His ability to score goals as well as create will make him a threat as he prepares to provide the spark for Switzerland's Euro 2004 bid.

A bizarre 2003-04 season has seen him play at three clubs, with both Paris Saint Germain and Basel employing the midfielder before he settled permanently with Stuttgart in Germany.

But on the international scene he has proved as important as ever, scoring vital goals as he opened their qualifying campaign with a strike against Georgia, and then hit the net against the Republic of Ireland to clinch Group 10 qualification.