23 Facts About Simon Grether

Simon Grether was born on 20 May 1992 and is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as defender or midfielder.

Simon Grether retired from professional football in 2022 after spending six seasons with Luzern.

Simon Grether started his youth football with local team FC Reinach.

Simon Grether played in their U-16 and U-18 teams and with both he won the Swiss championship, in 2008 and 2010.

On 31 January 2013, FCB announced that Simon Grether was loaned out to Bellinzona in the Swiss Challenge League to gain more playing experience.

Simon Grether settled in slowly but surely and at the end of the season had nine appearances for the team, eight of which over the full 90 minutes.

At the beginning of the next season Basel announced that Simon Grether had prolonged his contract, but was loaned out to Winterthur.

Simon Grether had two appearances in the Swiss Cup this season as well, the team being knocked out of the competition by Zurich in the second round.

In June 2016, Simon Grether moved to FC Luzern, signing a two-year contract until the end of June 2018, but with an option for a further year.

Simon Grether played in 21 of the team's league games that season, the team ending the season in fifth position.

At this point Simon Grether rose to become a very important character in the team, although to the beginning of his time with the club he was thought to be back-up player.

Simon Grether was in the starting eleven during most of the games in the first half of the season, but spent most of the second half on the substitutes bench.

Simon Grether had two cup appearances, where the team advanced to the semi-finals, but were then knocked-out by Thun.

The second half of the season showed improvement, the team ended the season in sixth position and Simon Grether had 23 appearances.

Simon Grether had three appearances in the cup, where Luzern were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Young Boys.

Simon Grether started in just eight games and had five further appearances as substitute.

Simon Grether played in the return leg on 12 August 2021 and led the team as captain, but they were defeated by Feyenoord.

At this point Simon Grether decided to retire from professional football and he started a job as Salesmanager.

Spontaneously the opportunity arose for Simon Grether to move back to Basel, he was offered an apartment.

In January 2023 Simon Grether joined amateur club Black Stars Basel, who at that time played in the 1.

On 1 July 2023 Simon Grether joined Dornach, who at that time played in the 2.

Simon Grether played his first ever international game for the Switzerland U-18 team on the day before his 18th birthday.

On 6 February 2013, Simon Grether made his debut for the Swiss U-21 team in the El Madrigal stadium in Villarreal, Spain, being substituted in in the 79th minute.