Giotto Morandi
{{short description|Swiss footballer (born 1999)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Giotto Morandi
| image =
| fullname = Giotto Giuseppe Morandi
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|3|4}}
| birth_place = Locarno, Switzerland
| height = {{height|m=1.81}}
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Servette
| clubnumber = 7
| youthyears1 = 2006–2012
| youthclubs1 = Ascona
| youthyears2 = 2012–2014
| youthclubs2 = Bellinzona
| youthyears3 = 2014–2016
| youthclubs3 = Lugano
| youthyears4 = 2016–2017
| youthclubs4 = Grasshopper
| years1 = 2017–2018
| clubs1 = Grasshopper U21
| caps1 = 23
| goals1 = 4
| years2 = 2018–2025
| clubs2 = Grasshopper
| caps2 = 157
| goals2 = 25
| years3 = 2019
| clubs3 = →Schaffhausen (loan)
| caps3 = 5
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2025–
| clubs4 = Servette
| caps4 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2016-2017
| nationalteam1 = Switzerland U17
| nationalcaps1 = 8
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| pcupdate = 1 June 2025
| ntupdate = 7 April 2022
}}
Giotto Giuseppe Morandi (born 4 March 1999) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Servette in the Swiss Super League.
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.{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/02/03/switzerland/super-league/grasshopper-club-zurich/fc-basel/2797331/|title=Grasshopper vs. Basel - 3 February 2019 - Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdt.ch/sport/calcio/il-cerchio-di-giotto-morandi-dal-ticino-al-grasshopper-per-restarci-JA2345579|title=Il cerchio di Giotto Morandi: dal Ticino al Grasshopper, per restarci|access-date=2022-02-07|archive-date=2022-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207054005/https://www.cdt.ch/sport/calcio/il-cerchio-di-giotto-morandi-dal-ticino-al-grasshopper-per-restarci-JA2345579|url-status=dead}}
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{{Cite web|url=https://www.gcz.ch/news/news/artikel/giotto-morandi-zurueck-im-mannschaftstraining/|title=GIOTTO MORANDI ZURÜCK IM MANNSCHAFTSTRAINING|date=2021-10-14}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/news/article/morandi-extends-contract-until-2025/|title=MORANDI EXTENDS CONTRACT UNTIL 2025|language=English|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|date=2022-06-17|access-date=2022-06-18|archive-date=2022-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163638/https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/news/article/morandi-extends-contract-until-2025/|url-status=dead}}
On 26 September 2023, he gave his 100th appearance for Grasshoppers,{{cite news|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/17/milestone-for-giotto-morandi/|title=MILESTONE FOR GIOTTO MORANDI|language=English|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|date=3 October 2023}} in the 1–2 defeat to FC Zürich in the Zürich Derby.
On 3 June 2025, he joined Swiss Super League rivals Servette on a free transfer after nine years in Zurich.{{cite web |title=Giotto Morandi au Servette FC |url=https://servettefc.ch/giotto-morandi-au-servette-fc/ |publisher=Servette FC |access-date=3 June 2025 |language=fr-ch |date=3 June 2025}} He signed a three-year deal with Servette.
Personal life
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|giotto-morandi/441366}}
- [https://www.sfl.ch/challengeleague/klubs/grasshopper-club-zuerich/player/giotto-giuseppe-morandi/season/202021/ SFL Profile]
- [https://www.gcz.ch/saison/kader/detail/squad/allan-arigoni/ GCZ Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207053952/https://www.gcz.ch/saison/kader/detail/squad/allan-arigoni/ |date=2022-02-07 }}
{{Servette FC squad}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Locarno
Category:Swiss men's footballers
Category:Switzerland men's youth international footballers
Category:Swiss people of Italian descent
Category:Grasshopper Club Zurich players
Category:FC Schaffhausen players
Category:Swiss Super League players
Category:Swiss Challenge League players
Category:Men's association football midfielders