Aurèle Amenda
Squad number 24 · Eintracht Frankfurt
Their 2026 World Cup
Aurèle Amenda travelled to the 2026 World Cup with Switzerland, wearing number 24, without ever getting on the pitch. His side played 6 matches (3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat) and bowed out in the quarter-finals, beaten by Argentina 3-1.
Defence went to M. Akanji (6 matches, 600′) and N. Elvedi (6 matches, 600′).
Another 2 players in the Switzerland squad ended up the same way, without a single minute. The full run is on the Switzerland team page.
Biography
Aurèle Florian Amenda (born 31 July 2003) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Coventry City and the Switzerland national team.
Club career Amenda signed his first professional contract in December 2021 with BSC Young Boys. He made his professional debut for the club on 13 February 2022, replacing Wilfried Kanga in the 85th minute with a 3–1 league win over Basel. He made three more appearances in the 2021–22 season, on 3 April 2022 against Basel, on 9 April 2022 against Lausanne-Sport, and on 22 May 2022 against Grasshoppers finishing the season with four games in total. At the start of the 2022–23 season, Amenda made his European debut on 28 July 2022 with Young Boys in a 3–0 win against Liepāja in the UEFA Europa Conference League qualifier match. He played two matches for Young Boys in the 2022–23 Swiss Super League. On 7 February 2024, Amenda was announced at Eintracht Frankfurt from 1 July 2024, signing a five year contract with the club.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · text adapted from the article.
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