Karim Gazzetta
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Karim Emilio Roberto Gazzetta | ||
| Date of birth | 1 April 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Geneva, Switzerland | ||
| Date of death | 21 November 2022 (aged 27) | ||
| Place of death | Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2013 | Servette | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | Servette | 1 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Etoile Carouge | 10 | (2) |
| 2014–2016 | Servette | 50 | (4) |
| 2016–2019 | Winterthur | 66 | (6) |
| 2019–2021 | Stade Lausanne Ouchy | 60 | (10) |
| 2021–2022 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 29 | (4) |
| 2022 | Zrinjski Mostar | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 217 | (26) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Karim Emilio Roberto Gazzetta (1 April 1995 – 21 November 2022) was a Swiss professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
[edit]Gazzetta had played for Servette FC since he was young. In 2013, he received his first professional contract, also due to various poaching attempts by domestic and foreign clubs. He made his debut in the first team on 22 July 2013. For the second half of 2014, he played at Étoile Carouge FC in the Promotion League while on loan, then switched back to Servette. At the end of September 2016, he was transferred to FC Winterthur, where he was injured just a few days after the move and was only able to train with Winterthur again after the winter break.[1]
In the 2019–20 season as well as in 2020–21, Gazzetta played for FC Stade Lausanne-Ouchy. In June 2021, he moved to Neuchâtel Xamax.[2] For the 2022–23 season, Gazzetta joined the Bosnian football club HŠK Zrinjski Mostar who were the defending champions.[3]
International career
[edit]Gazzetta played for the Switzerland junior national teams up to U20.[4]
Death
[edit]On 21 November 2022, Gazzetta committed suicide, jumping from the eighth floor of a building in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The local police department conducted a series of investigations at the site of his death.[5][4]
Honours
[edit]Servette
References
[edit]- ^ Hansjörg Schifferli (6 January 2017). "FCW-Start im Schneesturm". Der Landbote. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ "Vertrag für Gazzetta". Xamax. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Switzerland Footballer, Karim Gazzetta Reportedly Commits Suicide By Jumping From Building | Sahara Reporters". saharareporters.com. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Schweizer Fussball-Profi tot aufgefunden". blick.ch. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ Blick (21 November 2022). "Schweizer Fussball-Profi tot aufgefunden". Blick (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 22 November 2022.
External links
[edit]- Karim Gazzetta at WorldFootball.net
- Karim Gazzetta at Soccerway
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
- 1995 births
- 2022 suicides
- 2022 deaths
- Footballers from Geneva
- Swiss men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Switzerland men's youth international footballers
- Swiss Super League players
- Swiss Challenge League players
- Swiss Promotion League players
- Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players
- Servette FC players
- Étoile Carouge FC players
- FC Winterthur players
- FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy players
- Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players
- HŠK Zrinjski Mostar players
- Suicides in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Suicides by jumping
- Swiss expatriate men's footballers
- Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Sportspeople who died by suicide
- 21st-century Swiss sportsmen