Ludovic Magnin

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Personal information
Ludovic Magnin

Full name	Ludovic Magnin
Date of birth	April 20, 1979 (1979-04-20) (age 29)
Place of birth	Sion, Switzerland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	VfB Stuttgart
Number	21
Youth clubs
1987–1996 1996–1997	FC Echallens Lausanne-Sports
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–2000 2000–2002 2002–2005 2005–present	Yverdon Sport Lugano Werder Bremen VfB Stuttgart	45 (2) 47 (0) 45 (4) 74 (2)
National team²
2000-	Switzerland	47 (3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 May 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Ludovic Magnin (born 20 April 1979 in Sion) is a Swiss football defender who currently, as of June 2008, plays for VfB Stuttgart. He is also known for his thunderous free kicks.

He has got 47 caps and 3 goals for the Swiss national team since his debut in 2000. He has been called up to the 2008 European Football Championship, where he has inherited the captaincy due to an injury to Alexander Frei. He also participated at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and the 2004 European Football Championship.

On February 4, 2008, he has extended his contract until the summer of 2010.^[1]

[edit] Honours

With Werder Bremen:

Bundesliga (2003-04)
DFB-Pokal (2004)

With Stuttgart:

Bundesliga (2006-07)

[edit] References

^ Magnin stays in Stuttgart. vfb.de (2008-02-04). Retrieved on 2008-02-04.

[edit] External links

(German) Career stats for Ludovic Magnin at fussballdaten.de

v • d • e Switzerland squad - UEFA Euro 2004

1 Stiel • 2 Haas • 3 Berner • 4 Henchoz • 5 Murat Yakin • 6 Vogel • 7 Cabanas • 8 Wicky • 9 Frei • 10 Hakan Yakin • 11 Chapuisat • 12 Zuberbühler • 13 Zwyssig • 14 Magnin • 15 Gygax • 16 Celestini • 17 Spycher • 18 Huggel • 19 Barnetta • 20 Müller • 21 Rama • 22 Vonlanthen • 23 Roth • Coach: Kuhn

v • d • e Switzerland squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Zuberbühler • 2 Djourou • 3 Magnin • 4 Senderos • 5 Margairaz • 6 Vogel • 7 Cabanas • 8 Wicky • 9 Frei • 10 Gygax • 11 Streller • 12 Benaglio • 13 Grichting • 14 D. Degen • 15 Džemaili • 16 Barnetta • 17 Spycher • 18 Lustrinelli • 19 Behrami • 20 Müller • 21 Coltorti • 22 Hakan Yakin • 23 P. Degen • Coach: Kuhn

v • d • e Switzerland squad - UEFA Euro 2008

1 Benaglio • 2 Djourou • 3 Magnin • 4 Senderos • 5 Lichtsteiner • 6 Huggel • 7 Cabanas • 8 İnler • 9 Frei • 10 Hakan Yakin • 11 Streller • 12 Derdiyok • 13 Grichting • 14 Gygax • 15 G. Fernandes • 16 Barnetta • 17 Spycher • 18 Zuberbühler • 19 Behrami • 20 Müller • 21 Jakupović • 22 Vonlanthen • 23 P. Degen • Coach: Kuhn