| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 May 1989 | ||
| 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 | 22 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2006 | Switzerland U-17 | 12 | (3) |
| 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). |
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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".
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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.
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