Dennis Iapichino

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Dennis Iapichino
Iapichino in 2013 with Montréal
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-07-27) 27 July 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender, Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Rapperswil-Jona
Number 21
Youth career
Frauenfeld
0000–2008 Winterthur
2008–2009 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Basel II 29 (1)
2009–2011 Basel 0 (0)
2009–2010 → Biel-Bienne (loan) 12 (0)
2010–2011 → Lugano (loan) 25 (0)
2011–2012 Lugano 20 (0)
2012–2013 Montreal Impact 16 (0)
2013 D.C. United 6 (0)
2014–2016 Winterthur 24 (0)
2016–2018 Siena 73 (1)
2018–2019 Livorno 6 (0)
2019 → Servette (loan) 14 (2)
2019–2020 Servette 22 (0)
2020–2023 Sion 39 (0)
2023– Rapperswil-Jona 6 (0)
International career
2010 Switzerland U21 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2023

Dennis Iapichino (born 27 July 1990) is a Swiss footballer who plays as defender, mainly left-back, and at present for Rapperswil-Jona in the Promotion League, the third tier of the Swiss football league system.

Club career[edit]

Youth football[edit]

Iapichino started his youth football with local amateur club Frauenfeld and he played in Team Thurgau, the regional selection. He then moved on and joined the Winterthur youth, staying there until 2008. He won the Swiss Cup with the FC Winterthur U-16 team.[1]

Iapichino moved to the youth department of FC Basel and in the second half of the 2007–08 season, he played in the U-18 team. They ended the league season in third position but were able to win the cup at U-18 level. In the final held on 15 June 2008 in the Gurzelen football stadium in Biel/Bienne, the Basler juniors were a goal behind. But then, Marco Aratore scored the equaliser in the 68th minute and five minutes later the same player netted the winning goal, as Basel won 2–1 against the U-18 from Team-Luzern-Kriens.[2] In the second half of the 2008–09 season he advanced to Basel's U-21, who played in the third tier of Swiss football and they became division (group2) winners and Swiss champions at the U-21 level.[3] He played the first half of the next season with them too, but then, over the winter break it was decided that he would be loaned out to FC Biel-Bienne, who played in the second tier, for later part of 2009–10 Challenge League season.

In advance of the 2010–11 Challenge League season Iapichino was loaned out to second tier FC Lugano. He had 25 league appearances for them and played in two of the Cup games. The move was made permanent for the 2011–12 league season. However, a year later, on 12 July 2012 it was announced that he had left the club.[4]

Major League Soccer[edit]

Montreal Impact[edit]

Iapichino signed with expansion side Montreal Impact of Major League Soccer on 11 July 2012.[5] The team won the two legged Canadian Championship (Voyageurs Cup), 2013, held on 15 and 29 May.[6] However, after a year with the club, Iapichino's contract was terminated due to disagreements with the coach. He parted ways with the club on 7 August 2013.[7]

D.C. United[edit]

Iapichino signed with MLS club D.C. United on 15 August 2013.[8] On 1 October 2013 D.C. United defeated Real Salt Lake 1-0 in the 100th edition of the Lamar Hunt 2013 U.S. Open Cup final. Since Iapichino's move took place in the middle of the season, he is the only player to have won both the Canadian and US Cups in the same season.[1]

The club, based in Washington D.C., offered him a two-year contract, but Iapichino wanted to go home. Due to homesickness and longing for his family, Iapichino declined the contract extension and returned to Switzerland.[1]

Winterthur[edit]

Over Christmas Iapichino returned to Switzerland but was without a club. But on 14 July 2014 it was announced that Iapichino had signed for Winterthur to play the 2014–15 Swiss Challenge League.[1] After two seasons he left the club.

Italy[edit]

Iapichino moved to Italy. He played two seasons for Siena and then joined Livorno in summer 2018.[9]

Servette[edit]

On 25 January 2019, he joined Servette on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[10]

On 1 July 2019, transfer to Servette was made permanent.[11]

Sion[edit]

On 14 September 2020, he moved to Sion.[9][12] At the end of the 2020–21 Super League season Sion were in second last position and therefore had to play the relegation play-offs against Thun. They won the first leg, lost the second, but won 6–4 on aggregate and thus remained top tier.[13]

Rapperswil-Jona[edit]

On 7 September 2023, Iapichino signed a contract with Rapperswil-Jona until the end of 2023.[14]

Honours[edit]

Winterthur
  • Swiss Cup at U-16 level: 2006–07
Basel
  • Swiss Cup at U-18 level: 2007–08[2]
  • Swiss champion at U-21 level: 2008–09
Montreal Impact
D.C. United

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Martina, Stephanie (14 July 2014). "Ein Schritt zurück, zwei nach vorn" [One step back, two steps forward] (in Swiss High German). Tagblatt. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b FC Basel 1893 (2008). "Zwei weitere Nachwuchstitel für den FCB" (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Stokkermans, Karel (2013). "Switzerland 2008/09". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  4. ^ (si) (12 July 2012). "Dennis Iapichino zu Montreal Impact" [Dennis Iapichino to Montreal Impact] (in German). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  5. ^ Press Release (11 July 2012). "Defender Dennis Iapichino joins the Montreal Impact | Montreal Impact". Impactmontreal.com. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  6. ^ (red.) (31 May 2013). "Titel für Dennis Iapichino" [Title for Dennis Iapichino] (in Swiss High German). Tagblatt. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Le défenseur Dennis Iapichino quitte l'Impact | Métro" [Defender Dennis Iapichino leaves Impact] (in French). Journalmetro.com. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  8. ^ Press Release (15 August 2013). "D.C. United signs defender Dennis Iapichino". dcunited.com. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  9. ^ a b "Dennis Iapichino - der unbekannte Thurgauer im Super-League-Fussball" [Dennis Iapichino - the unknown Thurgauer in Super League football] (in Swiss High German). Tagblatt. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  10. ^ "DENNIS IAPICHINO EN PRÊT AU SERVETTE FC" [Dennis Iapichino on loan at Servette] (in French). Servette. 25 January 2019.
  11. ^ "TIMOTHÉ COGNAT S'ENGAGE AU SERVETTE FC" (Press release) (in French). Servette. 1 July 2019. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  12. ^ "Dennis Iapichino débarque au FC Sion" (in French). Sion. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  13. ^ Brunner, Bernhard (30 May 2021). "Letzter Ausgang: Der FC Sion verliert gegen Thun 2:3, bleibt aber in der Super League" [Last outcome: FC Sion loses against Thun 2:3, but remains in the Super League] (in Swiss High German). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  14. ^ "Verpflichtungen beim FCRJ: Zwei Neue, ein Rückkehrer" [Signings at FCRJ: Two new ones, one returnee] (in German). FC Rapperswil-Jona. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

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