Davide Orlando

Davide Orlando (born 13 October 1971) is a Swiss former footballer who played as midfielder in the late 1980s and the 1990s.

Davide Orlando
Personal information
Full name Davide Orlando
Date of birth (1971-10-13)13 October 1971
Place of birth Monthey, Switzerland
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
until 1988 FC Monthey
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1990 FC Monthey
1990–1995 FC Sion 126 (14)
1995–1997 FC Basel 39 (0)
1997–1998 Étoile Carouge FC 34 (9)
1998–1999 FC Lugano 0 (0)
1999–2000 FC Sion 20 (1)
2000–2001 AC Bellinzona 21 (2)
2001–2002 Vevey Sports
2002–2004 Martigny-Sports
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

Born in Monthey Orlando played his youth football for local club FC Monthey and played in their first team in 1986. He returned to their youth team the following season ans advanced again in 1988. Local Nationalliga A team FC Sion had been watching his progress and they signed Orlando before the 1990–91 Nationalliga A season. The following 1991–92 Nationalliga A season Orlando won the Swiss championship with his club. Orlando played for Sion for five seasons before moving on.[1]

Orlando joined FC Basel's first team for their 1995–96 season under head-coach Claude Andrey. After playing in one test match and two games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, Orlando played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game on 29 July 1995 as Basel were defeated 0–1 by Xamax.[2] Orlando scored his first and only goal for the club in the away game on 20 July 1996. This game was in the UEFA Intertoto Cup but it could not help the team as Basel were defeated 2–3 by Russian team Rotor Volgograd.[3]

Staying with the club for two seasons, Orlando played a total of 63 games for Basel. 40 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, five in the Swiss Cup, four in thr Intertoto Cup and 14 were friendly games.[4]

After his time with Basel, Orlando played one season with Étoile Carouge and one season with Lugano. He then returned to play for FC Sion, who in the meantime had suffered relegation to the Nationalliga B. In the 1999–2000 Nationalliga A/B season Orlando achieved immediate promotion with his team.[5]

However, after promotion Orlando moved on to play a season for AC Bellinzona in the second tier of Swiss football. He then played one season for Vevey Sports, in the third tier, and then moved to Martigny-Sports, also in the third tier, where two years later he retired from active football.

References
  1. Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1991/92". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Neuchâtel Xamax - FC Basel 1:0 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. "Rotor Volgograd - FC Basel 3:2 (2:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  4. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Davide Orlando - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  5. Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1999/2000". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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