Pierluigi Tami

Pierluigi Tami
Personal information
Date of birth (1961-09-12) 12 September 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth Clusone, Italy
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1984 Chiasso 43 (6)
1984–1988 Locarno 26 (5)
1988–1990 Bellinzona 43 (3)
1990–1993 Lugano 72 (3)
Total 178 (17)
Managerial career
1999–2002 Locarno
2002–2003 Lugano
2005 Switzerland U17
2006–2015 Switzerland (assistant)
2009–2015 Switzerland U21
2012 Switzerland U23
2015–2017 Grasshopper Club Zürich
2017–2018 Lugano
Medal record
Men's football
Representing   Switzerland (as manager)
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up 2011
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pierluigi Tami (born 12 September 1961[1]) is the current director of the Switzerland men's national teams.[2] A former football manager and defender, he holds Swiss and Italian citizenship.

Career

He was in charge of the Switzerland national under-21 football team, and also worked as an assistant to coach Ottmar Hitzfeld during his time as manager of the Switzerland national football team. In 2011, he won the award for Swiss football coach of the year. Tami coached the Swiss under-23 team at the 2012 Summer Olympics held in London.

Tami played for FC Chiasso, FC Locarno, AC Bellinzona, and FC Lugano in a career that saw him spend his entire time in the Italian speaking part of Switzerland. He previously coached Lugano, Locarno, and various Switzerland national youth teams.[3]

On 1 July 2019, he was appointed as director of the Switzerland men's national teams by the Swiss Football Association.[4] As the first holder of the newly created position, he will be mainly in charge of the senior and U21 national teams.

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ Birrer, Peter M.; Wiederkehr, David (17 January 2015). "Ich werde einen guten Job machen" (in German). Tages Anzeiger. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  2. ^ "SFV Organigramm" (in German). SFVaccess-date=14 September 2023.
  3. ^ Pierluigi Tami – UEFA coaching record (archived)
  4. ^ Tardent, Yves (1 July 2019). "Pierluigi Tami wird Direktor der Schweizer Nationalteams" (in German). NZZ. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Das ist der neue Meisterpokal der Super League – Embolo und GC räumen bei SFL Award Night ab". Watson (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2022.