Mario Cantaluppi

Career

His career as a professional began at Grasshoppers Zurich, where he made his debut in the then National League A celebrated in the 1990/91 season. In the very first season as a professional he could celebrate the first title, the Grasshoppers were Swiss champions, but Cantaluppi himself made only eight games, but was able to score a goal. For the Zurich club he came in the next two seasons to 41 more missions, in which he was able to achieve two goals. At the beginning of the season 1993/94 he moved to Basel in the National League B. Here he remained for three years and took it for FC Basel, the promotion to Cantaluppis first season, to 71 inserts ( 5 goals). This was followed in the summer of 1996, the change to Servette Geneva. He played in two seasons 46 times and met four times the opponents goal.

The was completed in the summer of 1998, he moved back to FC Basel proved to be so far the most successful step in his career. He could, after a season of acclimation, in which he (but two goals) put it in only seven missions to play in the 1999/2000 season in the starting line- of FC Basel. Also in the following years remained Cantaluppi an important pillar of the then eight-time Swiss champion. So he could 2001/ 02 and 2003/ 04 contribute to the attainment of the ninth and tenth championship and won the FCB 2001/ 02 and 2002/ 03 the Swiss Cup. The highlight of his career came also in the season 2002 /03, here is the FC Basel reached the second round of the Champions League and turned on the way there, among other things Celtic and Liverpool from. Cantaluppi made ​​this eleven games in the main round and missed so there just a game.

After the FC Basel had failed to qualify for the Champions League 2004/ 05, he moved to beginning of the season of FC Basel, for whom he had played 145 games since 1998 ( 15 goals ) in the German Bundesliga for 1.FC Nürnberg. Actually brought in as a defensive midfielder, " Lupo " had to help out after a short time as a central defender. In this position, he contributed significantly to the relegation of the FCN and developed in his 26 appearances for the " Club" quickly became the leading player. Therefore, he was appointed coach Wolfgang Wolf before the start of the 2005/06 season to the team captain. In this position, he drew attention to himself after the bumpy start to the season, when he asked the fans in an open letter for your patience and continued support, but is expressed at the same time critical of the recent performance of the team.

After he had been for two years a mainstay in the defense of the 1st FC Nuremberg, broke it and the club in 2006 surprisingly the contract one year before a mutual agreement on. Cantaluppi returned to Switzerland, where he was awarded a three year contract with the SL- promoted FC Luzern. In early January 2008, he moved to only one and a half years to the Belgian first division club VV St. Truiden, with whom he finished the 2009/10 season on a remarkable 4th place. In summer 2010 Cantaluppi returned to Switzerland and took office as player-coach at the recently ascended to the 1st League SC Buochs ​​. In autumn 2011, he coached the U13 Juniors / C promotion of FC Basel. On September 20, 2013 it was announced that Cataluppi is re- worked as an assistant coach under Jean- Michel Aeby the traditional club Servette FC Genève.

National

The chapter national team first had to put on ice Cantaluppi after 23 events and four gates. Due to personal differences with coach Kobi Kuhn, he is not nominated for the preparation for the Euro 2004 for the Swiss selection.

Since 2 March 2007, he is married to Marea Pante.

Statistics

Stations

  • Grasshoppers Zurich (until 1993 )
  • FC Basel ( 1993-1996, 1999-2004 )
  • Servette Geneva (1996 to end 1998)
  • FC Basel ( beginning of 1999 to 2004)
  • 1 FC Nuremberg (2004 to 2006)
  • FC Luzern (2006 to 2007)
  • VV St. Truiden (2008 to 2010)
  • SC Buochs ​​(from 2010)
  • Seniors FC Liestal (from 2011)

Inserts (as of January 4, 2008 )

  • National League A:
  • National League B:
  • Sint- Truidense VV ( Jupiler League):
  • 23 inserts for the Swiss national team
  • 11 appearances in the Champions League for FC Basel
  • 4 Appearances in UEFA Cup for FC Basel

Title / successes (all with FC Basel )

  • Swiss champion: 2002, 2004
  • Swiss Cup Winners: 2002, 2003
  • Champions League second round: 2003
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