Marco Pascolo
Marco Pascolo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmarko ˈpaskolo]; born 9 May 1966) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent his best playing days at Servette FC and FC Zürich in the 1990s and early 2000s (decade). Between 1992 and 2001, he made 55 appearances for the Switzerland national team. He is currently goalkeeping coach for FC Sion.
 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(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1989 | Sion | 17 | (1) |
| 1989–1991 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 52 | (0) |
| 1991–1996 | Servette | 176 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Cagliari | 14 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Nottingham Forest | 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 | |||
Career
Born in Sion, Pascolo started playing football 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 fan 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
| Club | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sion | 1986–87 | Nationalliga A | 1 | 0 |
| 1987–88 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 1988–89 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Total | 17 | 1 | ||
| Neuchatel Xamax | 1989–90 | Nationalliga A | 18 | 0 |
| 1990–91 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Total | 52 | 0 | ||
| Servette | 1991–92 | Nationalliga A | 35 | 0 |
| 1992–93 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 1993–94 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 1994–95 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 1995–96 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Total | 176 | 0 | ||
| Cagliari Calcio | 1996–97 | Serie A | 14 | 0 |
| Nottingham Forest | 1997–98 | Football League First Division | 5 | 0 |
| FC Zürich | 1998–99 | Nationalliga A | 12 | 0 |
| 1999–00 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Total | 115 | 0 | ||
| Servette | 2002–03 | Nationalliga A | 27 | 0 |
| Career total | 406 | 1 | ||
References
- "Marco Pascolo » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
