Germano Vailati

Germano Vailati (born 30 August 1980) is a Swiss former professional football goalkeeper.

Germano Vailati
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-08-30) 30 August 1980
Place of birth Lugano, Switzerland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1991–1996 FC Savosa-Massagno
1996–1999 Lugano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Lugano 2 (0)
2000–2001 FC Locarno 0 (0)
2000–2001 Chiasso 4 (0)
2001–2002 Bellinzona 9 (0)
2002–2003 Lugano 4 (0)
2003–2004 FC Malcantone Agno 13 (0)
2004–2009 Sion 77 (0)
2009 → Metz (loan) 18 (0)
2009–2012 St. Gallen 42 (0)
2012–2018 FC Basel 14 (0)
2012 Basel U21 1 (0)
Total 184 (0)
National team
2007 Switzerland 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Vailati was born in Lugano. He started his professional career in the Canton Ticino,[1] and played for a number of different teams, before he transferred to the prestigious club FC Sion in the summer of 2004. In the 2006–07 season Sion were promoted to the Super League. In the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons he played for in their first time in UEFA Cup. He was on 22 November 2008 on trial by FC Metz and was signed on a six-month loan on 27 November 2008.

On 14 January 2010, FC St. Gallen signed the Swiss goalkeeper from FC Sion until June 2012.[2]

On 20 June 2012, it was announced that Vailati had transferred to FC Basel on a free transfer.[3] He played his team debut on 24 July 2012 in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round 3–0 home win against Flora Tallinn.[4] He played in the Swiss Cup, once in the U21 team and was the first team's number two goalie. At the end of the Swiss Super League season Vailati won the Championship title[5] and won a Swiss Cup runner up medal with Basel.[6] In the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Basel advanced as far as the semi-finals, there being matched against the reigning UEFA Champions League holders Chelsea, but they were knocked out, losing both home and away tie, beaten 2–5 on aggregate.[7]

At the end of the 2013–14 Super League season Vailati won his second league championship with Basel.[8] They also reached the final of the 2013–14 Swiss Cup, but were beaten 2–0 by Zürich after extra time. During the 2013–14 Champions League season Basel reached the group stage and finished the group in third position. Thus they qualified for Europa League knockout phase and here they advanced as far as the quarter-finals.

Under trainer Urs Fischer Vailati won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2015–16 Super League season[9] and at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season for the fifth consecutive time. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total.[10] They also won the Swiss Cup for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the club's history.[11]

International career

Vailati was born in Switzerland and is of Italian descent.[12] He was called up for the Swiss national team in November 2007, as the fourth goalkeeper for the Euro 2008 campaign. However, he still has no caps.

Honours

Sion

Basel

References
  1. "Fussball: Ringelreihen: neu mit Germano Vailati". weltwoche.typepad.com.
  2. Germano Vailati unterschreibt bis 2012! Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Meister, Remo (2012). "Germano Vailati: "Die grossen Ziele des FCB sind sehr motivierend für mich"" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  4. Kent, Sean (2012). "Basel show their strength to eliminate Flora". uefa.com. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  5. Schifferle, Michael (2013). "Season review: Switzerland". UEFA. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  6. SFV (2013). "Telegramm Schweizer Cup Final" (in German). Schweizerischer Fussballverband. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  7. Haylett, Trevor (2013). "Basel take heart after Chelsea defeat". UEFA. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  8. Grossenbacher, Sacha (2014). "Fotos vom Spiel gegen Lausanne sowie den anschliessenden Feierlichkeiten" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  9. Marti, Casper (2016). "Es ist vollbracht ! Der FCB ist zum 19. Mal Meister". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  10. Marti, Casper (2017). "Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  11. "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3-0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017.
  12. Kunz, Von Alain. "Sion-Vailati hext in Metz".
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