Walter Baseggio

Football player infobox
playername = Walter Baseggio


fullname = Walter Baseggio
nickname = Walt, Bas
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1978|8|19
cityofbirth = Clabecq
countryofbirth = Belgium
currentclub = R.E. Mouscron
clubnumber = 10
position = Centre midfielder
youthyears = 1985-1991
1991-1996
youthclubs = S.C. Clabecq
R.S.C. Anderlecht
years = 1996-2006
2006
2007-2008
2008-
clubs = R.S.C. Anderlecht
Treviso F.B.C. 1993
R.S.C. Anderlecht
R.E. Mouscron
caps(goals) = 279 (49)
28 (1)
10 (0)
16 (3)
nationalyears = 1999-
nationalteam = Belgium
nationalcaps(goals) = 27 (1)
pcupdate = December 24, 2005
ntupdate =

Walter Baseggio (born August 19, 1978 in Clabecq) is a Belgian football midfielder currently on the books of R.E. Mouscron. He also played for the Belgian national team, though he was regularly injured for short periods of time when the national team played. Baseggio is born from Italian parents: his mother comes from Naples and his father from Treviso.

He made an impressive debut for R.S.C. Anderlecht aged 17, against old rival Standard Liège, and scored his first goal on that occasion. At the time a hot prospect for the future, he was in direct competition with Pär Zetterberg and Enzo Scifo, two players whose talent was already confirmed. Eventually, Baseggio became a first team regular, and then the "maestro" of the team after the departures of the aforementioned players in the late 1990s. With the come-back of Swedish Zetterberg in the summer of 2003, coach Hugo Broos decided that there was no room for both players so Baseggio played few games until Broos was fired in February 2005. After a disappointing end of season, he also played second-choice for new coach Franky Vercauteren in 2005-2006, and was transfer listed, joining Italy's Treviso F.B.C. 1993 in January 2006. However, in the mid-season interval of the next season, he came back to Anderlecht.

In the 2008 winter transfer window, Baseggio moved to R.E. Mouscron for an undisclosed fee, with a contract that expires in 2010.

References

* [http://www.walterbaseggio.com Official website]