Liam_Chipperfield
Liam Chipperfield
Swiss footballer (born 2004)
Liam Scott Chipperfield (born 14 February 2004) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as midfielder for FC Sion in the Swiss Challenge League.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Liam Scott Chipperfield | ||
| Date of birth | (2004-02-14) 14 February 2004 (age 20) | ||
| Place of birth | Basel, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sion | ||
| Number | 35 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2020 | Basel | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | Basel II | 41 | (6) |
| 2021–2023 | Basel | 5 | (1) |
| 2023– | Sion II | 1 | (1) |
| 2023– | Sion | 13 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Switzerland U-15 | 4 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Switzerland U-16 | 2 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Switzerland U-18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2022 | Switzerland U-19 | 4 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 January ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 September 2021 | |||
FC Basel
Chipperfield started his youth football with Basel in 2013. He went through all the junior levels before advancing to their U-18 team in July 2019. In the 2020–21 U-18 Elite League Chipperfield played eight games scoring five goals leading the team to the table top. He advanced to their first team during their 2020–21 season under head coach Ciriaco Sforza. Chipperfield made his match debut in the test match against FC Schaffhausen in mid-November 2020. The youngster scored the first goal of the match as they took an early lead in the 4–0 win.[2]
On 4 December 2020, FC Basel announced that Chipperfield had signed his first professional contract with the club.[3] With the professional contract Chipperfield advanced to Basel's U-21 team and in his first five games scored three goals, two of which were in the game against Chiasso on 13 September 2021.[4]
Chipperfield made his first-team debut on 19 September in the second round of the Swiss Cup as Basel won 3–0 in the match against FC Rorschach-Goldach 17.[5] He scored his first goal for the first team on 13 March 2022 in a 2:0 win against Servette FC.
FC Sion
On 17 July 2023, he departed Basel to join freshly relegated FC Sion in the Swiss Challenge League,[6] despite having a contract until November 2023.
Chipperfield has also played for various U-national teams. He made his debut for the U-15 on 16 April 2019 against Wales U15 and his debut in the Swiss U-16 on 24 September in the match against Italy U-16. He scored a goal in the return match two days later as the Swiss won by three goals to one. On 1 July 2021 he advanced to the Swiss U-18 team, for whom he has played twice to date.
Liam, who holds both Swiss and Australian nationality, is the son of Australian Scott Chipperfield, who has celebrated seven league championship titles with the FC Basel between 2001 and 2012 and helped to shape an era.[7]
On the 25th of January 2024, Liam acquired Australian citizenship, making him eligible to represent Australia.
- "Liam Chipperfield". FC Basel. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- FC Basel 1893 (12 November 2020). "Deutlicher Sieg im Test gegen Schaffhausen". Clear victory in the test against Schaffhausen. FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - FC Basel 1893 (4 December 2020). "Liam Chipperfield unterschreibt Profivertrag". Liam Chipperfield signed professional contract. FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - FC Basel 1893 (13 September 2021). "U-21 Remis-gegen-Chiasso". U-21 draw against Chiasso. FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - FC Basel 1893 (19 September 2021). "Der FCB gewinnt gegen Rorschach-Goldach ohne zu glänzen". FCB wins against Rorschach-Goldach without shining. FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - "Liam Chipperfield zum FC Sion". FC Basel. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.