Germano Vailati

Vailati was born in Lugano. He started his professional career in the Canton Ticino, and played for a number of different teams, before he transferred to the prestigious club FC Sion in the summer of 2004. In the 2006–07 season Sion were promoted to the Super League. In the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons he played for in their first time in UEFA Cup. He was on 22 November 2008 on trial by FC Metz and was signed on a six-month loan on 27 November 2008. On 14 January 2010, FC St. Gallen signed the Swiss goalkeeper from FC Sion until June 2012. On 20 June 2012, it was announced that Vailati had transferred to FC Basel on a free transfer. He joined Basel's first team during their 2012–13 season under head coach Heiko Vogel. After appearing in two test matches, Vailati played his team debut on 24 July 2012 in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round 3–0 home win against Flora Tallinn. He played in three games in the Swiss Cup, once in the U21 team and was the first team's number two goalie, and remained the number two after Murat Yakin became new the head coach. At the end of the Swiss Super League season 2012–13 he won the Championship title with the team. In the 2012–13 Swiss Cup Basel reached the final, but were runners up behind Grasshopper Club, being defeated 4–3 on penalties, following a 1–1 draw after extra time. Basel had started in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League in the qualifying rounds. But were knocked out of the competition by CFR Cluj in the…

Vailati was born in Switzerland and is of Italian descent. He was called up for the Swiss national team in November 2007, as the fourth goalkeeper for the Euro 2008 campaign. However, he still has no caps.

Sion

Swiss Challenge League Promoted: 2005–06 Swiss Cup: 2005–06 Basel

Swiss Super League: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 Swiss Cup: 2016–17 Uhren Cup: 2013