Stéphane Grichting (born 30 March 1979 in Sierre) is a Swiss former professional football defender. He earned 36 caps for the Swiss national team, and was called up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup squads. He was in the squad for the 2004 European Football Championship, but pulled out due to injury. After Switzerland beat Turkey in the deciding qualifier to 2006 FIFA World Cup, he was injured in the riots that occurred after the match. At the end of the 2014–15 season, he retired from professional football at the age of 36. International goals |- |1||5 September 2009||St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland||||1–0||2–0||2010 WCQ |} References External links 1979 births Living people Association football defenders Swiss men's footballers Switzerland international footballers Switzerland under-21 international footballers Swiss expatriate footballers FC Sion players AJ Auxerre players Grasshopper Club Zürich players Swiss Super League players Ligue 1 players 2006 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2008 players 2010 FIFA World Cup players Expatriate footballers in France People from Sierre Sportspeople from Valais