Pascal Zuberbühler

In the 50th minute Zuberbühler was substituted out of the game with a head wound.

The following season, after just three league matches, Basel accepted an enquiry from Bayer Leverkusen.

Zuberbühler was loaned out to them under head-coach Christoph Daum for the season.

Zuberbühler played 13 league games and five Champions League games for them.

But after a few months he was replaced between the posts by Adam Matysek under the new coach Berti Vogts.

As he was being mobbed by his own fans, Zuberbühler decided to leave Leverkusen.

Pascal Zuberbühler (born 8 January 1971) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

He played in the Swiss Super League for Grasshopper, Basel and Neuchâtel Xamax.

He also had a season on loan to Bayer Leverkusen of the Bundesliga, and late in his career he represented West Bromwich Albion and Fulham in England.

During the winter break of the 1991–92 Nationalliga A season he transferred to and signed his first professional contract with Grasshopper Club Zürich.

He played his league debut for his new club on 8 April 1992 in the away game against Lausanne-Sport.

The game ended in a 1–1 draw.

Zuberbühler played with GC for seven and a half years.

Zuberbühler earned 51 caps for Switzerland between 1994 and 2008, and was selected for UEFA Euro 2004, the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2008.

At the middle tournament, the Swiss were the only team in the competition's history to be eliminated without conceding a goal.

Born in Frauenfeld, Thurgau, Zuberbühler played his youth football with local amateur club FC Frauenfeld and advanced to their first team, who at that time played in the 1st League, the third tier of Swiss football.

During this time he made 187 league appearances for Grasshopper Club Zürich, winning the Nationalliga A three times (1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98) and the Swiss Cup once (1993–94).

Zuberbühler joined FC Basel 's first team for their 1999–2000 season under new head-coach Christian Gross.

The two clubs made a goalkeeper swap with Stefan Huber.

After playing in one test match and one UI Cup game Zuberbühler played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game on 7 July 1999 as Basel played a 1–1 with Lugano.

Between the years 1999 and 2006 Zuberbühler played a total of 340 games for Basel.

214 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, 20 in the Swiss Cup, 20 in the Champions League, 24 in the UEFA Cup, 11 in the UI Cup and 51 were friendly games.

His contract was dissolved in March 2001.

After his loan period, when he returned to Basel his replacement Miroslav König had been playing so well that head-coach Gross did not want to change the starting team.

Zuberbühler was loaned out to Aarau for the rest of the season.

For Aarau he made two league appearances.

In their next season 2001–02 Zuberbühler was again first choice goalkeeper with Basel and played in all the competitive games (league, cup and UI Cup).

Zuberbühler won the double with the club and advanced to the final of the UI Cup, but here they suffered defeat, Aston Villa won 5–2 on aggregate.

Zuberbühler made a name for himself with his saves in a 1–1 tie with Liverpool in a Champions League game on 25 September 2002.

In their 2002–03 season Basel were runners-up in the league, but they were able to repeat the cup win.

Zuberbühler held a clean sheet as Basel beat Xamax 6–0 in the final.

In their 2003–04 season and 2004–05 season Zuberbühler and Basel were able to win the domestic league championship another two times.

Zuberbühler signed a two-year contract for West Bromwich Albion on a free transfer from Basel on 14 July 2006.

His first appearance in an Albion shirt was in a friendly against Motherwell, where he earned praise from his manager Bryan Robson.

He then kept a clean sheet on his competitive début as Albion beat Hull City 2–0 on 5 August.

Zuberbühler was dropped from the first team by new manager Tony Mowbray after starting 15 games, apparently due to the fans booing and sarcastically applauding him when he played.

Mowbray made him available for loan in November.

He returned to the first team after Russell Hoult was suspended, and responded by keeping a clean sheet in the 3–0 FA Cup win at rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers on 28 January 2007, but it proved to be his last game for the club.

In February 2007, he was told by his club that he was "surplus to requirements", and that they would not stand in his way should a club come in for him.

New signing Dean Kiely immediately replaced him in the first team, and he felt this harmed his chances for Euro 2008, due to be held in his home country.