Daniel Greco (born 11 July 1979) is a retired Swiss

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. Daniel Greco is a retired professional Swiss footballer who was playing position centre-forward for several clubs in Switzerland, in Italy, Carrarese Calcio C1 and was striker for the Swiss National team U18 and U21 which was trained by the Swiss football legend

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Career

As an active youth football player he played his first Swiss Final championship with Servette FC vs Grasshopper Club Zürich, Category Junior C, in 1993. In 1994 he won the Swiss championship U 15, GEF and in 1995 the Swiss Champion Category B1, Fc Servette vs Fc Lugano. Daniel Greco signed his first professional contract with Grasshoppers Club Zürich in 1996 for a period of 5 years. There, he made his debut, where he won the Swiss Championship and Swiss cup in 1996 with U21 and scored in total 28 goals. Greco made his first appearance in the LNA league against Servette Fc in 1996. Further up Greco got pitched with Grasshoppers for the

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against Ajax Amsterdam, AJ Auxerre and Rangers F.C. As a Swiss National Football player he played with U18 and U21 for the Euro Qualifiers with success. With the U21 Team, he scored a total of 6 goals in 8 matches. Statistics show that Daniel Greco's scores were significant for the U21 Qualification Euro 2002. Overall Greco's stats as in

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References

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