Davide Orlando

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Davide Orlando
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-10-13) 13 October 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Monthey, Switzerland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
FC Troistorrents (manager)
Youth career
–1988 FC Monthey
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1990 FC Monthey
1990–1995 FC Sion 126 (14)
1995–1997 FC Basel 39 (0)
1997–1998 Étoile Carouge FC 34 (9)
1998–1999 Lugano 0 (0)
1999–2000 FC Sion 20 (1)
2000–2001 Bellinzona 21 (2)
2001–2002 Vevey Sports
2002–2004 Martigny-Sports
Managerial career
2014–2020 FC Saint-Maurice
2021–2024 Martigny-Sports
2024– FC Troistorrents
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Davide Orlando (born 13 October 1971) is a Swiss football manager and former player who manages FC Troistorrents. He was previously manager of Martigny-Sports. He played as a midfielder in the late 1980s and the 1990s.

Playing career

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Born in Monthey, Orlando played his youth football for local club FC Monthey and played in their first team in 1986. He returned to their youth team the following season and advanced again in 1988. Local Nationalliga A team FC Sion had been watching his progress and they signed Orlando before the 1990–91 Nationalliga A season. In the final of the 1990–91 Swiss Cup, he contributed two goals as Sion came back from a 2–0 deficit to win 3–2.[1] The following 1991–92 Nationalliga A season Orlando won the Swiss championship with his club. He won the Swiss Cup for a second time with Sion in the 1994–95 edition.[2] Orlando played for Sion for five seasons before moving on.[3]

Orlando joined FC Basel's first team for their 1995–96 season under head-coach Claude Andrey. After playing in one test match and two games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, Orlando played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game on 29 July 1995 as Basel were defeated 1–0 by Neuchâtel Xamax.[4] Orlando scored his first and only goal for the club in the away game on 20 July 1996. This game was in the UEFA Intertoto Cup but it could not help the team as Basel were defeated 3–2 by Russian team Rotor Volgograd.[5]

Staying with the club for two seasons, Orlando played a total of 63 games for Basel. 40 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, five in the Swiss Cup, four in the Intertoto Cup and 14 were friendly games.[6]

After his time with Basel, Orlando played one season with Étoile Carouge FC and one season with Lugano. He then returned to play for FC Sion, who in the meantime had suffered relegation to the Nationalliga B. In the 1999–2000 Nationalliga A/B season Orlando achieved immediate promotion with his team.[7]

However, after promotion Orlando moved on to play a season for Bellinzona in the second tier of Swiss football. He then played one season for Vevey Sports, in the third tier, and then moved to Martigny-Sports, also in the third tier, where two years later he retired from active football.

Managerial career

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Orlando was appointed manager of Martigny-Sports in October 2021.[8] In April 2024, Martigny-Sports announced Orlando would leave at the end of the season, after three seasons with the club.[8][9]

In June 2024 it was announced he would take over third-tier side FC Troistorrents.[10]

Honours

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FC Sion

References

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  1. ^ a b Perruchoud, Ludovic (3 June 2015). "Orlando et Rey, les héros du rêve de 1991" [Orlando and Rey, the heroes of the 1991 dream]. RTS (in French). Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b David, Axel (2 June 2015). "Christophe Bonvin, le recordman du FC Sion" [Christophe Bonvin, FC Sion's record-breaker]. RTS (in French). Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  3. ^ Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1991/92". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  4. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Neuchâtel Xamax - FC Basel 1:0 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Rotor Volgograd - FC Basel 3:2 (2:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  6. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Davide Orlando - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  7. ^ Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A 1999/2000". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  8. ^ a b Délèze, Adrien (23 April 2024). "Football: David Orlando et le FC Martigny-Sports se sépareront cet été" [Football: David Orlando and FC Martigny-Sports will part company this summer]. Le Nouvelliste (in French). Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  9. ^ Délèze, Adrien (23 April 2024). "FC Martigny-Sports – David Orlando: «Ce sont les 2 mois les plus importants de mon aventure»" [FC Martigny-Sports - David Orlando: "These are the most important 2 months of my adventure".]. Le Nouvelliste (in French). Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  10. ^ Nicolet, Thierry (11 June 2024). "Football: David Orlando rebondit en 3e Ligue" [Football: David Orlando bounces back in the 3rd League]. Radio Chablais (in French). Retrieved 23 August 2024.

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