Pietro Di Nardo (born 8 February 1990) is a Swiss professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a midfielder for the Swiss club Neuchâtel Xamax FCS.

Professional career

Di Nardo joined

Neuchâtel Xamax , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (France ...

on 7 June 2014, after a couple of years with

FC Biel-Bienne Fussballclub Biel-Bienne is a Swiss association football club based in Biel/Bienne. The currently play in the 2. Liga Interregional. Honours Swiss championship *Champions: 1946–47 *Runners-up: 1947–48, 1959–60 Swiss Cup *Runners ...

and FC Thun in the

Swiss Challenge League The Challenge League is the second-highest tier of the Swiss football league system and lower of two professional leagues in the country. Ten teams play in the Challenge League; the winners of the league are promoted to the Super League, while the ...

. On 29 March 2018 at the age of 28, Di Nardo signed his first professional contract after helping Xamax get promoted into the

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 ...

. Di Nardo made his professional debut in a 2-0

win over FC Luzern on 21 July 2018. On 7 January 2020, Di Nardo moved to

Yverdon-Sport FC Yverdon-Sport FC is a Swiss football team from the town of Yverdon-les-Bains. The club plays in a green and white strip, and were promoted from the Swiss 1. Liga Promotion, the third tier of Swiss football after winning in the 2020–21 season. ...

. However, he was not used in any officiel games, as the club's president, Mario Di Pietrantonio, expressed, that he wasn't convinced by Di Nardo since his arrival. Therefore, he left the club at the end of the season.

International career

Di Nardo was born in Switzerland and is of Italian and Portuguese descents. He was a youth international for Switzerland.

Honours

(1):

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Swiss Promotion League The Promotion League, named the YAPEAL Promotion League for sponsorship reasons, is the third tier of the Swiss football league system. Eighteen clubs compete in the league, playing each other twice over the course of the season. The champions are ...

(1): 2014-15

References

External links

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Xamax profile

SFL Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Di Nardo, Pietro 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Biel/Bienne Footballers from the canton of Bern Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's youth international footballers Swiss people of Italian descent Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players BSC Young Boys players FC Biel-Bienne players FC Thun players Yverdon-Sport FC players Swiss Challenge League players Swiss Super League players Men's association football midfielders