Michel Morganella
{{short description|Swiss footballer (born 1989)}}
{{distinguish|Michele Morganella}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Michel Morganella
| image = Maciej Żurawski Celtic.jpg
| image_size = 250
| caption = Morganella behind Celtic forward Maciej Żurawski
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1989|5|17}}
| birth_place = Sierre,{{cite web |url=http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/risultati_classifiche/calcio/giocatori/giocatore_michael_morganella_272431649.shtml?campionato=serieb |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=Italian |accessdate=31 January 2011 |title=michael morganella novara – Serie B}} Switzerland
| currentclub = Chiasso
| clubnumber = 89
| position = Right back
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = FC Chippis
| youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–2004
| youthclubs2 = Sion
| youthyears3 = 2004–2006
| youthclubs3 = Basel
| years1 = 2006–2009
| clubs1 = Basel U-21
| caps1 = 30
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2007–2009
| clubs2 = Basel
| caps2 = 6
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2009–2011
| clubs3 = Palermo
| caps3 = 2
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2010–2011
| clubs4 = → Novara (loan)
| caps4 = 20
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2011–2012
| clubs5 = Novara
| caps5 = 42
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2012–2018
| clubs6 = Palermo
| caps6 = 101
| goals6 = 2
| years7 = 2018–2019
| clubs7 = Rapperswil-Jona
| caps7 = 6
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2019
| clubs8 = Padova
| caps8 = 12
| goals8 = 1
| years9 = 2019–2020
| clubs9 = Livorno
| caps9 = 11
| goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2020–
| clubs10 = Chiasso
| caps10 = 31
| goals10 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2005–2006
| nationalteam1 = Switzerland U17
| nationalcaps1 = 12
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 2007–2008
| nationalteam2 = Switzerland U19
| nationalcaps2 = 9
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2009–2011
| nationalteam3 = Switzerland U21
| nationalcaps3 = 3
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2012
| nationalteam4 = Switzerland Olympic
| nationalcaps4 = 3
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| nationalyears5 = 2012–2013
| nationalteam5 = Switzerland
| nationalcaps5 = 2
| nationalgoals5 = 0
| club-update = 30 June 2023
| nationalteam-update =
}}
Michel Morganella (born 17 May 1989) is a Swiss-Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Chiasso.
Football career
=Club=
;Youth
Born to an Italian father and a Swiss mother, Morganella grew up in Chippis, on the boarder to Sierre.{{cite news |url=http://www.mediagol.it/articolo.asp?idNotizia=22493 |publisher=Mediagol.it |language=Italian |title=Morganella: La mia partita in Champions League |accessdate=11 February 2009 |date=10 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212103530/http://www.mediagol.it/articolo.asp?idNotizia=22493 |archivedate=12 February 2009}} Morganella started his youth football with local amateur club FC Chippis. After a few years he moved to the youth department of Sion and in August 2004 he moved to the youth department of FC Basel. He played in their U-18 team during the 2005–06 season, under coach Patrick Rahmen and his assistant Marco Walker and with them won both the Swiss U-18 championship and the U-19/18 national cup that season.{{cite web | first = | last = FC Basel 1893 | authorlink = | year = 2006 | url = http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/-/10044/16573 | title = Zwei weitere Titel für FCB-Nachwuchs | format = | publisher = FC Basel 1893 | accessdate = 18 June 2006 | language = de-ch | trans-title = Two more titles for FCB youngsters | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233631/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/-/10044/16573 | archive-date = 30 December 2013 | url-status = dead }} Thereafter, in summer 2006 he advanced to join their U-21 team and played as a right-back or a wide-right midfielder.
;Basel
In the winter break of their 2006–07 season he was brought up to the first team by head coach Christian Gross. After playing in four test games Morganella played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Stade Tourbillon on 25 February 2007, coming on as substitute in the 79th minute, as Basel played a goalless draw with Sion.{{cite web | first = | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | author-link = | date = 25 February 2007 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=9087 | title = FC Sion - FC Basel 0:0 (0:0) | format = | work = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" | access-date = 2023-11-16}} He played two further games that season, both over the full 90 minutes. The following season Basel played in the 2007–08 UEFA Cup and in the last match of the group stage, as they played in the HSH Nordbank Arena on 20 December 2007, Morganella came on as substitute replacing David Degen in the 50th minute, after fellow right back Reto Zanni had been shown the second yellow card and been dismissed. The game against Hamburger SV ended with a 1–1 draw.{{cite web | first = | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | author-link = | date = 20 December 2007 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=11875 | title = Hamburger SV - FC Basel 1:1 (0:0) | format = | work = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" | access-date = 2023-11-16}}{{cite web | first = | last = uefa.com | author-link = | date = 20 December 2007 | url = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/301684--hamburg-vs-basel/ | title = Hamburger SV 1-1 FC Basel | format = | work = | publisher = UEFA | access-date = 2023-11-16}} At the end of their 2007–08 season Morganella won the Double with the club. They won the league championship title with four points advantage over second placed Young Boys.{{cite web | first = Erik Garin | last = Karel Stokkermans | author-link = | year = 2018 | url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit08.html | title = Switzerland 2007/08 | work = | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation | language = | access-date = 2022-11-16}} In the Swiss Cup Basel advanced to the final, and winning this 4–1 against AC Bellinzona they won the competition.{{cite web | first = | last = Swiss Football Verband (SFV) | author-link = | date = 6 April 2008 | url = https://www.football.ch/sfv/schweizer-cups/schweizer-cup/statistik-und-resultate.aspx/oid-1/s-2008/ | title = AC Bellinzona - FC Basel 1:4 (0:1) | format = | work = | publisher = Swiss Football Verband (SFV) internet | access-date = 2022-11-16}}
In the first half of their 2008–09 season Morganella had just two league appearances and one in the Swiss Cup 2008–09. Nevertheless, the club offered Morganella a new contract, to freshen up his expiring deal. On 2 November 2008 they signed a three-year contract which was intended to keep him at St. Jakob-Park until summer 2011.{{cite web | last = FC Basel 1893 | year = 2007 | url = http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/-/19297/27/7/7 | title = Vertrag mit Michel Morganella bis 2011 | publisher = FC Basel 1893 | access-date = 2007-11-02 | language = de-ch | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233424/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/-/19297/27/7/7 | archive-date = 2013-12-30 | url-status = dead }} On 9 December Morganella played his Champions League debut in the last matchday of the group stage. He played the full 90 minutes, but Basel were defeated 1–0 by Sporting CP.{{cite web | first = | last = uefa.com | author-link = | date = 9 December 2008 | url = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/302781--basel-vs-sporting-cp/ | title = FC Basel 0-1 Sporting CP | format = | work = | publisher = UEFA | access-date = 2023-11-16}}
Following days of speculation about his future, Basel announced, on 30 January 2009, that Morganella had left the club.{{cite web | last = FC Basel 1893 | date = 30 January 2009 | url = http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/-/21666/27/7/7 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20140322180525/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/-/21666/27/7/7 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2014-03-22 | title = Michel Morganella zur US Palermo | publisher = FC Basel 1893 | access-date = 2009-01-30 | language = de-ch }} During his time with the club, Morganella played a total of 36 games for Basel's first team, but without scoring a goal. Six of these games were in the Swiss Super League, one in the Swiss Cup, two in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and UEFA Cup) and 27 were friendly games.{{cite web | first = | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | authorlink = | year = 2023 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/spieler?command=detail&id=3459 | title = Michel Morganella - FCB statistics | format = | work = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | accessdate = 2023-11-16}}
;Palermo
The same day, Palermo officially announced to have signed Morganella on a four-year and a half contract,{{cite news |publisher=US Città di Palermo |title=ACQUISTATO MORGANELLA DAL BASILEA |accessdate=30 January 2009 |date=30 January 2009 |url=http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0809/news_scheda.jsp?id=13545}} He thus became the first Swiss footballer to play for the rosanero.{{cite news |url=http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0809/news_scheda.jsp?id=13930 |publisher=US Città di Palermo |language=Italian |accessdate=11 February 2009 |date=10 February 2009 |title=PRESENTAZIONE MORGANELLA FELICE DI ESSERE IN ROSANERO}}
During his early times at Palermo, Morganella never broke into the first team and after about 18 months he was eventually loaned out to Serie B club Novara in July 2010.{{cite news |url=http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0910/news_scheda.jsp?id=21040|publisher=US Città di Palermo |language=Italian |accessdate=18 July 2010 |date=16 July 2010 |title=MOVIMENTI IN USCITA DEL PALERMO}}
;Novara
On 31 January 2011, Palermo announced to have sold 50% of Morganella's transfer rights to Novara along with Samir Ujkani (both tagged for €1.5 million),{{cite news|url=http://www.ju29ro.com/contro-informazione/3792-bilancio-palermo-201011-utile-grazie-a-cavani-e-kjaer.html|title=Bilancio Palermo 2010/11: utile grazie a Cavani e Kjaer |date=8 February 2012|accessdate=3 April 2012|publisher=ju29ro.com|language=Italian}} as part of a bid involving striker Pablo Andrés González for €5 million.{{cite news|url=http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/1011/news_scheda.jsp?id=22484 |publisher=US Città di Palermo |language=Italian |accessdate=31 January 2011 |date=31 January 2011 |title=ACQUISTATO PABLO ANDRES GONZALEZ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204035449/http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/1011/news_scheda.jsp?id=22484 |archivedate=4 February 2011 }} He concluded the season with a historic promotion to Serie A.
;Palermo
On 22 June 2012, Palermo announced on their website that they had re-acquired the full transfer rights of Morganella and fellow Novara player Ujkani.{{cite news|date=22 June 2012|title=MOVIMENTI DI MERCATO|language=Italian|trans-title=MARKET MOVEMENTS|publisher=US Città di Palermo|url=http://palermocalcio.it/it/1112/news/scheda.php?id=26869|url-status=dead|accessdate=22 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704194621/http://palermocalcio.it/it/1112/news/scheda.php?id=26869|archive-date=4 July 2012}} Morganella returned and then played regularly for Palermo. Morganella's contract expired on 30 June 2018 and he was without an employer.
;Rapperswil-Jona
On 26 October 2018, Morganella returned to Switzerland, signing a two-year (semi-professional) contract with Rapperswil-Jona.{{cite web|publisher=Rapperswil-Jona|url=https://www.fcrj.ch/2018/10/michel-morganella-stoesst-zum-fcrj/|title=Michel Morganella stösst zum FCRJ!|date=26 October 2018|language=German}} Returning to competition football, Morganella played 7 games up until the end of calendar year 2018.
;Padova
On 15 January 2019, Morganella signed with Italian Serie B club Padova.{{cite web|url=https://m.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-b/ufficiale-padova-tesserato-anche-michel-morganella-1202116|access-date=15 January 2019|title=UFFICIALE: Padova, tesserato anche Michel Morganella|language=Italian}}
;Livorno
On 10 July 2019, Morganella signed with Livorno.{{cite press release|publisher=Livorno|url=https://www.livornocalcio.it/comunicati/morganella-nuovo-acquisto-amaranto.html|title=MORGANELLA NUOVO ACQUISTO AMARANTO|date=10 July 2019|language=Italian|access-date=4 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712232953/https://www.livornocalcio.it/comunicati/morganella-nuovo-acquisto-amaranto.html|archive-date=12 July 2019|url-status=dead}}
=International=
Morganella represented Switzerland at various youth levels. He was chosen by Pierluigi Tami for the London 2012 Olympics national squad. In advance of the Olympics, Morganella debuted with the senior Swiss national football team on 30 May 2012, replacing Reto Ziegler in the friendly against Romania.
On 30 July 2012, following the Swiss team's defeat against South Korea, the Swiss Olympic Committee expelled Morganella from the games{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19054995|title=Olympics football: Michel Morganella expelled for racist tweet|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=30 July 2012}} after he posted on Twitter a message translating to "I am going to batter the Koreans, burn them all... bunch of Mongoloids."{{cite news|title=Swiss Olympic expels player for racist tweet|url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Swiss_Olympic_expels_player_for_racist_tweet.html?cid=33212312|accessdate=30 July 2012|newspaper=Swissinfo|date=30 July 2012}} Morganella later apologized.{{cite news|title=Switzerland Olympic team expels footballer from London Games over racist Twitter message|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/dcunited/switzerland-footballer-faces-expulsion-from-london-olympics-over-offensive-twitter-message/2012/07/30/gJQAsQ2MKX_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730192319/http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/dcunited/switzerland-footballer-faces-expulsion-from-london-olympics-over-offensive-twitter-message/2012/07/30/gJQAsQ2MKX_story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 July 2012|accessdate=30 July 2012|newspaper=AP / Washington Post|date=30 July 2012}}
Honours
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/spieler?command=detail&id=3459 Profile at FC Basel Archive]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080824192058/http://www.fcb.ch/sport/show/playerDetailByID/28236/72/9/36 Profile at FC Basel] {{in lang|de}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090211194924/http://www.football.ch/sfl/777819/de/Kader.aspx?pId=56176 Profile at Swiss Football League] {{in lang|de}}
- {{NFT player|47755}}
- {{Soccerway|michel-morganella/11353}}
{{FC Chiasso squad}}
{{Switzerland men's football squad 2012 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Swiss men's footballers
Category:Swiss expatriate men's footballers
Category:Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Category:FC Rapperswil-Jona players
Category:Calcio Padova players
Category:US Livorno 1915 players
Category:Swiss Super League players
Category:Swiss Challenge League players
Category:Swiss Promotion League players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Category:Men's association football defenders
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