David Sesa

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David Sesa
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Sesa in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-07-10) 10 July 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Rapperswil-Jona (manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–1993 Zürich 30 (2)
1993–1994 Baden 27 (22)
1994–1998 Servette 129 (32)
1998–2000 Lecce 59 (14)
2000–2004 Napoli 76 (4)
2004 Aarau 3 (0)
2005 Palazzolo 12 (2)
2005–2008 SPAL 76 (20)
2008–2010 Rovigo 24 (2)
International career
1996–2002 Switzerland 36 (1)
Managerial career
2012–2014 Wohlen
2016–2017 Anderlecht (assistant)
2019–2020 Al Ahly (assistant)
2022 Bellinzona
2022– Rapperswil-Jona
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Sesa (born 10 July 1973) is a Swiss football manager and former player. He is the manager of Rapperswil-Jona. A midfielder or forward, [1] he made 36 appearances for the Switzerland national team. He is the current manager of Bellinzona in the Swiss Challenge League.

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Club career

Sesa started his career in Switzerland playing for Zürich and Baden before having his breakthrough during his stint at Servette Geneva. In 1998, he moved to Italy to join Serie B club Lecce, winning promotion to Serie A on his first season. His second season in Italy gained him interest from Napoli, who signed him for 16 billion Italian lira in 2000. [2] His stay at Napoli however turned out to be rather unimpressive, and he suffered relegation with his club on his first season with the Azzurri. He was released by Napoli in 2004, after the club folded due to financial troubles, and returned to Switzerland to play for Aarau. In 2005, he returned to Italy, playing in the lower professional tiers with Palazzolo, SPAL and Rovigo before retiring in 2010.

International career

Sesa has played for the Switzerland national team [3] and was a participant at the 1996 UEFA European Championship. [4]

Style of play

Sesa was capable of playing as a right winger or as a second striker, and was considered a fast and elegant forward, despite his lack of particularly notable physical attributes. He was also an accurate free kick taker. [5]

Managerial career

Sesa took his first head coaching job in 2012 as new boss of Swiss Challenge League club Wohlen. He was removed from managerial duties in February 2014 due to poor results and replaced with Ciriaco Sforza. [6]

In the summer 2016, Sesa became the assistant manager of his former teammate, René Weiler, at Belgian club Anderlecht. [7] Weiler was fired on 18 September 2017 but Sesa stayed at the club to assist interim manager Nicolás Frutos. However, his contract was terminated in the beginning of the following month.

On 31 August 2019, Sesa was appointed assistant manager of Weiler once again, this time at Egyptian club Al Ahly. [8]

On 1 October 2020, Sesa departed Al Ahly following the departure of Weiler.

On 21 June 2022, he was announced as the new head coach of Bellinzona in their first season back in the Swiss Challenge League, after achieving promotion in the previous season from the Swiss Promotion League. [9] On 22 August 2022, after only five games with Bellinzona, he resigned from his post. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Einst vor 80`000 Fans, jetzt in der Provinz
  2. ↑ "Carriera" (in Italian). Davidsesa.ch. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  3. ↑ [David Sesa – Fussballdaten – Die Fußball-Datenbank]
  4. ↑ Vom Unterland weg ins Tollhaus Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Angelo Carotenuto (21 August 2000). "Sesa al Napoli, è fatta" (in Italian). La Repubblica. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Wohlen: arriva Ciriaco Sforza". Tio.ch (in Italian). 16 February 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  7. ↑ RSC Anderlecht - David Sesa, davidsesa.ch, 20 June 2016
  8. ↑ Al Ahly make changes to coaching staff after Weiler’s appointment, kingfut.com, 31 August 2019
  9. ↑ "Sarà David Sesa a guidare il Bellinzona". rsi.ch (in Italian). RSI. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  10. ↑ "David Sesa ist nicht mehr Trainer der AC Bellinzona". sfl.ch (in German). Swiss Football League. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.[ permanent dead link ]
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