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Matteo Tosetti
Personal information
Date of birth	15 February 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Losone, Switzerland
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right winger
Team information
Current team	Locarno
Youth career
2000–2005	Losone Sportiva
2005–2009	Locarno
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2010	Locarno
2010–2011	Young Boys II
2011–2014	Young Boys
2012	→ Wohlen (loan)
2012–2013	→ Wohlen (loan)
2013–2014	→ Lugano (loan)
2014–2016	Lugano
2016–2020	Thun
2020–2022	Sion
2022–2024	Bellinzona
2024–	Locarno
International career
2009	Switzerland U17
2010	Switzerland U19
2011–2012	Switzerland U20
2012	Switzerland U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2024

Matteo Tosetti (born 15 February 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays for Locarno.^[1]

Club career

Tosetti began his playing career with hometown club Losone Sportiva until a move to FC Locarno in 2005. There he rose through the youth ranks and eventually made his first team debut on 24 May 2009 against FC Gossau, coming on as a substitute in a 4–0 away win. He would go on to make one further appearance for the club until his transfer to BSC Young Boys in August 2010. Tosetti in the coming seasons featured prominently for the reserve team until making a breakthrough into the first team during the second half of the 2010–11 Swiss Super League. He made his debut for Young Boys on 13 March 2011 against FC St. Gallen and would make a further five appearances that term. During the second part of the 2011–12 season Tosetti would go on loan to second-tier side FC Wohlen, making his debut against SC Kriens on 21 March 2012 in a 3–0 victory.^[2] He continued his loan into the 2012–13 season and scored his first goal for Wohlen on 22 July 2012 in a 1–0 away win over FC Wil.

In July 2013, he joined FC Lugano on loan from BSC Young Boys. On 19 February 2014, he was then sold to Lugano.^[3]

International career

Tosetti is of Italian descent.^[4] Tosetti is a Switzerland youth international, having previously competed at under-17 and under-19 level and currently under-20 level. In 2009, he was part of the Swiss under-17 team that won the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup beating the host nation Nigeria 1-0 in the final. Tosetti featured as a substitute in one match at the tournament, a win in the semi-final versus Colombia.^[5]

Honours

FIFA U-17 World Cup: 2009

Individual

Swiss Super League Top assists provider: 2017–18^[6]

References

^ Matteo Tosetti at WorldFootball.net
^ "Matteo Tosetti al Wohlen". Ticino Online (in Italian). tio.ch. 13 February 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
^ "Lugano übernimmt Matteo Tosetti definitiv" (in German). BSC Young Boys. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
^ "Profili: Matteo Tosetti (12) - Chalcio.com". 6 March 2016.
^ "Colombia v. Switzerland". FIFA U-17 World Cup. FIFA.com. Retrieved 29 July 2012.^{[dead link‍]}
^ League, Swiss Football. "Assists - Swiss Football League". sfl.ch. Retrieved 27 April 2018.