Dennis Iapichino

Youth football

Iapichino started his youth football with local amateur club Frauenfeld and he played in Team Thurgau, the regional selection. He then moved on and joined the Winterthur youth, staying there until 2008. He won the Swiss Cup with the FC Winterthur U-16 team. Iapichino moved to the youth department of FC Basel and in the second half of the 2007–08 season, he played in the U-18 team. They ended the league season in third position but were able to win the cup at U-18 level. In the final held on 15 June 2008 in the Gurzelen football stadium in Biel/Bienne, the Basler juniors were a goal behind. But then, Marco Aratore scored the equaliser in the 68th minute and five minutes later the same player netted the winning goal, as Basel won 2–1 against the U-18 from Team-Luzern-Kriens. In the second half of the 2008–09 season he advanced to Basel's U-21, who played in the third tier of Swiss football and they became division (group2) winners and Swiss champions at the U-21 level. He played the first half of the next season with them too, but then, over the winter break it was decided that he would be loaned out to FC Biel-Bienne, who played in the second tier, for later part of 2009–10 Challenge League season. In advance of the 2010–11 Challenge League season Iapichino was loaned out to second tier FC Lugano. He had 25 league appearances for them and played in two of the Cup games. The move was made permanent for the 2011–12 league season. However, a year later, on…

Winterthur Swiss Cup at U-16 level: 2006–07 Basel Swiss Cup at U-18 level: 2007–08 Swiss champion at U-21 level: 2008–09 Montreal Impact Canadian Championship (Voyageurs Cup) : 2013 D.C. United U.S. Open Cup: 2013