Ilan Benjamin Sauter
Defender · FC Zurich · №27
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
FC Zurich
FC Basel 1893
Super League
|
1:2 | |
FC Lugano
FC Zurich
Super League
|
5:0 | |
FC Zurich
Servette FC
Super League
|
2:1 | |
FC St. Gallen
FC Zurich
Super League
|
2:1 | |
|
FC Zurich
FC Lugano
Super League
|
0:1 | |
|
FC St. Gallen
FC Zurich
Super League
|
2:1 | |
FC Zurich
FC Thun
Super League
|
2:1 | |
FC Zurich
FC Sion
Super League
|
1:2 | |
|
Servette FC
FC Zurich
Super League
|
2:1 | |
FC Zurich
Lausanne
Super League
|
1:2 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Super League | 2025 | 9 |
| Super League | 2026 | 4 |
About the player
Ilan Sauter was born in New York City and joined FC Zurich's academy at the age of ten, working his way up through the club's youth ranks. At FC Zurich II he made 37 appearances, and a loan to FC Wil between 2020 and 2022 gave him 45 Challenge League appearances and a goal to his name.
A permanent move to AC Bellinzona in the summer of 2023 saw him make 57 Challenge League appearances and score seven goals across two seasons, along with three Swiss Cup outings. He returned to FC Zurich in July 2025 as a free agent, and the club rewarded him with a contract running to 2030.
Sauter has represented Switzerland at every youth level from U16 to U20, picking up goals for both the U17 and U19 sides, though he has yet to add a senior cap.
Career path
- 2020 — 2027 — now FC Zurich 32 matches
- 2019 — 2026 FC Zürich U21 39 matches
- 2024 — 2025 Bellinzona 62 matches
- 2021 — 2022 FC WIL 1900 47 matches
- 2018 FC Zürich U18 (-2023) 16 matches
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/27 | FC Zurich | Super League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 284 |
| 26/27 | FC Zurich | Swiss Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 85 |
| 25/26 | FC Zurich | Super League | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 550 |
| 25/26 | FC Zürich U21 | Promotion League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
| 24/25 | Bellinzona | Challenge League | 24 | 2 | 1 | 2 074 |
| 24/25 | Bellinzona | Swiss Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 210 |
| 23/24 | Bellinzona | Challenge League | 33 | 5 | 1 | 2 970 |
| 23/24 | Bellinzona | Swiss Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 297 |
| 22/23 | FC Zürich U21 | Promotion League | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 077 |
| 21/22 | FC WIL 1900 | Challenge League | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 484 |
| 21/22 | FC WIL 1900 | Swiss Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 20/21 | FC WIL 1900 | Challenge League | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 922 |
| 20/21 | FC WIL 1900 | Swiss Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
| 19/20 | FC Zürich U21 | Promotion League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 965 |
| 19/20 | FC Zurich | Super League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 225 |
| 18/19 | FC Zürich U21 | Promotion League | 14 | 0 | 0 | 986 |
| 17/18 | FC Zürich U18 (-2023) | Swiss U18 Elite League (bis 22/23) | 11 | 2 | 0 | 923 |
| 17/18 | FC Zürich U18 (-2023) | Swiss U18 Elite Playoffs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 300 |
| 17/18 | FC Zürich U18 (-2023) | Schweizer Cup U18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 163 |
| Total | Bellinzona | 62 | 7 | 2 | 5 551 | |
| Total | FC WIL 1900 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 3 530 | |
| Total | FC Zürich U21 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 3 163 | |
| Total | FC Zurich | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 144 | |
| Total | FC Zürich U18 (-2023) | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 386 | |
| Total | Switzerland U17 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 854 | |
| Total | Switzerland U19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 465 | |
| Total | Switzerland U16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 105 | |
| Total | Switzerland U18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | |
| Total | Switzerland U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
Transfers
Transfers- 25/26 Bellinzona FC Zurich
- 23/24 FC Zurich Bellinzona
- 21/22 FC WIL 1900 FC Zurich
- 20/21 FC Zurich FC WIL 1900
- 18/19 FC Zürich U18 FC Zurich
- 17/18 FC Zürich U17 FC Zürich U18
