Ashvin Balaruban
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 August 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Lucerne, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Thun | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2020 | Luzern | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Luzern U21 | 11 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Luzern | 8 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Kriens (loan) | 23 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 33 | (0) |
| 2024– | Thun | 19 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2015–2016 | Switzerland U15 | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 May 2026 | |||
Ashvin Balaruban (born 8 August 2001) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a left-back for FC Thun.
Club career
On 17 June 2021, he joined Kriens on loan.[1]
On 5 July 2022, Balaruban signed with Neuchâtel Xamax.[2]
On 3 June 2024, he signed a three-year contract with FC Thun.[3] He helped Thun win the 2024–25 Swiss Challenge League, and the following season their first ever first division title, the 2025–26 Swiss Super League.[4]
Personal life
Born in Switzerland, Balaruban is of Tamil Sri Lankan descent.[5]
Career statistics
- As of 22 June 2020[6]
| Club | Season | League | Swiss Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Luzern U21 | 2019–20 | 1. Liga | 8 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Luzern | 2019–20 | Swiss Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
- Notes
Honours
- Thun
References
- ↑ "Mark Marleku bleibt und Ashvin Balaruban wechselt ins Kleinfeld" (in German). Kriens. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ↑ "BALARUBAN >>> XAMAX" (in French). Neuchâtel Xamax. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- ↑ "Update Kaderplanung: Vier Spieler neu beim FC Thun" (in Swiss High German). FC Thun. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- 1 2 3 "Der Thuner Meistertitel ist "unglaublich und unbeschreiblich"". www.sarganserlaender.ch.
- ↑ Wyrsch, Daniel (17 January 2020). "FCL gelingt Hauptprobe für Rückrundenstart: 3:0-Testspielsieg gegen Rumänen von Gaz Metan". Luzerner Zeitung.
- ↑ Ashvin Balaruban at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
Categories:
- 2001 births
- Footballers from Lucerne
- Swiss people of Sri Lankan Tamil descent
- Living people
- Swiss men's footballers
- Switzerland men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- FC Luzern players
- SC Kriens players
- Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players
- FC Thun players
- Swiss 1. Liga (football) players
- Swiss Super League players
- Challenge League (Switzerland) players
- 21st-century Swiss sportsmen
- Sportspeople of Sri Lankan descent
- Swiss football defender stubs