Fabio Coltorti

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Fabio Coltorti
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Coltorti as a Grasshoppers player (2007)
Personal information
Full name Fabio Coltorti
Date of birth (1980-12-03) 3 December 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Kriens, Switzerland
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Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 RB Leipzig
Number 1
Youth career
1987–1999 Kriens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 Kriens 12 (0)
2001–2003 Schaffhausen 61 (0)
2003–2005 Thun 58 (0)
2005–2007 Grasshoppers 77 (0)
2007–2011 Racing Santander 36 (0)
2011–2012 Lausanne-Sport 24 (0)
2012– RB Leipzig 89 (1)
International career
2006–2007 Switzerland 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:39, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

Fabio Coltorti (born 3 December 1980) is a Swiss footballer who plays for German club RB Leipzig as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Coltorti was born in Kriens. During his career in his country he played with hometown's SC Kriens, FC Schaffhausen, FC Thun and Grasshopper Club Zürich, being first-choice for the latter three.

On 30 August 2007 Coltorti penned a four-year contract with Spanish club Racing de Santander, for €1 million.[1] During his first season with the Cantabrians he was mainly restricted to Copa del Rey matches, which also happened in the following; his La Liga debut came on 22 December 2007, in a 1–4 away loss against Sevilla FC.[2]

From mid-December 2009 to February 2010, Coltorti had his longest league run in Racing's goal, benefitting from starter Toño's injury: in the first eight matches the club only lost once, at Villarreal CF (2–0), only conceding seven goals.[3] He would finish the campaign with 23 league appearances, as his team barely avoided relegation after finishing in 16th position.

Toño returned to full fitness for 2010–11, playing in 37 of 38 league games. In mid-June 2011, Coltorti returned to his country and signed a one-year deal with FC Lausanne-Sport.[4] During a league game against BSC Young Boys in early April of the following year he injured his little finger in the final minutes but, rather than leaving the pitch as his team had already used all three substitutes, he relocated his finger back into place and continued playing until the end of the 3–1 away win.[5]

In the 2012 summer, Coltorti joined German club RB Leipzig,[6] helping it promote from the Regionalliga Nord to the 2. Bundesliga in just two years.[7] In late July 2014, he suffered a serious knee injury, going on to be sidelined for several months;[8] on 24 April of the following year he became the first goalkeeper to score a winner from open play in any of the two major levels of German football, netting in the 90th minute for a 2–1 home success over SV Darmstadt 98.[9]

International career

Coltorti was called up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup despite having only one cap for the Swiss national team, gained in a friendly with Scotland on 1 March 2006.[10]

He also appeared twice for the under-21 team.

References

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