Michael Casanova

Michael Casanova

Personal information
Full name	Michael Casanova
Date of birth	4 May 1989 (1989-05-04) (age 22)
Place of birth	Lugano, Switzerland
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	FC Lugano
Youth career
2001–2006	Team Ticino U-18
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–2007	FC Lugano	0	(0)
2007–2008	FC Lugano	0	(0)
2008–2009	FC Locarno	4	(0)
2009-2010	FC Locarno	26	(0)
2010-	FC Lugano
National team
2004-2005	U16 (Switzerland)	Olympics games
2005-2006	U17 (Switzerland)	4	(0)
2006-2007	U18 (Switzerland)	2	(0)
2007-2008	U19 (Switzerland)	1	(0)
2008-2009	U20 (Switzerland)	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Michael Casanova (born 4 May 1989 in Lugano) is a Swiss footballer who plays for FC Lugano.

Career

He began his career with Team Ticino U-18 the youthteam of Lugano and was in summer 2006 promoted to the first team. He played in the Lugano senior team his professionell debut and joined on 27 September 2008 to the Challenge League team FC Locarno. In the summer 2009 two Super League's team BSC Young Boys and FC Sion were interested to this player.

Match season 2008-2009

Challenge League

• 27 September 2008, FC Lausanne Sport - FC Locarno
• 30 May 2009, FC Locarno - FC Wil 1900

Swiss Cup

• 20 September 2008, FC Kreuzlingen - FC Locarno
• 22 November 2008, FC St. Gallen - FC Locarno [1]

Match season 2009-2010

Challenge League

• 23 July 2009, FC Locarno - FC Le Mont LS [2]
• 31 July 2009, FC Winterthur - FC Locarno
• 7 August 2009, FC Wil 1900 - FC Locarno
• 14 August 2009, FC Locarno - FC Gossau [3]
• 21 August 2009, FC Locarno - Yverdon Sport FC [4]
• 28 August 2009, FC Lugano- FC Locarno [5]
• 23 September 2009, FC Lausanne Sport - FC Locarno [6]
• 26 September 2009, Servette FC - FC Locarno
• 4 October 2009, FC Locarno - FC Wohlen [7]
• 23 October 2009, FC Locarno - Stade Nyonnais [8]
• 1 November 2009, FC Locarno - FC Schaffhausen [9]
• 8 November 2009, FC Bienne - FC Locarno [10]
• 29 November 2009, FC Locarno - FC Vaduz [11]
• 6 December 2009, FC Locarno - SC Kriens [12]
• 22 February 2010, FC Schaffausen – FC Locarno [13]
• 28 February 2010, FC Locarno – Servette FC
• 10 March 2010, Stade Nyonnais – FC Locarno [14]
• 13 March 2010, Yverdon Sport – FC Locarno
• 19 March 2010, FC Locarno - FC Lugano [15]
• 27 March 2010, FC Thun - FC Locarno
• 31 March 2010, FC Locarno - FC Lausanne Sport [16]
• 7 April 2010, FC Wohlen - FC Locarno
• 10 April 2010, FC Locarno - FC Wil 1900 [17]
• 14 April 2010, FC Gossau - FC Locarno
• 8 May 2010, FC Locarno - FC Winterthur [18] [19]

Swiss Cup

• 17 October 2009, FC Zurich - FC Locarno

University of Lugano

He frequents the first year of Faculty of Communication Sciences.

External links

• Michael Casanova, Swiss Football League [20]
• Michael Casanova, National team U20 [21]
• Current value (300'000 CHF) [22]
• The evening’s programme Fuorigioco, 11.12.2009 [23]
• The evening’s programme Fuorigioco, guest 28.11.2008 [24]
• First match with FC Locarno (St.Gallen-FC Locarno) [25]
• Interview from altaitaliatv (min 65:15 to min 85:00) [26]
• Casanova - FC Sion? [27]
• RSI Lugano-Casanova [28]
• Casanova to Football Club Lugano [29]
• Casanova - FC Lugano ticinonline [30]
• Playmaker-tio CASANOVA [31]
• Fuorigioco Michael Casanova [32]
• Interview with Michael Casanova (8 April 2011) [33]

Persondata
Name	Casanova, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	4 May 1989
Place of birth	Lugano, Switzerland
Date of death
Place of death