Mario Cantaluppi

Mario "Lupo" Cantaluppi (born 11 April 1974) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a defender or midfielder.[1]

Mario Cantaluppi
Cantaluppi with 1. FC Nürnberg
Personal information
Full name Mario Cantaluppi
Date of birth (1974-04-11) 11 April 1974
Place of birth Schlieren, Switzerland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Youth career
1982–1990 Grasshoppers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1993 Grasshoppers 49 (3)
1993–1996 Basel 89 (8)
1996–1998 Servette 46 (4)
1999–2004 Basel 145 (14)
2004–2006 1. FC Nürnberg 58 (0)
2006–2007 FC Luzern 47 (7)
2008–2009 Sint-Truidense 49 (5)
2010 SC Buochs 17 (1)
Total 500 (42)
National team
2001–2004 Switzerland 22 (4)
Teams managed
2010–2011 SC Buochs
2012–2013 SC Dornach
2014 Servette (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Schlieren, Switzerland, Mario Cantaluppi started his professional career with Grasshopper Club Zürich in 1990 and won the 1990–91 Nationaliga A in his debut season.

In 1993, he dropped down a division to sign for FC Basel who were playing in the Nationalliga B at the time. He signed the contract and joined the team under head-coach Claude Andrey. After playing in three test games, Cantaluppi played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium on 28 July 1993 as Basel were defeated 1–2 by local rivals Old Boys.[2] He scored his first goal for his club in the away game in La Blancherie on 14 August. It was the last goal of the match as Basel won 3–0 against SR Delémont.[3]

During that season, his team mates were the likes of Swiss international goalkeeper Stefan Huber, defenders Massimo Ceccaroni, Marco Walker and Samir Tabakovic, the midfielders Reto Baumgartner, Martin Jeitziner, Admir Smajić and Ørjan Berg and the Swiss international strikers Dario Zuffi and Philippe Hertig. Together they won the Promotion/Relegation group and became Nationalliga B champions and thus won promotion to the top flight of Swiss football. This after six seasons in the second tier.[4]

In the summer of 1996 he signed for Servette FC, but rejoined Basel three years later. He joined German Bundesliga club 1. FC Nürnberg in 2004 and played there for the next two seasons before returning to Switzerland to play for FC Luzern. In January 2008, he joined Belgium's K. Sint-Truidense V.V. and played there until summer 2009. In 2010, he was for about five months player-manager of SC Buochs.[5][6]

International career

Cantaluppi is an experienced Swiss international, having played 24 times for his country. He played an important role in Switzerland's path to UEFA Euro 2004 but was left out of the final squad for the tournament after falling out with national coach Köbi Kuhn. Cantaluppi has never played for Switzerland since then.

References
  1. {{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2010-11/1-fc-nuernberg-81/28722/spieler_mario-cantaluppi.html | title = Mario Cantaluppi | language = de | website = kicker.de | access-date = }26 December 2020}
  2. "FC Basel - BSC Old Boys 1:2 (1:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. "SR Delémont - FC Basel 0:3 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  4. Nackaerts, Luc; Garin, Erik; Abbink, Dinant (15 September 2004). "Nationalliga A+B Promotion/Relegation 1993/94". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  5. "Zwei Trainer, zwei Freunde und zwei Models" (in German). blick.ch. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  6. "Cantaluppi in Buochs entlassen" (in German). fussball.ch. 6 November 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
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