Patrick De Napoli

Sports career

Patrick De Napoli comes from the youth department of FC Baar. His sporting career in the professional sector is mainly characterized by the frequent change of clubs in Switzerland and Germany.

In 1992, the striker his career with Grasshopper Club Zurich. He then moved for a season for FC Winterthur. In the years 1996-1998 De Napoli played very successfully for FC Aarau why it Grasshoppers Zurich undertook back to 1999. In 2000, it took Joachim Löw for half a year in the 2nd Bundesliga Karlsruher SC, which was located in a relegation battle. In twelve operations at KSC, he scored a goal, but the relegation to the Regionalliga could not be prevented.

After his brief stint in Germany, he stood until 2006 at FC Aarau and Young Boys Bern again at clubs from Switzerland under contract.

In 2006 he moved back to the 2nd Bundesliga for FC Carl Zeiss Jena (13 games, one goal). In the Thuringians, De Napoli could not establish themselves as key players and therefore was loaned to the end of the 2006/07 season at the Chemnitz FC, ​​but returned for the season 2007/ 08 back to the second team of Jena. In August 2007, his contract was finally resolved with FC Carl Zeiss Jena. Subsequently joined De Napoli in the current season 2007/2008 for FC train 94

De Napoli graduated between 1997 and 1999 four caps for Switzerland. In the matches against Russia (10 February 1997 - 1:2 ), Hungary (August 20, 1997 - 1:1), Yugoslavia (June 6, 1998 - 1:1) and Belarus (27 March 1999 - 1-0 ), he came on as a substitute and remained without a goal.