Weight 84 kg 1991–1996 FC Savosa-Massagno Height 1.87 m | Number 18 Role Football player Playing position Name Germano Vailati | |
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Date of birth (1980-08-30) 30 August 1980 (age 35) | ||
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Germano Vailati (born 30 August 1980 in Lugano) is a Swiss football goalkeeper currently playing for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League.
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Club career
He start his professional career in the Canton Ticino, and played for a number of different teams, before he transferred to the prestigious club FC Sion in the summer of 2004. In 2006/2007 Sion were promoted to the Super League. In the Season 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 he played for in their first time in UEFA Cup. He was on 22 November 2008 on trial by FC Metz and was signed for a 6 months loan on 27 November 2008. On 14 January 2010 FC St. Gallen signed the Swiss goalkeeper from FC Sion until June 2012.
On 20 June 2012 it was announced that Vailati had transferred to FC Basel on a free transfer. He played his team debut on 24 July 2012 in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round 3-0 home win against Flora Tallinn. He played in the Swiss Cup, once in the U21 team and was the first teams number two goalie. At the end of the Swiss Super League season Vailati won the Championship title and won a Swiss Cup runner up medal with Basel. In the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Basel advanced as far as the semi-finals, there being matched against the reigning UEFA Champions League holders Chelsea, but they were knocked out, losing both home and away tie, beaten 2-5 on aggregate.
At the end of the 2013–14 Super League season Vailati won his second league championship with Basel. They also reached the final of the 2013–14 Swiss Cup, but were beaten 2–0 by Zürich after extra time. During the 2013–14 Champions League season Basel reached the group stage and finished the group in third position. Thus they qualified for Europa League knockout phase and here they advanced as far as the quarter-finals.
Under trainer Urs Fischer Vailati won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2015–16 Super League season and at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season for the fifth consecutive time. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total. They also won the Swiss Cup for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the clubs history.
International career
He was called up for the Swiss national team in November 2007, as the fourth goalkeeper for the Euro 2008 campaign. However, he still has no caps.