Daniel Roger Salvi (born 29 January 1972) is a Swiss former

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who played in the 1990s. He played mainly in the position as defender or centre back and sometimes as

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Football career

Salvi played youth football with Grasshopper Club, advancing to their first team in 1990 under head-coach

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. Salvi played his domestic league debut for his club in the home game at the

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on 3 March 1990 as he was substituted in at half time. He scored his first goal for his club in the same game. It was the first goal of the match as GC won 2–0 against

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. At the end of the

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season Grasshopper Club won the Swiss championship. Salvi played in four of the league matches. Salvi stayed with the club for another three seasons, but neither under head-coaches Oldrich Svab nor

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who followed Hitzfeld in that position did Salvi play another league match for the team. So he moved on to

FC Wil FC Wil (''Fussball Club Wil 1900'') is a football club based in Wil, Switzerland. They play in the ''Sportpark Bergholz'', which has a total capacity of 6,048. The club has consistently played in the Swiss second tier since regaining promotion i ...

, who at that time played in the Nationalliga B, the second tier of Swiss football. Salvi was regular first team starter, playing mainly as centre back. Salvi joined Basel's first team for their

1996–97 FC Basel season The 1996–97 Fussball Club Basel 1893 season was their 104th season since the club's foundation. Peter Epting retired from the chairmanship and René C. Jäggi became the club's new chairman following the AGM which was held in November. FC Base ...

under head-coach

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. After playing in two test games and two matches in the UI Cup Salvi his domestic league debut for the club in the away game on 10 July 1996 as Basel won 1–0 against Aarau. For Basel Salvi played mainly as left back beside

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or Oliver Kreuzer. He stayed with the club for two seasons before he retired from professional football. During this time Salvi played a total of 47 games for Basel without scoring a goal. 29 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, three in the Swiss Cup, four in the

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and 11 were friendly games.

References

Sources

* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Salvi, Daniel Grasshopper Club Zürich players FC Wil players FC Basel players Swiss men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players 1972 births Living people