Germano Fanciulli

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Germano Fanciulli
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-10-28) 28 October 1965 (age 57)
Position(s) Midfielder, Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–1988 BSC Old Boys
1988–1991 FC Basel 31 (0)
1991–1992 FC Grenchen 25 (3)
1992–1995 FC Riehen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Germano Fanciulli (born 28 October 1965) is an Italian footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played mainly as a forward, but also as a midfielder.

Fanciulli played his youth football with local club BSC Old Boys. He advanced to their first team, who played in the third tier of Swiss football, in the 1981–1982 season. Franciulli played with the Old Boys for six seasons. At the end of the 1986–87 season Franciulli and his team were group champions and accieved promotion to the Nationalliga. [1] After this Franciulli played one more season with the club.

FC Basel were relegated after the 1987–88 Nationalliga A season and because many players left their squad, they were hiring new players. Fanciulli thus joined Basel for their 1988–89 season and signed his first professional football contract under head coach Urs Siegenthaler. After playing in six test games Fanciulli played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game on 23 July 1988 as Basel played a 1–1 draw against Zürich. [2] During his first season with the club he became a regular starter. However, following the change in the head coach position to new manager Ernst August Künnecke Fanciulli's playing time reduced blatantly.

Between the years 1988 and 1991 Fanciulli played 51 games for Basel without scoring a goal; 31 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, four in the Swiss Cup and 16 were friendly games. [3]

Following his time with Basel, Fanciulli signed for one year with FC Grenchen. He then ended his professional football career and returned to the city of Basel and played with lower tier, local club FC Riehen. After he ended his playing career, he was coach for various local amateur clubs.

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References

  1. ↑ Garin, Erik. "Switzerland 1986/87". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ↑ "FC Zürich - FC Basel 1:1 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ↑ "Germano Fanciulli - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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