Michael Casanova

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Michael Casanova
Personal information
Full name Michael Casanova
Date of birth (1989-05-04) 4 May 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Lugano, Switzerland
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2001–2006 Team Ticino U-18
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2008 FC Lugano 0 (0)
2008–2010 FC Locarno 27 (0)
2010–2013 FC Lugano 4 (0)
International career
2004–2005 Switzerland U16
2005–2006 Switzerland U17 4 (0)
2006–2007 Switzerland U18 2 (0)
2007–2008 Switzerland U19 1 (0)
2008–2009 Switzerland U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Casanova (born 4 May 1989) is a former Swiss footballer.

Career

He began his career with Team Ticino U-18 the youth team of Lugano and was in summer 2006 promoted to the first team. He played in the Lugano senior team his professional debut and joined the Challenge League team FC Locarno on 27 September 2008. In the summer 2009 two Super League teams, BSC Young Boys and FC Sion were interested in this player. In the summer of 2010, after a long and complicated process, he was transferred back to Lugano. But he retires in 2013 because he had problems to head after injury during a match.

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