Germano Vailati


Germano Vailati is a Swiss former professional football goalkeeper.

Club career

Vailati was born in Lugano. He started his professional career in the Canton Ticino, and played for a number of different teams, before he transferred to the prestigious club FC Sion in the summer of 2004. In the 2006–07 season Sion were promoted to the Super League. In the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons he played for in their first time in UEFA Cup. He was on 22 November 2008 on trial by FC Metz and was signed on a six-month loan on 27 November 2008.
On 14 January 2010, FC St. Gallen signed the Swiss goalkeeper from FC Sion until June 2012.
On 20 June 2012, it was announced that Vailati had transferred to FC Basel on a free transfer. He played his team debut on 24 July 2012 in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round 3–0 home win against Flora Tallinn. He played in the Swiss Cup, once in the U21 team and was the first team's number two goalie. At the end of the Swiss Super League season Vailati won the Championship title and won a Swiss Cup runner up medal with Basel. In the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Basel advanced as far as the semi-finals, there being matched against the reigning UEFA Champions League holders Chelsea, but they were knocked out, losing both home and away tie, beaten 2–5 on aggregate.
At the end of the 2013–14 Super League season Vailati won his second league championship with Basel. They also reached the final of the 2013–14 Swiss Cup, but were beaten 2–0 by Zürich after extra time. During the 2013–14 Champions League season Basel reached the group stage and finished the group in third position. Thus they qualified for Europa League knockout phase and here they advanced as far as the quarter-finals.
Under trainer Urs Fischer Vailati won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2015–16 Super League season and at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season for the fifth consecutive time. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total. They also won the Swiss Cup for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the club's history.

International career

Vailati was born in Switzerland and is of Italian descent. He was called up for the Swiss national team in November 2007, as the fourth goalkeeper for the Euro 2008 campaign. However, he still has no caps.

Honours

Sion
Basel