Gregor Kobel, born on 6 December 1997 (age 28), is a Switzerland international goalkeeper with the frame to match the job: a commanding 6ft 4in (1.93m). He wears the number one shirt for Borussia Dortmund, where his current market value is around £34m, according to Transfermarkt.
His early senior years were more about getting moving than making statements. He had a brief league involvement at 1899 Hoffenheim in 2018-2019, and those early loan spells helped put shape on a career that would later settle at a far higher level. There is no need to dress that period up too much; for a goalkeeper, development often looks fairly ordinary until it suddenly does not.
Dortmund is where Kobel’s career has taken its clearest form. Across six seasons he has made 156 league appearances for the club, a sizeable body of work in a position where clubs do not tend to tolerate much uncertainty. In 2026-2027 he remains part of the first-team picture, with seven Bundesliga appearances, three in the Champions League and one in the DFL-Supercup, making 11 Dortmund appearances in all competitions so far.
He has also continued to be involved with Switzerland, adding international football to a club career now firmly centred on Dortmund. Kobel’s path has been from careful early steps into sustained responsibility at one of Germany’s major clubs, and he remains relevant there rather than merely attached to the squad.
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