Karim Gazzetta Explained

Karim Gazzetta
Fullname:Karim Emilio Roberto Gazzetta
Birth Date:1 April 1995
Birth Place:Geneva, Switzerland
Death Place:Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height:1.79 m
Position:Midfielder
Youthyears1:2007–2013
Youthclubs1:Servette
Years1:2013–2014
Caps1:1
Goals1:0
Years2:2014
Clubs2:Etoile Carouge
Caps2:10
Goals2:2
Years3:2014–2016
Caps3:50
Goals3:4
Years4:2016–2019
Caps4:66
Goals4:6
Years5:2019–2021
Caps5:60
Goals5:10
Years6:2021–2022
Caps6:29
Goals6:4
Years7:2022
Caps7:1
Goals7:0
Totalcaps:217
Totalgoals:26

Karim Emilio Roberto Gazzetta (1 April 1995 – 21 November 2022) was a Swiss professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

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

Gazzetta played for the Switzerland junior national teams up to U20.

Death

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.[4] [5]

Honours

Servette

2015–16

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hansjörg Schifferli . FCW-Start im Schneesturm . . 6 January 2017 . 6 January 2017.
  2. Web site: Vertrag für Gazzetta . Xamax . 15 June 2021 . 15 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Switzerland Footballer, Karim Gazzetta Reportedly Commits Suicide By Jumping From Building Sahara Reporters. 22 November 2022. saharareporters.com.
  4. Web site: Blick. 21 November 2022. Schweizer Fussball-Profi tot aufgefunden. 22 November 2022. Blick. de-CH.
  5. Web site: Schweizer Fussball-Profi tot aufgefunden.. blick.ch. 21 November 2022. 21 November 2022.