Simone Grippo

Simone Grippo (born 12 December 1988) is a Swiss footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Oviedo as a central defender.

Simone Grippo
Personal information
Full name Simone Grippo
Date of birth (1988-12-12) 12 December 1988
Place of birth Ettingen, Switzerland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Real Oviedo
Youth career
1998–2005 Ettingen
2005–2006 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Basel 22 (1)
2007–2008 → Concordia (loan) 24 (4)
2008 → Bellinzona (loan) 0 (0)
2008–2011 ChievoVerona 2 (0)
2009 → Piacenza (loan) 3 (0)
2009–2010 → Lumezzane (loan) 17 (1)
2010 → Frosinone (loan) 23 (0)
2011–2012 Lugano 13 (1)
2012–2013 Servette 9 (0)
2013–2017 Vaduz 97 (7)
2017–2020 Zaragoza 64 (3)
2020– Real Oviedo
National team‡
2006 Switzerland U18 2 (0)
2006–2007 Switzerland U19 6 (0)
2007–2008 Switzerland U20 9 (2)
2009–2010 Switzerland U21 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 January 2018

Football career

Born in Ettingen, Grippo came through the ranks in the FC Basel youth system and played for two years in their reserve team. He was sent out on a loan to feeder club FC Concordia Basel during the 2007–08 season.[1] He originally had a half season-long loan spell at Concordia Basel but this was extended in December into a full season loan.

In summer 2008 he joined AC Bellinzona on loan, but just one month later, on 5 August, he signed for A.C. ChievoVerona of Italian Serie A on a permanent contract.[2]

He made his first appearance for Chievo Verona on 11 January 2009, which resulted in a 1–1 draw against FC Bologna.

Grippo signed for Lugano in summer 2011. After only one year he transferred to Servette on 15 July 2012, signing a 3-year contract.[3] He made his debut in a 5–1 loss away defeat against Lausanne-Sport.

On 19 December 2013, the Swiss Football League (SFL) announced that Grippo had signed for Vaduz. On 13 June 2017, he signed a two-year contract with Spanish Segunda División side Real Zaragoza.[4] On January 31, 2020 Grippo signed for Segunda side Real Oviedo.[5]

International career

Grippo is of Italian descent.[6] He is a youth international for Switzerland.

Honours
Basel
  • Swiss Champion at U-18 level: 2006[7]
  • Swiss Cup Winner at U-19/U-18 level: 2006[7]
Vaduz

References
  1. FC Basel 1893 (2007). "Simone Grippo leihweise zu Concordia Basel". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2007.
  2. "OFFICIAL, Simone Grippo to Chievo". TransferMarketWeb.com. 5 August 2008.
  3. "Grippo en grenat pour 3 saisons" (in French). Servette FC. 16 July 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  4. "Alberto Benito, Grippo, Ángel, Eguaras y Buff, cinco primeros fichajes" [Alberto Benito, Grippo, Ángel, Eguaras and Buff, five first signings] (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  5. "Oficial: Grippo deja Zaragoza y apuntala la defensa del Oviedo". Marca.com (in Spanish). 30 January 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  6. Germany, kicker online, Nürnberg. "Spielersteckbrief Simone Grippo, FC Vaduz". kicker online. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  7. "Zwei weitere Titel für FCB-Nachwuchs" (in German). FC Basel 1893. 2006. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2006.
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