Fabio Celestini

Fabio Celestini

250px Celestini in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth	(1975-10-31) 31 October 1975
Place of birth	Lausanne, Switzerland
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Lausanne-Sport (coach)
Youth career
1983–1995	Renens
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–2000	Lausanne-Sport	127	(23)
2000–2002	Troyes	50	(2)
2002–2004	Marseille	59	(1)
2004–2005	Levante	25	(1)
2005–2010	Getafe	121	(1)
2010	Lausanne-Sport	13	(1)
Total		395	(29)
International career
1998–2007	Switzerland	35	(2)
Managerial career
2013–2014	Málaga (assistant)
2014	Terracina
2015–	Lausanne-Sport
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fabio Celestini (born 31 October 1975) is a Swiss retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and the current manager of FC Lausanne-Sport.

Having started and finished his 15-year professional career with Lausanne, he also played one full decade combined in France and Spain, representing four teams.

Celestini appeared with the Swiss national team at Euro 2004.

Club career

Born in Lausanne, Celestini started playing professionally with hometown's FC Lausanne-Sport, then had a four-season spell in France, spending two years each with Troyes AC and Olympique de Marseille. Whilst with the latter he played the 2004 UEFA Cup final, coming on as a substitute in the second half of the 0–2 loss to Valencia CF.

Celestini moved to Spain in 2004, playing one season with Levante UD. After the team's immediate relegation he stayed in the country, joining fellow La Liga club Getafe CF where he never was an undisputed starter, but managed to feature heavily in consecutive seasons. In 2007–08, as the Madrid outskirts side reached the quarter-finals in the UEFA Cup, he scored against R.S.C. Anderlecht in a 2–1 group stage home win.

On 17 February 2010, after having been regularly used in the past two seasons, albeit not as a usual first-choice, 34-year-old Celestini announced he would not renew his contract with Getafe, choosing to return to Lausanne on a one-year deal. However, due to a break in negotiations over his future role at the club after his playing career, he decided to retire before the end of the campaign, playing his last game on 15 December against U.S. Città di Palermo for the Europa League group stage.

International career

A Swiss international since 1998, Celestini gained 35 caps, and was a participant at the UEFA Euro 2004 (appearing in two incomplete matches, as the nation exited in the group stage).

External links

• L'Équipe stats (French)
• Fabio Celestini profile at BDFutbol
• Fabio Celestini at National-Football-Teams.com