Mirko Salvi

Mirko Salvi (born 14 February 1994) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Grasshopper.

Mirko Salvi
Personal information
Full name Mirko Salvi
Date of birth (1994-02-14) 14 February 1994
Place of birth Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Grasshopper
Number 1
Youth career
2001–2009 Yverdon-Sport
2009–2012 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Basel U-21 64 (0)
2014–2015 → Biel (loan) 35 (0)
2015–2018 Basel 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Lugano (loan) 44 (0)
2018– Grasshopper 14 (0)
2018–2019 → Luzern (loan) 10 (0)
National team‡
2009 Switzerland U-15 1 (0)
2009–2010 Switzerland U-16 3 (0)
2010–2011 Switzerland U-17 6 (0)
2011–2012 Switzerland U-18 2 (0)
2012–2013 Switzerland U-19 1 (0)
2013–2014 Switzerland U20 4 (0)
2014 Switzerland U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 March 2015

Youth football

Born in Yverdon-les-Bains, Salvi started his youth football with Yverdon-Sport. In 2009, he transferred to Basel and played in their U-16 team where he won the Swiss Championship at U-16 level.[1] He also played in the Basel U-18 team and one year in their U-21 team before he signed a three year professional contract in May 2012 and joined their first team squad.[2]

Club career

At the end of the Swiss Super League season 2012–13 he won the Championship title[3] and was Swiss Cup runner up with Basel.[4] 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 ties, beaten 2-5 on aggregate.[5] At the end of the Swiss Super League season 2013–14 he again won the Championship title and was Swiss Cup silver medal winner for the second time. During this period, as third Basel goalkeeper, he played regularly in their U-21 team and in some test games but never a league match.

On 19 May 2014, Basel announced that they were loaning out Salvi to Biel in the Swiss Challenge League, so that he could gain first-team experience in an environment somewhat more competitive than with the Reserves in the 1. Liga Promotion.[6] He became their starting goalie and played his Challenge League debut in the Stade de Genève on 20 July 2014 in a 1–2 away defeat against Servette. After one year loan, in which he played 35 of the possible 36 Challenge League games, he returned to Basel as their first team third goalkeeper.

Salvi made his professional debut for Basel in the closing match of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage against Lech Poznań on 10 December 2015. He came on as a substitute just before half-time to replace injured Germano Vailati during the 1–0 away victory.[7]

International career

Salvi was born in Switzerland and is of Italian descent.[8] Salvi made diverse appearances for the Switzerland U-15 and U-16 national teams. He played his debut for their U-17 team in a 1–0 away defeat against the Belgium U-17 team on 26 August 2010. He played his debut for their U-18 team in a 2–0 away win against Estonia U-18 on 1 September 2011.

Salvi played his debut for their Swiss U-21 team in a 1–1 away draw on 14 November 2014 against the German U-21 at the Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion in Potsdam.[9]

Titles and Honours

Basel

References
  1. Marti, Caspar (2010). "U16: Der FCB gewinnt den letzten Final der Saison!" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
  2. FC Basel 1893 (2012). "Personalnews zu Ajeti, Grether, Salvi und Tembo" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  3. Schifferle, Michael (2013). "Season review: Switzerland". UEFA. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  4. SFV (2013). "Telegramm Schweizer Cup Final" (in German). Schweizerischer Fussballverband. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  5. Haylett, Trevor (2013). "Basel take heart after Chelsea defeat". UEFA. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  6. FC Basel 1893 (2014). "Salvi leihweise zu Biel, Seferagic definitiv zu Schaffhausen" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  7. UEFA.com (2015). "Samuel reaches century as Basel beat Lech". UEFA.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  8. "Mirko Salvi". sport.de.
  9. SFV (2014). "Telegram U-21". SFV. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
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