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Roman Bürki
File:St. Louis City vs Aston Villa (Jul 2025) 11.jpg
Bürki with St. Louis City SC in 2025
Personal information
Full name Roman Bürki[1]
Date of birth (1990-11-14) 14 November 1990 (age 35)
Place of birth Münsingen, Switzerland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 St. Louis City SC
Number 1
Youth career
1999–2005 FC Münsingen
2005–2009 Young Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Young Boys 2 (0)
2009–2010 → FC Thun (loan) 4 (0)
2010 → FC Schaffhausen (loan) 9 (0)
2011–2013 → Grasshoppers (loan) 76 (0)
2013–2014 Grasshoppers 34 (0)
2014–2015 SC Freiburg 34 (0)
2015–2022 Borussia Dortmund 176 (0)
2022 St. Louis City 2 4 (0)
2023– St. Louis City SC 90 (0)
International career‡
2011–2012 Switzerland U21 12 (0)
2014–2018 Switzerland 9 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 October 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 June 2018

Roman Bürki (born 14 November 1990) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club St. Louis City SC. From 2014 to 2018, he played for the Switzerland national team.

Club career

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Switzerland

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Bürki began his career in 2007 with the reserve squad of the BSC Young Boys. In 2009, he moved to FC Thun, and half a year later to FC Schaffhausen. In the summer of 2010 he went back to BSC Young Boys, and again half a year later he was transferred to Grasshopper Club Zürich. First, he was the back-up goalkeeper, later the first goalkeeper. He was on loan until 2013, when Grasshoppers bought his rights.

SC Freiburg

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On 24 May 2014, he signed a contract with SC Freiburg.[3]

For 2014–15 Bundesliga season he succeeded Oliver Baumann as number one goalkeeper.[4] He played in all 34 games, while being unable to prevent the team from being relegated to 2. Bundesliga.

Borussia Dortmund

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On 14 June 2015, he signed for Borussia Dortmund.[5] He made his formal debut for the team on 15 August 2015, in a 4–0 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach.[6] He kept 12 clean sheets for Dortmund in the league, making 33 appearances.[7] In the 2016–17 season, he made 27 league appearances, keeping nine clean sheets.[8]

In the 2017–18 season, Bürki became the first goalkeeper to keep five clean sheets in the first five Bundesliga games.[9]

St. Louis City SC

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On 16 March 2022, Bürki agreed to a deal that would send him to Major League Soccer expansion franchise St. Louis City SC for their inaugural season in 2023.[10] He is the highest-paid goalkeeper in the league and would earn a $1.5 million base salary.[11] Bürki played four matches for reserve squad St. Louis City 2 in 2022 along with several other future St. Louis players.[12]

On 20 February 2023, Bürki was named the club's captain.[13]

In November of 2023, Bürki was named MLS Goalkeeper of the Year[14]

International career

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File:AUT vs. SUI 2015-11-17 (248).jpg
Bürki with Switzerland in 2015

Bürki played for Switzerland U-21 in the 2011 European Under-21 Championship.

In 2014, Bürki was first called up for Switzerland and was also in the squad for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. On 18 November 2014, he made his debut in a friendly match against Poland.[15] He was part of the squad for the 2016 European Championships, but never made it to any match.[16] Ultimately, his team was eliminated in the round of 16 away after losing 5–4 on penalties against Poland.[17]

He was included in Switzerland's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup.[18]

In 2018, Burki stated that he did not want to be called up to the Switzerland squad in order to focus on the 2018–19 season at Dortmund.[19]

Personal life

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Bürki is the older brother of FC Thun defender Marco Bürki.[20]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 18 October 2025[21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Thun (loan) 2009–10 Swiss Challenge League 4 0 2 0 — — 6 0
FC Schaffhausen (loan) 2009–10 Swiss Challenge League 9 0 0 0 — — 9 0
Young Boys 2010–11 Swiss Super League 2 0 0 0 2 0 — 4 0
Grasshoppers (loan) 2010–11 Swiss Super League 11 0 0 0 0 0 — 11 0
2011–12 Swiss Super League 31 0 0 0 — — 31 0
2012–13 Swiss Super League 34 0 4 0 — — 38 0
Total 76 0 4 0 0 0 — 80 0
Grasshoppers 2013–14 Swiss Super League 34 0 3 0 4 0 — 41 0
SC Freiburg 2014–15 Bundesliga 34 0 2 0 — — 36 0
Borussia Dortmund 2015–16 Bundesliga 33 0 6 0 3 0 — 42 0
2016–17 Bundesliga 27 0 4 0 8 0 1[b] 0 40 0
2017–18 Bundesliga 33 0 3 0 10 0 1[b] 0 47 0
2018–19 Bundesliga 32 0 1 0 7 0 — 40 0
2019–20 Bundesliga 31 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 39 0
2020–21 Bundesliga 19 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 24 0
2021–22 Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 176 0 15 0 40 0 2 0 233 0
St. Louis City 2 2022 MLS Next Pro 4 0 0 0 — 0 0 4 0
St. Louis City SC 2023 MLS 33 0 0 0 — 3[c] 0 36 0
2024 MLS 32 0 — 2 0 3[d] 0 37 0
2025 MLS 25 0 1 0 — — 26 0
Total 90 0 1 0 2 0 6 0 99 0
Career total 429 0 27 0 48 0 8 0 512 0
  1. ^ Includes Swiss Cup, DFB-Pokal, U.S. Open Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearance in DFL-Supercup
  3. ^ One appearance in Leagues Cup, two appearances in MLS Cup playoffs
  4. ^ Appearances in Leagues Cup

International

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As of 22 June 2018[22]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Switzerland 2014 1 0
2015 3 0
2016 2 0
2017 1 0
2018 2 0
Total 9 0

Honours

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Grasshoppers

Borussia Dortmund

St. Louis City SC

Individual

References

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