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Fabio Celestini

Fabio Celestini
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Celestini in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-10-31) 31 October 1975 (age 41)
Place of birth Lausanne, Switzerland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club 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)
National team
1998–2007 Switzerland 35 (2)
Teams managed
2013–2014 Málaga (assistant)
2014 Terracina
2015– Lausanne-Sport
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

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.

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.


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