Giotto Morandi

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Giotto Morandi
Personal information
Full name Giotto Giuseppe Morandi
Date of birth (1999-03-04) 4 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Locarno, Switzerland
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Grasshoppers
Number 8
Youth career
2006–2012 Ascona
2012–2014 Bellinzona
2014–2016 Lugano
2016–2017 Grasshopper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 Grasshopper U21 12 (1)
2018– Grasshopper 138 (20)
2019 →Schaffhausen (loan) 5 (0)
International career‡
2016-2017 Switzerland U17 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 April 2022

Giotto Giuseppe Morandi (born 4 March 1999) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Grasshopper in the Swiss Super League.

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Professional career

Morandi is a youth product of Ascona, Bellinzona, Lugano and Grasshopper. He made his professional debut for Grasshopper in a 4-0 Swiss Super League loss to FC Basel on 3 February 2019. [1] He signed on loan with Schaffhausen in the second half of the 2019–20 season. He renewed his contract with Grasshopper on 12 February 2020. [2]

In February 2021, he suffered an injury to his cruciate ligament and was out of action for the remainder of the season. In October 2021, he returned to the squad [3] and by March 2022, he played his first minutes in the first team since his injury. On 2 April 2022, he was in the starting lineup in the derby against FC Zürich, where he also shot the only goal for Grasshoppers in the 1–1 draw, his first ever goal in the highest Swiss league. He quickly established himself as a mainstay in the first team's lineup for the remainder of the season. On 17 June 2022, he renewed his contract at Grasshoppers until summer 2025 before the start of the new season. [4]

On 26 September 2023, he gave his 100th appearance for Grasshoppers, [5] in the 1–2 defeat to FC Zürich in the Zürich Derby.

Personal life

Morandi's father, Davide, is a former footballer and coach in Switzerland. [2] Morandi promised him his jersey after shooting his first Super League goal.

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References

  1. ↑ "Grasshopper vs. Basel - 3 February 2019 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  2. 1 2 "Il cerchio di Giotto Morandi: dal Ticino al Grasshopper, per restarci". Archived from the original on 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "GIOTTO MORANDI ZURÜCK IM MANNSCHAFTSTRAINING". 14 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "MORANDI EXTENDS CONTRACT UNTIL 2025". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 17 June 2022. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "MILESTONE FOR GIOTTO MORANDI". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 3 October 2023.
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