Feliciano Magro

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Felix Magro

| fullname = Feliciano Magro

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|2|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Zürich, Switzerland

| height = {{Height|m=1.82|precision=0}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1997–2000 | clubs1 = Grasshopper | caps1 = 32 | goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2000–2003 | clubs2 = Udinese | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2000–2001 | clubs3 = → Basel (loan) | caps3 = 31 | goals3 = 5

| years4 = 2001–2002 | clubs4 = → Zürich (loan) | caps4 = 31 | goals4 = 4

| years5 = 2003–2004 | clubs5 = Grasshopper | caps5 = 17 | goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2004 | clubs6 = Landskrona | caps6 = 7 | goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2005–2007 | clubs7 = Djurgården | caps7 = 24 | goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2006–2007 | clubs8 = → Lugano (loan) | caps8 = 16 | goals8 = 3

| years9 = 2008 | clubs9 = Norrköping | caps9 = 24 | goals9 = 2

| years10 = 2009 | clubs10 = Grasshopper | caps10 = 5 | goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2010–2011 | clubs11 = Chiasso | caps11 = 36 | goals11 = 4

| years12 = 2011–2012 | clubs12 = Mendrisio | caps12 = 15 | goals12 = 5

| nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = Switzerland U18 | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 =

| nationalyears2 = 1999–2000 | nationalteam2 = Italy U20 | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 0

| club-update = End of 2010–11 season

| nationalteam-update =

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Feliciano "Felix" Magro (born 2 February 1979) is a former footballer. Born in Switzerland, he represented both that nation and Italy at youth international levels.

Magro's father is from Capo d'Orlando, Sicily and his mother is from Lucerne.{{cite news|url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/1999/ottobre/05/svizzero_Magro_presenta_adatto_tutto_ga_0_9910052292.shtml|title=Lo "svizzero" Magro si presenta: "Mi adatto a tutto"|date=1999-10-05|accessdate=2009-09-13|publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=Italian}}

Career

Magro was signed by Udinese in January 2000,{{cite news|url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2000/gennaio/19/Udinese_accorda_con_Magro_Perugia_ga_0_0001194728.shtml|title=L' Udinese s' accorda con Magro, il Perugia blocca Lund|date=2000-01-19|accessdate=2009-09-13|publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=Italian}} signing a contract until 2004.{{cite news|url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2000/gennaio/26/presenta_Magro_vice_Locatelli_con_ga_0_0001266923.shtml|title=Si presenta Magro, il vice Locatelli con un debole per Boban|date=2000-01-26|accessdate=2009-09-13|publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=Italian}} He was loaned back to Switzerland, first to FC Basel and then to FC Zürich, but he broken his leg in 2002 and had to rest for a year.

He came to Djurgårdens IF on free transfer from Landskrona BoIS at the start of the 2005 season, and he returned from a loan to AC Lugano. In late 2007, when his contract with DIF had run out, he signed a three-year contract with IFK Norrköping.{{cite news|url=http://www.ifknorrkoping.se/Nyheter.aspx?a=22139|title=Magro klar för IFK|date=2007-11-22|accessdate=2009-09-13|publisher=IFK Norrköping|language=Swedish}} In January 2009, he terminated his contract with the club.{{cite news|url=http://www.ifknorrkoping.se/Nyheter.aspx?a=106611|title=Magro lämnar IFK|date=2009-01-27|accessdate=2009-09-13|publisher=IFK Norrköping|language=Swedish}} and joined Grasshopper Club Zürich.

After a few months without a team, he left for 1.Liga side Chiasso in April 2010 and won promotion back to the Challenge League.

=International=

A Swiss youth international, Magro chose to represent Italy in 1999. He played for the Italy U20 team at the 2000 Toulon Tournament.

Honours

; Djurgårdens

Allsvenskan:[http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf Archived copy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630143919/http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf |date=30 June 2019 }} 2005

References

{{cite web|url=http://www.fcchiasso.ch/interviste.php?nuid=529|title=FELICIANO MAGRO, LA MIA ESPERIENZA PER I GIOVANI|date=20 August 2010|accessdate=25 August 2010|work=FC Chiasso|language=Italian|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706232254/http://www.fcchiasso.ch/interviste.php?nuid=529|archivedate=6 July 2011}}

External links

[http://www.football.ch/sfl/777821/de/Kader.aspx?tId=0&pId=250622 Profile at Swiss Football League] {{in lang|de}}
[http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=2027&squadra=2 Profile at FIGC] {{in lang|it}}

Category:1979 births

Category:Footballers from Zurich

Category:People of Sicilian descent

Category:Swiss people of Italian descent

Category:Living people

Category:Swiss men's footballers

Category:Italian men's footballers

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:Italy men's youth international footballers

Category:Switzerland men's youth international footballers

Category:Grasshopper Club Zurich players

Category:Udinese Calcio players