Massimo Lombardo (born 9 January 1973) is a former Swiss international footballer. He is currently the academy manager of Swiss side Servette FC.[4]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Massimo Lombardo | ||
| Date of birth | 9 January 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Bellinzona, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Servette FC (Academy manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1992 | AC Bellinzona | 26 | (1) |
| 1992–1997 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 116 | (8) |
| 1997–1998 | AC Perugia | 24 | (3) |
| 1998–2000 | FC Lugano | 36 | (2) |
| 2000–2001 | Lausanne-Sports | 48 | (5) |
| 2002–2004 | Servette FC | 66 | (5) |
| 2005 | FC Meyrin | 11 | (1) |
| 2005–2007 | Neuchâtel Xamax FC | 67 | (6) |
| 2007–2009 | Nyon | 51 | (8) |
| International career | |||
| Switzerland | 15 | (1) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007–2012[1] | Nyon (youth) | ||
| 2012–2015[2] | Servette FC (youth) | ||
| 2015–2017[3] | Switzerland (U15 & U16) | ||
| 2017–2019 | FC Basel (Assistant coach) | ||
| 2019– | Servette FC (Academy manager) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Senior career
editLombardo has played over 300 games in the Swiss Super League. He started his career at Canton Ticino's team AC Bellinzona and moved to Grasshopper Club Zürich where he stayed for five seasons, his longest club cap. After a season at Serie B club AC Perugia, he moved back to Switzerland with stuns at FC Lugano, Lausanne-Sports and Servette FC. He then briefly played for FC Meyrin in 2004–05 Swiss Challenge League (Switzerland's second division) season before moving back to the Super League with Neuchâtel Xamax FC, but failed to avoid relegation to Challenge League.
In summer 2008, he joined FC Stade Nyonnais, newly promoted to Challenge League from 1. Liga, where he retired as a professional footballer in June 2009.
Managerial career
editIn 2017, Lombardo was named assistant manager of Swiss side FC Basel.[5]
He then joined Servette FC's academy as its manager in 2019, his current position.[4]
References
edit- ^ Massimo Lombardo wechselt zu Nyon‚ news.ch, 22 June 2007
- ^ GC UNTERLIEGT SERVETTE MIT 2:3 IM U18-MEISTERPLAYOFF-FINAL‚ gcz.ch, 21 June 2015
- ^ Massimo Lombardo træner for U15‚ rsi.ch, 22 May 2015
- ^ a b DataTeam (16 May 2019). "Massimo Lombardo nouveau responsable technique de l'académie". Servette FC (in French). Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ Crans-Montana, Céline Feller. "FC Basel - Der neue FCB-Assistenztrainer Massimo Lombardo im Interview: «Die Emotionen sind mein Motor»". bz Basel (in German). Retrieved 25 February 2023.
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