Riccardo Meili
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 March 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Aadorf, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | SC Aadorf | 22 | (0) |
| 2001 | Frauenfeld | 18 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Basel | 0 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Concordia Basel | 12 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Wil | 2 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Basel | 0 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Concordia Basel | 36 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Panionios | 1 | (0) |
| 2009 | Vaduz | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Riccardo Meili (born 6 March 1982)[1] is a former footballer from Switzerland who played as goalkeeper.
Meili started his career at SC Aadorf in 1999. He made 22 appearances for the club during the 2 seasons he was there. He then signed for FC Frauenfeld in 2001 and played 19 times for the club before leaving for FC Basel during the January transfer window. He was at Basel from 2001 to 2003 as second and third-choice goalkeeper and he become for the first time swiss champion with FC Basel. His hunger for first-team football then led him across the city to FC Concordia Basel where he played 19 games in 2 years. After Concordia he had a short spell at FC Wil 1900, playing 2 games. Meili went back to FC Basel in 2005 where he once again saw no first-team action which led to him leaving for FC Concordia Basel for a second time, where he played 40 games in 2 years. In 2008, he joined Panionios F.C., an Athens-based club in Greece, where he signed a three-year contract. After leaving the club in February 2009, he signed on 20 June 2009 a contract with FC Vaduz and left the club on 30 June 2009 and he stopped his soccer career.[2]