- Marco Pascolo
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Marco Pascolo Personal information Date of birth 9 May 1966 Place of birth Sion, Switzerland Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Playing position Goalkeeper Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1986–1989 FC Sion 17 (1) 1989–1991 Neuchâtel Xamax 52 (0) 1991–1996 Servette 176 (0) 1996–1997 Cagliari 14 (0) 1997–1998 Nottingham Forrest 5 (0) 1998–2002 Zürich 115 (0) 2002–2003 Servette 27 (0) Total 406 (1) National team 1992–2001 Switzerland 55 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Marco Pascolo (born 9 May 1966 in Sion) is a retired Swiss international football goalkeeper who spent his best playing days at Servette FC and FC Zürich in the 1990s and early 2000s. He is currently goalkeeping coach for FC Sion.
Career
Pascolo started playing professionally in 1986, with local club FC Sion. At Sion, he failed to break into the first-team and left for Neuchâtel Xamax in 1989. During his first season at Xamax, he was used in a squad rotation system, only playing once every few weeks, but in his second season he hit top form and claimed the Number 1 jersey for himself. He signed for Servette FC in 1991 and became a fans' favourite almost immediately. Shortly after signing for Servette, he earned a call-up to the Swiss national team. After achieving all he could at Servette, he went to Serie A with Cagliari Calcio in 1996, but found first-team action hard to come by. And after just one season in Italy, he left for England's Nottingham Forrest. He played even fewer games there and returned to Switzerland in 1998 with FC Zürich. He was a first-team regular in Zürich for four seasons before he returned to Servette in 2002 to finish his career.
He was capped 55 times for the Swiss national team between 1992 and 2001. He was in the Swiss squad at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, playing all four games, and also at Euro 1996.
He is now a goalkeeping coach at FC Sion.
Career statistics
Season Club Country Matches Goals 1986/87 FC Sion Switzerland 1 0 1987/88 FC Sion Switzerland 13 0 1988/89 FC Sion Switzerland 3 1 1989/90 Neuchatel Xamax Switzerland 18 0 1990/91 Neuchatel Xamax Switzerland 34 0 1991/92 Servette FC Switzerland 35 0 1992/93 Servette FC Switzerland 36 0 1993/94 Servette FC Switzerland 35 0 1994/95 Servette FC Switzerland 35 0 1995/96 Servette FC Switzerland 35 0 1996/97 Cagliari Calcio Italy 14 0 1997/98 Nottingham Forest F.C. England 5 0 1998/99 FC Zürich Switzerland 12 0 1999/00 FC Zürich Switzerland 34 0 2000/01 FC Zürich Switzerland 34 0 2001/02 FC Zürich Switzerland 35 0 2002/03 Servette FC Switzerland 27 0 External links
- Career history at National Football Teams
Switzerland squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup Switzerland squad – UEFA Euro 1996 1 Pascolo • 2 Hottiger • 3 Quentin • 4 Henchoz • 5 Geiger • 6 Wicky • 7 Fournier • 8 Sylvestre • 9 Grassi • 10 Sforza • 11 Chapuisat • 12 Lehmann • 13 Jeanneret • 14 Türkyilmaz • 15 Vega • 16 Koller • 17 Vogel • 18 Rothenbühler • 19 Sesa • 20 Comisetti • 21 Bonvin • 22 Corminbœuf • Coach: Artur JorgeCategories:- 1966 births
- Living people
- Swiss footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Switzerland international footballers
- The Football League players
- Serie A footballers
- FC Sion players
- Neuchâtel Xamax players
- Servette FC players
- Cagliari Calcio players
- Nottingham Forest F.C. players
- FC Zürich players
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1996 players
- Swiss expatriate footballers
- Swiss expatriates in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Swiss-Italian people
- Swiss people of Italian descent
- Swiss football biography stubs
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