Yann Sommer, 37, joins Club Brugge on a free transfer through 2029 after three seasons at Inter Milan
The 37-year-old leaves Italy as a free agent after three seasons with Inter and succeeds the retired Simon Mignolet.
Swiss goalkeeper Yann Sommer has signed a three-year contract with Belgian champions Club Brugge, the club announced on Tuesday. The 37-year-old arrives as a free agent after his contract with Inter Milan expired at the end of June, and steps directly into the starting role vacated by the retiring Simon Mignolet.
Sommer succeeds the 38-year-old Belgian, whose own playing career has concluded. Brugge secured Sommer on a deal running to 30 June 2029. Multiple sources underline that the prospect of Champions League football next season was a decisive factor in the move.
Inter Milan legacy
Sommer spent three seasons at Inter Milan, where he collected two Serie A titles, an Italian Cup, and the 2023 Italian Super Cup. The high point of his San Siro tenure was the 2025 Champions League final.
The final ended in a heavy defeat to Paris Saint-Germain, with Ouest France recording the score as 5-0. Across his Inter career, he made 139 appearances for the Nerazzurri, conceding 120 goals and keeping 66 clean sheets, according to the first source to register those figures.
He played 139 matches with the Nerazzuri, with 120 goals conceded and 66 clean-sheets.
A veteran's path
Yann Sommer turned professional in 2007 with a loan at FC Vaduz from his formative club FC Basel. He then logged 170 matches for Basel before the biggest move of his career, a 2014 transfer to Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Across more than eight years at Gladbach he played 335 competitive matches. The timeline accelerated in January 2023, when Bayern Munich signed him as cover for the seriously injured Manuel Neuer; Sommer stayed in Munich for six months, then joined Inter Milan in summer 2023.
International chapter closed
On the international stage, Sommer earned 94 caps for Switzerland before retiring from the national side after Euro 2024. His tournament record includes the 2014, 2018 and 2022 World Cups, plus the 2016, 2020 and 2024 European Championships.
At his final Euros, Switzerland reached the quarter-finals and were eliminated by England, bringing his 12-year senior international career to a close.
What Brugge gets
Belgium represents the fourth national league of Sommer's career, after spells in Switzerland, Germany and Italy. He brings with him the weight of 790 professional appearances, including 69 in the Champions League and 38 in the Europa League.
The new signing inherits the gloves at a club entering the Champions League main phase directly after winning the Belgian title. For Sommer, who will turn 38 during the contract, the move extends an elite-level career into its next chapter.
