Timm Klose

Youth football

Klose started his youth football with local amateur club BSC Old Boys in 1993. In the summer of 2003, he moved to FC Basel youth, but returned after one year. He advanced to the OB first team, who played in the fourth tier of the Swiss football league system, for the 2006–07 season and in that season the team became division champions and won promotion. In the summer 2007 he again moved to FCB and joined their U-21 team, also third tier, under coach Patrick Rahmen. The team became division (group2) winners in the 2007–08 season, and became Swiss champions at U-21 level. A year later, in the 2008–09 season, they became division (group2) winners and Swiss champions at the U-21 level again. During his two seasons with the team he played 47 games and scored three goals. Klose had played in four test games for Basel's first team and wanted to advance to them for their 2009–10 season, but Basel's new head coach was Thorsten Fink and he wanted Klose to wait another year. Klose decided to move on.

FC Thun

Murat Yakin was appointed as new head coach of FC Thun in summer 2009 and one of his first actions was to acquire the services of Basel's U-21 team captain Nicolas Schindelholz and their central defender Klose, both of whom failed to advance to first team. The team played in the second tier and Klose achieved 29 league and three cup appearances during the 2009–10 Challenge League season. They were division champions and won promotion. Klose scored…

Klose was named in the Team of the Tournament at the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in which his country reached the final. He also represented Switzerland at the 2012 Olympics, and played every match as Switzerland were eliminated in last place in Group B. He made his full international debut for Switzerland on 10 August 2011, replacing Philippe Senderos in the 57th minute of a 2–1 away friendly win against Liechtenstein. On 7 October he played his first competitive international and start, as Switzerland lost a Euro 2012 qualifier 2–0 away to Wales. He also played two matches in the team's successful 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, but was not selected for the tournament. An injury sustained by Klose while playing for Norwich City in April 2016, ultimately led to him missing selection for Euro 2016. Klose's last international appearance was on 18 November 2018 as Switzerland won 5–2 against Belgium in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A.

As of match played 23 April 2022

Basel

Swiss champion at U-21 level: 2007–08, 2008–09 FC Thun

Swiss Challenge League: 2009–10 VfL Wolfsburg

DFB-Pokal: 2014–15 DFL-Supercup: 2015 Norwich City

EFL Championship: 2018–19 Switzerland U21

UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up:2011 Individual

UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2011