{{short description|Swiss footballer (born 2002)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Nicolas Glaus | image = | fullname = Nicolas Roger Glaus | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|5|10|df=y}} | birth_place = Binningen, Switzerland | height = 1.87 m | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = Grasshopper | clubnumber = 1 | youthyears1 = 2017–2020 | youthclubs1 = Basel | years1 = 2020–2021 | clubs1 = Basel II | caps1 = 3 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2021–2023 | clubs2 = VfB Stuttgart II | caps2 = 20 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2023– | clubs3 = Grasshopper | caps3 = 1 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2023– | clubs4 = Grasshopper II | caps4 = 20 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2024–2025 | clubs5 = → FC Schaffhausen | caps5 = 4 | goals5 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2023- | nationalteam1 = Switzerland U20 | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = 17 May 2026 | ntupdate = 15:10, 15 June 2022 (UTC) }}
'''Nicolas Roger Glaus''' (born 10 May 2002) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Swiss Super League club Grasshopper.
==Club career== ===VfB Stuttgart II=== A youth product of FC Basel, he joined German Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart on 7 September 2021,<ref name=vfb>{{cite web|publisher=VfB Stuttgart|url=https://www.vfb.de/de/vfb/aktuell/neues/junge-wilde/2122/schock-und-glaus/|title=Schock und Glaus|date=7 September 2021|accessdate=19 June 2023}}</ref> where he will play for their reserve team. In his first season, he managed to impress and soon became a regular starter for the Stuttgart reserves, making ten appearance sin the Regionalliga Südwest, the fourth tier of German football.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=4-4-2|url=https://www.4-4-2.com/bundesliga/vfb-stuttgart/exklusiv-vfb-stuttgart-nicolas-glaus/|title=Exklusiv: Ex-FCB-Junior Nicolas Glaus hält Stuttgart die Treue|date=31 March 2022|accessdate=19 June 2023}}</ref> As a result, his contract was extended for a further year on 12 April 2022.<ref name=vfbext>{{cite web|publisher=VfB Stuttgart|url=https://www.vfb.de/de/vfb/aktuell/neues/junge-wilde/2122/verlaengerung-nicolas-glaus/|title=Verlängerung Nicolas Glaus|date=12 April 2022|accessdate=19 June 2023}}</ref>
===Grasshopper Club Zürich=== On 19 June 2023, he returned to Switzerland, joining Swiss Super League side Grasshopper Club Zürich.<ref name=gc>{{cite web|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/17/gc-zurich-signs-two-goalkeepers-for-the-1st-team/|title=GC Zurich signs two goalkeepers for the 1st team|date=19 June 2023|accessdate=19 June 2023}}</ref> He officially joins the first team as third goalkeeper and will primarily play for the reserves. On 15 August 2024, he was loaned to FC Schaffhausen, in the Swiss Challenge League until the end of 2024, to gain experience playing in the first team.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/1/nicolas-glaus-on-loan-to-fc-schaffhausen/|title=Nicolas Glaus on loan to FC Schaffhausen|language=en|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zurich|date=15 August 2024|access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref> At the same time, he extended his contract with Grasshoppers for a further year. On 8 January 2025, his loan spell was extended until the end of the season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/1/hoxha-and-glaus-on-loan-to-fc-schaffhausen/|title=Hoxha and Glaus on loan to FC Schaffhausen|language=en|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zurich|date=8 January 2025|access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref> This loan was ended prematurely on 3 February, "due to disagreements".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/1/glaus-returns-to-gcz/|title=Glaus returns to GCZ|language=en|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zurich|date=3 February 2025|access-date=3 February 2025}}</ref> Glaus merely played four games for Schaffhausen, conceding eight goals.
==International career== He joined the Switzerland U20 on 1 March 2023.<ref name=fbch>{{cite web|title=Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Team|url=https://www.football.ch/sfv/nationalteams/u-20/team.aspx/t-41649/p-884679/ |access-date=2023-06-19|website=football.ch|publisher=Swiss Football Association}}</ref> He gave his debut on 28 March 2023 in a friendly against Denmark U21.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{soccerway|nicolas-glaus/574223}} * [https://www.football.ch/sfv/nationalteams/u-20/team.aspx/t-41649/p-884679/ SFV Profile]
{{Grasshopper Club Zürich squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Glaus, Nicolas}} Category:2002 births Category:Footballers from Basel-Stadt Category:Living people Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Swiss men's footballers Category:Switzerland men's youth international footballers Category:FC Basel players Category:VfB Stuttgart II players Category:Grasshopper Club Zurich players Category:Swiss Promotion League players Category:Swiss 1. Liga (football) players Category:Regionalliga players Category:Swiss expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Category:Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Category:21st-century Swiss sportsmen