Cheveyo Tsawa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 December 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Club Brugge | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2022 | FC St. Gallen | ||
| 2022–2024 | FC Zürich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2025 | Zürich II | 15 | (1) |
| 2024–2026 | FC Zürich | 56 | (5) |
| 2026– | Club Brugge | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Switzerland U16 | 9 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | Switzerland U17 | 13 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Switzerland U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2024 | Switzerland U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2025– | Switzerland U21 | 10 | (1) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 August 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 March 2026 | |||
Cheveyo Tsawa (born 9 December 2006) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Club Brugge.
Early life
Tsawa was born on 9 December 2006 in Switzerland. The son of Swiss footballer Dorjee Tsawa, he is of Tibetan descent through his father and has two sisters and a younger brother.[1]
Club career
As a youth player, Tsawa joined the youth academy of FC St. Gallen. In 2022, he joined the youth academy of FC Zürich and was promoted to the club's first team in 2024. On 18 February 2024, he debuted for them during a 1–0 away win over FC Luzern in the league. On 19 January 2025, he scored his first goal for them during a 1–0 win over Yverdon-Sport FC in the league.[2]
Style of play
Tsawa plays as a midfielder. Right-footed, he is known for his strength.[3]
Career statistics
- As of match played 7 August 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Zürich II | 2023–24 | Promotion League | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Promotion League | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||||
| FC Zürich | 2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Swiss Super League | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 3 | |||
| 2025–26 | Swiss Super League | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 2 | |||
| Total | 56 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 60 | 5 | ||||
| Club Brugge | 2026–27 | Belgian Pro League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career total | 72 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 5 | ||
- ↑ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
References
- ↑ "Die Fussballfamilie Tsawa" [The football family Tsawa] (in German). Blick. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ↑ "GC's impossible victory, crazy chance proliferation and Tsawa follows in Papa's footsteps". blue News. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ↑ "Cheveyo Tsawa hat seinen Vertrag verlängert" [Cheveyo Tsawa has extended his contract] (in German). sport.ch. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
External links
- Cheveyo Tsawa at Soccerway
- 2006 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Swiss sportsmen
- Swiss people of Tibetan descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- Swiss men's footballers
- Switzerland men's youth international footballers
- Switzerland men's under-21 international footballers
- FC Zürich players
- Club Brugge KV players
- Swiss Super League players
- Swiss Promotion League players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Swiss expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Belgium