
Last modified on 4 September 2014, at 00:46