Mirko Salvi (born 14 February 1994) is a Swiss professional

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who plays as

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for

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

Youth football

Born in

Yverdon-les-Bains Yverdon-les-Bains () (called Eburodunum and Ebredunum during the Roman era) is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district. The population of Yverdon-les-Bains, , was ...

, Salvi started his youth football with Yverdon-Sport. In 2009, he transferred to Basel and played in their U16 team where he won the Swiss Championship at U16 level. 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.

Club career

At the end of the Swiss Super League season 2012–13 he won the Championship title and was Swiss Cup runner up with Basel. In the

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Basel advanced as far as the

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, there being matched against the reigning

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holders

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, but they were knocked out, losing both home and away ties, beaten 2-5 on aggregate. At the end of the Swiss Super League season 2013–14 he again won the Championship title and was

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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

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in the

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, so that he could gain first-team experience in an environment somewhat more competitive than with the Reserves in the 1. Liga Promotion. He became their starting goalie and played his Challenge League debut in the

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on 20 July 2014 in a 1–2 away defeat against

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. 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 The 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage was played from 17 September to 10 December 2015. A total of 48 teams competed in the group stage to decide 24 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League. Draw The draw w ...

against

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on 10 December 2015. He came on as a substitute just before half-time to replace injured

Germano Vailati Germano Vailati (born 30 August 1980) is a Swiss former professional football goalkeeper. Club career Vailati was born in Lugano. He started his professional career in the Canton Ticino, and played for a number of different teams, before he tra ...

during the 1–0 away victory. On 15 June 2021, he returned to his first club Yverdon-Sport. On 10 June 2022, Salvi returned to

on a two-year contract.

International career

Salvi was born in Switzerland and is of Italian descent. Salvi made diverse appearances for the Switzerland U-15 and U16 national teams. He played his debut for their U17 team in a 1–0 away defeat against the Belgium U17 team on 26 August 2010. He played his debut for their U18 team in a 2–0 away win against Estonia U18 on 1 September 2011. Salvi played his debut for their Swiss U21 team in a 1–1 away draw on 14 November 2014 against Germany U21 at the

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Titles and Honours

Basel * Swiss Champion at U16 level: 2009–10 *

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champion:

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, 2013–14 *

runner up:

, 2013–14

References

External links

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Profile on the web site SFL
{{DEFAULTSORT:Salvi, Mirko 1994 births Living people People from Yverdon-les-Bains Men's association football goalkeepers Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's youth international footballers Switzerland men's under-21 international footballers Swiss people of Italian descent FC Basel players FC Biel-Bienne players FC Lugano players Grasshopper Club Zürich players FC Luzern players Yverdon-Sport FC players Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players Footballers from the canton of Vaud