Michel Morganella

Club

Youth Born to an Italian father and a Swiss mother, Morganella grew up in Chippis, on the boarder to Sierre. Morganella started his youth football with local amateur club FC Chippis. After a few years he moved to the youth department of Sion and in August 2004 he moved to the youth department of FC Basel. He played in their U-18 team during the 2005–06 season, under coach Patrick Rahmen and his assistant Marco Walker and with them won both the Swiss U-18 championship and the U-19/18 national cup that season. Thereafter, in summer 2006 he advanced to join their U-21 team and played as a right-back or a wide-right midfielder.

Basel In the winter break of their 2006–07 season he was brought up to the first team by head coach Christian Gross. After playing in four test games Morganella played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Stade Tourbillon on 25 February 2007, coming on as substitute in the 79th minute, as Basel played a goalless draw with Sion. He played two further games that season, both over the full 90 minutes. The following season Basel played in the 2007–08 UEFA Cup and in the last match of the group stage, as they played in the HSH Nordbank Arena on 20 December 2007, Morganella came on as substitute replacing David Degen in the 50th minute, after fellow right back Reto Zanni had been shown the second yellow card and been dismissed. The game against Hamburger SV ended with a 1–1 draw. At the end of their 2007–08 season…

Basel

Swiss Championship at U-18 level: 2005–06 Swiss Cup Winner at U-19/18 level: 2005–06 Swiss Super League: 2007–08 Swiss Cup: 2008 Palermo

Serie B champions: 2013–14