Marco Pascolo
Marco Pascolo
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-05-09) 9 May 1966 (age 57)
Place of birth Sion, Switzerland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1989 Sion 17 (1)
1989–1991 Neuchâtel Xamax 52 (0)
1991–1996 Servette 176 (0)
1996–1997 Cagliari 14 (0)
1997–1998 Nottingham Forest 5 (0)
1998–2002 Zürich 115 (0)
2002–2003 Servette 27 (0)
Total 406 (1)
International career
1992–2001 Switzerland 55 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marco Pascolo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmarko ˈpaskolo]; born 9 May 1966) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent his best playing days at Servette FC and FC Zürich in the 1990s and early 2000s (decade). Between 1992 and 2001, he made 55 appearances for the Switzerland national team. He is currently goalkeeping coach for FC Sion.

Career

Born in Sion, Pascolo started playing football professionally in 1986, with local club FC Sion. At Sion, he failed to break into the first-team and left for Neuchâtel Xamax in 1989. During his first season at Xamax, he was used in a squad rotation system, only playing once every few weeks, but in his second season he hit top form and claimed the Number 1 jersey for himself. He signed for Servette FC in 1991 and became a fan favourite almost immediately. Shortly after signing for Servette, he earned a call-up to the Swiss national team. After achieving all he could at Servette, he went to Serie A with Cagliari Calcio in 1996, but found first-team action hard to come by. And after just one season in Italy, he left for England's Nottingham Forrest. He played even fewer games there and returned to Switzerland in 1998 with FC Zürich. He was a first-team regular in Zürich for four seasons before he returned to Servette in 2002 to finish his career.

He was capped 55 times for the Swiss national team between 1992 and 2001. He was in the Swiss squad at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, playing all four games, and also at Euro 1996.

He is now a goalkeeping coach at FC Sion.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[1]
Club Season
Division Apps Goals
Sion 1986–87 Nationalliga A 1 0
1987–88 13 0
1988–89 3 1
Total 17 1
Neuchatel Xamax 1989–90 Nationalliga A 18 0
1990–91 34 0
Total 52 0
Servette 1991–92 Nationalliga A 35 0
1992–93 36 0
1993–94 35 0
1994–95 35 0
1995–96 35 0
Total 176 0
Cagliari Calcio 1996–97 Serie A 14 0
Nottingham Forest 1997–98 Football League First Division 5 0
FC Zürich 1998–99 Nationalliga A 12 0
1999–00 34 0
2000–01 34 0
2001–02 35 0
Total 115 0
Servette 2002–03 Nationalliga A 27 0
Career total 406 1

Honours

Neuchâtel Xamax

FC Zürich

References

  1. ^ "Marco Pascolo » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Switzerland Super Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Finals 2000-2019". fussball-schweiz.ch. Retrieved 2 November 2022.

External links

Switzerland squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup
Switzerland squad – UEFA Euro 1996
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