Fabio Coltorti

Fabio Coltorti (born 3 December 1980) is a Swiss

Fabio Coltorti
former professional footballer who played as a
goalkeeper.

Club career
Coltorti was born in Kriens. During his career in his
country, he played with SC Kriens, FC Schaffhausen,
FC Thun and Grasshopper Club Zürich, being first
choice for the latter three sides.

On 30 August 2007, Coltorti penned a four-year

contract with Spanish club Racing de Santander, for €1
million.[2] During his first season with the Cantabrians
Coltorti in 2015
he was mainly restricted to Copa del Rey matches,
which also happened in the following; his La Liga Personal information

debut came on 22 December 2007, in a 1–4 away loss Full name Fabio Coltorti[1]
against Sevilla FC.[3] Date of birth 3 December 1980
Place of birth Kriens, Switzerland
From mid-December 2009 to February 2010, Coltorti Height 1.97 m (6 ft 51⁄2 in)
had his longest league run in Racing's goal, benefitting Position(s) Goalkeeper
from starter Toño's injury. In the first eight matches the Youth career
team only lost once, at Villarreal CF (2–0), conceding
1987–1999 Kriens
just seven goals.[4] He would finish the campaign with
Senior career*
23 league appearances, as they barely avoided
relegation after finishing in 16th position. Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 Kriens 12 (0)
Toño returned to full fitness for 2010–11, playing 37 of 2001–2003 Schaffhausen 61 (0)
38 league games. In mid-June 2011, Coltorti returned 2003–2005 Thun 58 (0)
to his country and signed a one-year deal with FC 2005–2007 Grasshoppers 77 (0)
Lausanne-Sport.[5] During a league game against BSC 2007–2011 Racing Santander 36 (0)
Young Boys in early April of the following year he 2011–2012 Lausanne-Sport 24 (0)
injured his little finger in the final minutes but, rather 2012–2018 RB Leipzig 92 (1)
than leaving the pitch as his team had already used all Total 360 (1)
three substitutes, he relocated his finger back into place International career
and continued playing until the end of the 3–1 away
2006–2007 Switzerland 8 (0)
win.[6] *Club domestic league appearances and goals

In the summer of 2012, Coltorti joined German club

RB Leipzig,[7] helping it promote from the Regionalliga Nord to the 2. Bundesliga in just two years.[8] In
late July 2014 he suffered a serious knee injury, going on to be sidelined for several months.[9] On 24
April of the following year he became the first goalkeeper to score a winner from open play in any of the
two major levels of German football, netting in the 90th minute for a 2–1 home victory over SV
Darmstadt 98.[10]

Coltorti's maiden and only appearance in the Bundesliga took place on 1 April 2017, as the 36-year-old
was in goal during the 4–0 home win against Darmstadt.[11] He announced his retirement in August 2018,
with a testimonial match due to be held in his honour the following year.[12]

International career
Coltorti was called up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup despite having only one cap for the Switzerland
national team, won in a friendly with Scotland on 1 March 2006.[13][14] He also appeared twice for the
under-21 side.

References
1. "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Switzerland" (https://web.archive.org/web/2
0190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.
pdf) (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 27. Archived from the original (https://www.fifadata.co
m/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf) (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
2. "Coltorti ficha por el Racing" (http://es.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=577146.
html) [Coltorti signs for Racing] (in Spanish). UEFA. 30 August 2007. Retrieved 26 June
2014.
3. Cejas Rubio, Antonio (22 December 2007). "El Sevilla toma aire" (http://www.elmundo.es/el
mundodeporte/2007/12/22/futbol/1198356613.html) [Sevilla breathe]. El Mundo (in
Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2014.
4. Matilla, Alfredo (25 March 2010). "Coltorti salva; Tchité desespera" (http://futbol.as.com/futb
ol/2010/03/25/mas_futbol/1269502015_850215.html) [Coltorti saves; Tchité despairs]. Diario
AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2014.
5. Fernández, Pedro (16 June 2011). "Coltorti se compromete un año con el Lausana" (http://
www.marca.com/2011/06/16/futbol/equipos/racing/1308214865.html) [Coltorti commits to
Lausanne for one year]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2014.
6. "Coltorti verteidigt Sieg mit gebrochenem Finger" (http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/sport/fussbal
l/Die-Young-Boys-jagen-Luzern/story/12729160) [Coltorti defends win with broken finger].
Tages-Anzeiger (in German). 9 April 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
7. "Coltorti geht nach Deutschland" (http://de.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=sui/n
ews/newsid=1829398.html) [Coltorti goes to Germany] (in German). UEFA. 20 June 2012.
Retrieved 1 May 2015.
8. "RB Leipzig schreibt mit Aufstieg Geschichte" (https://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/article1275
79165/RB-Leipzig-schreibt-mit-Aufstieg-Geschichte.html) [RB Leipzig make history with
promotion]. Die Welt (in German). 3 May 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
9. "RB Leipzig-Torhüter Coltorti fällt mit Knieverletzung lange aus" (https://www.welt.de/newstic
ker/dpa_nt/regiolinegeo/sachsen/article130445585/RB-Leipzig-Torhueter-Coltorti-faellt-mit-K
nieverletzung-lange-aus.html) [RB Leipzig goalkeeper Coltorti out for several months with
knee injury]. Die Welt (in German). 22 July 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
10. "Leipzigs Torwart Coltorti schreibt Geschichte" (http://www.t-online.de/sport/fussball/2-bunde
sliga/id_73780644/rb-leipzig-fabio-coltorti-schreibt-mit-tor-fussball-geschichte.html) [Leipzig
goalkeeper Coltorti makes history] (in German). T-Online. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 1 May
2015.
11. "AllerHAND! Illegales Tor von Keita" (http://www.bild.de/bundesliga/1-liga/saison-2016-2017/
spielbericht-rb-leipzig-gegen-sv-darmstadt-98-am-26-Spieltag-46930106.bild.html) [Crass!
Keita's goal should not have stood]. Bild (in German). 1 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
12. Grimm, Anne (22 August 2018). "Coltorti beendet Karriere bei RB Leipzig und bekommt ein
Abschiedsspiel" (http://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/coltorti-beendet-karriere-bei-rb-leipzig-un
d-bekommt-ein-abschiedsspiel/) [Coltorti ends career at RB Leipzig and gets a farewell
match] (in German). Sport Buzzer. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
13. "New boys enter Swiss fray" (https://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=397437.html). UEFA. 22
February 2006. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
14. Perrin, Emile (2 March 2006). "Une année bien lancée..." (https://www.arcinfo.ch/articles/sp
orts/une-annee-bien-lancee-33008) [Year begins well...]. ArcInfo (in French). Retrieved
21 October 2020.

External links
Fabio Coltorti (https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j4104.html) at BDFutbol
Fabio Coltorti (https://www.fussballdaten.de/person/coltortifabio/) at fussballdaten.de (in
German)
Fabio Coltorti (https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/8648.html) at National-
Football-Teams.com
Fabio Coltorti (https://int.soccerway.com/players/fabio-coltorti/197/) at Soccerway
Fabio Coltorti (https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/fabio-coltorti/#wac_660x40_to
p) at WorldFootball.net

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