Simone Grippo
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Simone Grippo | ||
Date of birth | 12 December 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Ettingen, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team 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 | ||
International career‡ | |||
2006 | Switzerland U18 | 2 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Switzerland U19 | 6 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Switzerland U20 | 9 | (2) |
2009–2010 | Switzerland U21 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 January 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 January 2018 |
Simone Grippo (born 12 December 1988) is a Swiss footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Oviedo as a central defender.
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. Chievo Verona 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
- Vaduz
References
- ^ 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.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "OFFICIAL, Simone Grippo to Chievo". TransferMarketWeb.com. 5 August 2008.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Oficial: Grippo deja Zaragoza y apuntala la defensa del Oviedo". Marca.com (in Spanish). 30 January 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ Germany, kicker online, Nürnberg. "Spielersteckbrief Simone Grippo, FC Vaduz". kicker online. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Zwei weitere Titel für FCB-Nachwuchs" (in German). FC Basel 1893. 2006. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2006.
External links
- Simone Grippo at BDFutbol
- Profile at Lega-Calcio.it[permanent dead link]
- Living people
- 1988 births
- Association football central defenders
- Swiss footballers
- Switzerland under-21 international footballers
- Switzerland youth international footballers
- Swiss people of Italian descent
- Swiss expatriate footballers
- Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Swiss Super League players
- Swiss Challenge League players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Segunda División players
- FC Basel players
- FC Concordia Basel players
- AC Bellinzona players
- A.C. ChievoVerona players
- Piacenza Calcio 1919 players
- F.C. Lumezzane V.G.Z. A.S.D. players
- Frosinone Calcio players
- FC Lugano players
- Servette FC players
- FC Vaduz players
- Real Zaragoza players