Marco Pascolo (; born 9 May 1966) is a Swiss former professional

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who played as a

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. He spent his best playing days at

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and

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in the 1990s and early 2000s (decade). Between 1992 and 2001, he made 55 appearances for the Switzerland national team. He is currently goalkeeping coach for

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Career

Born in Sion, Pascolo started playing football professionally in 1986, with local club

. At Sion, he failed to break into the first-team and left for

Neuchâtel Xamax , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (Fra ...

in 1989. During his first season at Xamax, he was used in a squad rotation system, only playing once every few weeks, but in his second season he hit top form and claimed the Number 1 jersey for himself. He signed for

in 1991 and became a fan favourite almost immediately. Shortly after signing for Servette, he earned a call-up to the Swiss national team. After achieving all he could at Servette, he went to

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with

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in 1996, but found first-team action hard to come by. And after just one season in Italy, he left for England's Nottingham Forrest. He played even fewer games there and returned to Switzerland in 1998 with

. He was a first-team regular in Zürich for four seasons before he returned to Servette in 2002 to finish his career. He was capped 55 times for the Swiss national team between 1992 and 2001. He was in the Swiss squad at the

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, playing all four games, and also at

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. He is now a

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Career statistics

Honours

Neuchâtel Xamax *

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: 1990 FC Zürich *

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: 1999–2000

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pascolo, Marco 1966 births Living people People from Sion, Switzerland Swiss men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Switzerland men's international footballers Swiss Super League players English Football League players Serie A players FC Sion players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players Servette FC players Cagliari Calcio players Nottingham Forest F.C. players FC Zürich players 1994 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1996 players Swiss people of Italian descent Swiss expatriate men's footballers Swiss expatriate sportspeople in England Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Footballers from Valais