Davide Callà

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| name = Davide Callà

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|10|06|df=y}}

| birth_place = Winterthur, Switzerland

| height = 1.74 m

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| position = Midfielder

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| years1 = 2002

| clubs1 = Frauenfeld

| caps1 = 16

| goals1 = 3

| years2 = 2003–2004

| clubs2 = Wil

| caps2 = 41

| goals2 = 4

| years3 = 2004

| clubs3 = Servette

| caps3 = 15

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2005–2008

| clubs4 = St. Gallen

| caps4 = 67

| goals4 = 8

| years5 = 2008–2012

| clubs5 = Grasshopper

| caps5 = 54

| goals5 = 11

| years6 = 2012–2014

| clubs6 = Aarau

| caps6 = 51

| goals6 = 25

| years7 = 2014–2018

| clubs7 = Basel

| caps7 = 95

| goals7 = 19

| years8 = 2018–2021

| clubs8 = Winterthur

| caps8 = 73

| goals8 = 15

| nationalyears1 = 2004–2006

| nationalteam1 = Switzerland U21

| nationalcaps1 = 21

| nationalgoals1 = 3

| manageryears1 = 2021–2022 | managerclubs1 = Winterthur (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2022– | managerclubs2 = Basel (assistant)

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Davide Callà (born 6 October 1984) is a Swiss professional football coach and a former player of Italian descent who played as midfielder.{{cite web|publisher=Guardian.co.uk|title=Stats Centre: Davide Callà Facts|url=http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=25&CPID=99&TEID=3195&PLID=176441&pStr=Player|access-date=2 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925163634/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=25&CPID=99&TEID=3195&PLID=176441&pStr=Player|archive-date=25 September 2012}} He is currently the assistant manager of FC Basel. From 1 June 2025, he will become the assistant of Switzerland national football team head coach Murat Yakin.{{cite news |url=https://www.fcb.ch/aktuell/news/1-mannschaft/calla-assistenztrainer-nationalmannschaft/|title=Callà wird Assistenztrainer des Schweizer Nationalteams |website=fcb.ch |publisher=FC Basel |language=de |date=4 March 2025 |access-date=5 March 2025}} He will already join the national team temporarily in March during the international break.{{cite news |url=https://www.football.ch/sfv/nationalteams/a-team/news/maenner-nationalteam-erneuerungen-im-trainerteam-und-im-staff.aspx|title=Männer-Nationalteam: Neuerungen im Trainerteam und im Staff|website=football.ch |publisher=Swiss Football Association |language=de |date=4 March 2025 |access-date=5 March 2025}}

Club career

On 11 February 2014, FC Basel announced that they had signed Callà in a swap deal with FC Aarau. Stephan Andrist signed for Aarau with a contract dated until June 2015 and at the same time Callà signed for Basel on a {{frac|2|1|2}}-year deal.{{cite web | last = FC Basel 1893 | year = 2014 | url = http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/31776/26/7/7 | title = Davide Callà wechselt zum FCB, Stephan Andrist zum FC Aarau | publisher = FC Basel 1893 | access-date = 11 February 2014 | language = de | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140223033906/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/31776/26/7/7 | archive-date = 23 February 2014 | url-status = dead }}{{cite web|url=http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=25&CPID=99&TEID=3195&PLID=176441&pStr=Player|title=Davide Callà wechselt zum FCB, Stephan Andrist zum FC Aarau|trans-title=Davide Callà changes to FC Basel, Stephan Andrist to FC Aarau|publisher=FC Basel|access-date=2 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925163634/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=25&CPID=99&TEID=3195&PLID=176441&pStr=Player|archive-date=25 September 2012}} He made his debut for Basel in the St. Jakob-Park on 15 February 2014 in the 1–0 home win against Sion.{{cite web | last = Marti | first = Caspar | year = 2014 | url = http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/31802/26/7/7 | title = Der FCB siegt im Regen gegen Sion | publisher = FC Basel 1893 | access-date = 15 February 2014 | language = de | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140223033758/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/31802/26/7/7 | archive-date = 23 February 2014 | url-status = dead }}

At the end of the 2013–14 Super League season he won the league championship with Basel.{{cite web | last = Grossenbacher | first = Sacha | year = 2014 | url = http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/Saison/Saisonspiel?m=2816 | title = Fotos vom Spiel gegen Lausanne sowie den anschliessenden Feierlichkeiten | publisher = FC Basel 1893 | access-date = 18 May 2014 | language = de | archive-date = 12 June 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180612184447/https://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/Saison/Saisonspiel?m=2816 | url-status = dead }} They also reached the final of the 2013–14 Swiss Cup, but were beaten 2–0 by Zürich after extra time. Basel had qualified for Europa League knockout phase and here they advanced as far as the quarter-finals.

The season 2014–15 was a very successful one for Callà and for FC Basel. The championship was won for the sixth time in a row that season{{cite web | last = Marti | first = Caspar | year = 2015 | url = http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2015/05/29/Der-Meisterfreitag-im-bunten-Zeitraffer | title = Der Meisterfreitag im bunten Zeitraffer | publisher = FC Basel 1893 | access-date = 29 May 2015 | language = de | archive-date = 22 December 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222103948/http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2015/05/29/Der-Meisterfreitag-im-bunten-Zeitraffer | url-status = dead }} and in the 2014–15 Swiss Cup they reached the final. But for the third season in a row, Basel ended the competition as runners-up, losing 0–3 to FC Sion in the final. Basel entered the Champions League in the group stage and reached the knockout phase as on 9 December 2014 they managed a 1–1 draw at Anfield against Liverpool.{{cite web|url = https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/29363537|title=Liverpool 1 Basel 1|date=10 December 2014|work=BBC Sport|access-date=10 December 2014}} But then Basel then lost to Porto in the Round of 16. Basel played a total of 65 matches (36 Swiss League fixtures, 6 Swiss Cup, 8 Champions League and 15 test matches). Under new manager Paulo Sousa Callà totaled 49 appearances, 23 (seven goals) in the League, 6 in the Cup and 5 in the Champions League, as well 15 in test games (one goal).{{Cite book | last1 = Zindel | first1 = Josef | title = Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016 | publisher = FC Basel Marketing AG | year = 2015 | ISBN = 978-3-7245-2050-4}}

Under trainer Urs Fischer Callà won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2015–16 Super League season{{cite web | first = Casper | last = Marti | year = 2016 | url = http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2016/04/30/FCB-Sion | title = Es ist vollbracht ! Der FCB ist zum 19. Mal Meister | publisher = FC Basel 1893 | access-date = 30 April 2016 | archive-date = 30 May 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190530222715/https://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2016/04/30/FCB-Sion | url-status = dead }} and at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season for the fourth time. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total.{{cite web | first = Casper | last = Marti | year = 2017 | url = https://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2017/06/02/Der-Saisonabschluss-im-Zeitraffer | title = Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer | publisher = FC Basel 1893 | access-date = 2 June 2017 | archive-date = 30 May 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190530222655/https://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2017/06/02/Der-Saisonabschluss-im-Zeitraffer | url-status = dead }} They also won the Swiss Cup for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the club's history.{{cite web|title=Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3-0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game|url=https://allaboutgeneva.com/2017/05/25/swiss-football-fc-basel-wins-3-0-over-sion-in-geneva-police-extra-vigilant-after-game|publisher=allaboutgeneva.com|date=25 May 2017|access-date=25 May 2017|archive-date=17 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517125506/https://allaboutgeneva.com/2017/05/25/swiss-football-fc-basel-wins-3-0-over-sion-in-geneva-police-extra-vigilant-after-game/|url-status=dead}}

Honours

Basel

Swiss Super League: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
Swiss Cup winner: 2016–17{{cite web|title=Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3-0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game|url=https://allaboutgeneva.com/2017/05/25/swiss-football-fc-basel-wins-3-0-over-sion-in-geneva-police-extra-vigilant-after-game|publisher=allaboutgeneva.com|date=25 May 2017|access-date=25 May 2017|archive-date=17 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517125506/https://allaboutgeneva.com/2017/05/25/swiss-football-fc-basel-wins-3-0-over-sion-in-geneva-police-extra-vigilant-after-game/|url-status=dead}}
Swiss Cup runner up: 2013–14, 2014–15