Massimo Lombardo (born 9 January 1973 in

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) is a former

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. He is currently the assistant manager of

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Career

Lombardo has played over 300 games in

Swiss Super League The Swiss Super League (known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a Swiss professional league in the top tier of the Swiss football league system and has been played in its current format since the 2003–04 season ...

. He started his career at Canton Ticino's team

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, then moved to

Grasshopper Club Zürich Grasshopper Club Zürich, commonly referred to as simply GC, GCZ, or Grasshoppers, is a multisports club based in Zürich, Switzerland. The oldest and best known department of the club is its football team. With 27 titles, Grasshopper holds the ...

, after a season at Serie B club

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, he moved back to Switzerland for

FC Lugano FC Lugano is a Swiss football club based in Lugano. The club was refounded as AC Lugano in 2004 as a result of relegation and the financial situation of FC Lugano, which was founded in 1908. In 2008, the club reverted to its original name, FC Lu ...

. Lombardo then active in Super League for

Lausanne-Sports FC Lausanne–Sport (also referred to as LS) is a Swiss football club based in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud. Founded in 1896, Lausanne Sport played in the Swiss Super League in their most recent 2021-22 season, the highest tier of football ...

and

Servette FC Servette FC is a Swiss football club based in Geneva, founded in March 1890 with rugby as its first sporting activity, and named after the Geneva district of the same name. The football section was created on 17 January 1900. They play in the S ...

, he briefly played for

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in 2004–05 Challenge League season before moved to

Neuchâtel Xamax FC Neuchâtel (, , ; german: Neuenburg) is the capital of the Swiss canton of Canton of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, situated on the shoreline of Lake Neuchâtel. Since the fusion in 2021 of the municipalities of Neuchâtel, Corcelles-Cormondrèche, Peseu ...

, but failed to avoid relegated to Challenge League. In summer 2008, he followed

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promoted to Challenge League from 1. Liga and retired in June 2009.

References

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*http://www.football.ch/sfl/1106/de/Kader.aspx?tId=0&pId=207394 Swiss men's footballers Switzerland international footballers Swiss expatriate footballers AC Bellinzona players Grasshopper Club Zürich players A.C. Perugia Calcio players FC Lugano players FC Lausanne-Sport players Servette FC players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players Swiss Super League players Serie B players Expatriate footballers in Italy Association football midfielders People from Bellinzona FC Stade Nyonnais players 1973 births Living people FC Meyrin players Sportspeople from Ticino {{Switzerland-footy-midfielder-stub