Michel Morganella

Not to be confused with Michele Morganella

Michel Morganella

Personal information
Date of birth	17 May 1989 (1989-05-17) (age 22)
Place of birth	Sierre[1], Switzerland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Novara
Number	14
Youth career
2005–2006	FC Sion
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–2009	FC Basel[1]	8	(0)
2009–2011	Palermo	2	(0)
2010–2011	→ Novara (loan)	20	(0)
2011–	Novara	17	(0)
National team‡
2005–2006	Switzerland U-17	12	(2)
2007–2008	Switzerland U-19	9	(0)
2009-2011	Switzerland U-21	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 January 2011

Michel Morganella (born 17 May 1989) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a defender for Novara, in a co-ownership agreement with Palermo. He is usually nicknamed "Train".

Football career

Born to an Italian father and a Swiss mother,^[2] Morganella is a product of the FC Basel youth system and plays as a right-back or a wide-right midfielder. He first came in to the Basel team at the end of the 2006–07 season, playing in 3 games that campaign. In the 2007–08 campaign he was given the #4 jersey, later starting being featured into the first team.

Morganella then signed a new three-year contract at Basel, with the club moving quickly to freshen up his expiring deal. This deal was intended to keep him at St. Jakob-Park until 2011.

However, on 30 January 2009, following days of speculation about his future, Palermo officially announced to have signed Morganella from FC Basel on a four-year and a half contract,^[3] thus becoming the first Swiss footballer to play for the rosanero.^[4]

During his early times at Palermo, Morganella never broke into the first team and he was eventually loaned out to Serie B club Novara on July 2010.^[5]

On 31 January 2011 Palermo announced to have sold 50% of Morganella's transfer rights to Novara, as part of a bid involving striker Pablo Andrés González.^[6]

He concluded the season with 37 appearances: 31 in the league, 3 in the promotion play–off and 3 in the Coppa Italia. Novara is promoted to Serie A after 55 years of absence.

Titles and Honours

Basel

• Swiss Champion at U-18 level: 2005/06^[7]
• Swiss Cup Winner at U-19/U-18 level: 2005/06^[7]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "michael morganella novara - Serie B" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/risultati_classifiche/calcio/giocatori/giocatore_michael_morganella_272431649.shtml?campionato=serieb. Retrieved 31 January 2011. 
2. ^ "Morganella: La mia partita in Champions League" (in Italian). Mediagol.it. 2009-02-10. http://www.mediagol.it/articolo.asp?idNotizia=22493. Retrieved 2009-02-11. 
3. ^ "ACQUISTATO MORGANELLA DAL BASILEA". US Città di Palermo. 2009-01-30. http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0809/news_scheda.jsp?id=13545. Retrieved 2009-01-30. 
4. ^ "PRESENTAZIONE MORGANELLA FELICE DI ESSERE IN ROSANERO" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 2009-02-10. http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0809/news_scheda.jsp?id=13930. Retrieved 2009-02-11. 
5. ^ "MOVIMENTI IN USCITA DEL PALERMO" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 2010-07-16. http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0910/news_scheda.jsp?id=21040. Retrieved 2010-07-18. 
6. ^ "ACQUISTATO PABLO ANDRES GONZALEZ" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 31 January 2011. http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/1011/news_scheda.jsp?id=22484. Retrieved 31 January 2011. 
7. ^ ^{a b} "Zwei weitere Titel für FCB-Nachwuchs". FC Basel 1893. 2006. http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/-/10044/16573. Retrieved 2006-06-18.  (German)

External links

• Profile at FC Basel (German)
• Profile at Swiss Football League Website (German)

Persondata
Name	Morganella, Michel
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	17 May 1989
Place of birth	Sierre, Switzerland
Date of death
Place of death