Marwin Hitz

Marwin Hitz

Hitz playing for Augsburg in 2013
Personal information
Full name Marwin Hitz
Date of birth (1987-09-18) 18 September 1987
Place of birth St. Gallen, Switzerland
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 FC Augsburg
Number 35
Youth career
1996–2005 St. Gallen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 St. Gallen II 38 (0)
2007 → Yverdon Sport (loan) 2 (0)
2008 → Winterthur (loan) 15 (0)
2008–2009 VfL Wolfsburg II 45 (0)
2008–2013 VfL Wolfsburg 13 (0)
2013– FC Augsburg 70 (1)
2014 FC Augsburg II 1 (0)
National team‡
2006 Switzerland U21 2 (0)
2015– Switzerland 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 March 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2015

Marwin Hitz (born 18 September 1987) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for FC Augsburg in the Bundesliga.[2] Hitz scored a stoppage-time equalizer in a league match against Bayer 04 Leverkusen on 21 February 2015 (2–2).[3]

International career

On 10 June 2015, he won his first cap for Switzerland in a 3–0 friendly win over Liechtenstein at Stockhorn Arena in Thun.

Pitch sabotaging incident

On 5 December 2015, Hitz intentionally sabotaged the ground near the penalty spot after a penalty was awarded to 1. FC Köln in their match against Augsburg. Anthony Modeste missed the penalty, and Augsburg went on to win the match 1–0. Hitz later apologised for his actions.[4] Hitz was billed €122.92 by 1. FC Köln for the damage he caused to the pitch, which he agreed to pay.[5]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/teams/player=250016304/index.html
  2. ↑ "Hitz, Marwin" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "Augsburg keeper Marwin Hitz scores late equaliser in Bundesliga". BBC Sport. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Christenson, Marcus (6 December 2015). "Hitz and miss: Augsburg keeper apologises for sabotaging penalty spot". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Marwin Hitz: Augsburg keeper billed for damaging penalty spot". 8 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
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