Bruno Martignoni (born 13 December 1992) is a

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professional

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. He plays for

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Club career

Martignoni is from the Italian speaking

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. He began his early career with local clubs US Gambarogno and ASC Gordola before moving on to

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in 2007. After a couple of years in the club's youth teams, he made a breakthrough into the first team in the latter part of 2009. Having featured sparingly, Martignoni went on loan for the 2010–2011 season to Italian club

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, playing for the reserve team. Returning to Locarno at the end of the season, Martignoni has since established himself as a first choice defender in the team.

International career

Martignoni was a Switzerland youth international. In 2009, he was part of the Swiss under-17 team that won the

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beating host nation

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1—0 in the final. Martignoni played in 6 of the 7 matches at the tournament and scored in the team's semi-final win against

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Honours

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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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* * 1992 births Living people Swiss men's footballers Men's association football defenders FC Locarno players FC Aarau players FC Lugano players Servette FC players FC Chiasso players AC Bellinzona players Swiss 1. Liga (football) players Challenge League (Switzerland) players Swiss Super League players 2. Liga Interregional players Swiss Promotion League players 21st-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-footy-defender-stub