Angelo Schirinzi

Angelo Schirinzi (born 5 November 1972) is a beach soccer player and coach. He has coached the Switzerland national beach soccer team, and the Tahiti national beach soccer team since 2012. He is the main developer of beach soccer in Switzerland.[1]

Schirinzi has been a FIFA instructor since 2008 and has supervised more than 17 seminars in 4 years.[2]

Biography

Schirinzi was born in Basel.[3] He was a professional footballer until the age of 26. During his short grass career, he played for FC Riehen and FC Solothurn. He then switched to being a professional trainer. In 2001, at the age of 30, he switched to playing beach soccer with the Sable Dancers of Bern. He also became coach-player of the Swiss beach soccer team.[3]

Schirinzi has been a FIFA instructor since 2008,[4] UEFA PRO coach and partner of Swiss Beach Soccer GMBH, the company that manages beach soccer in Switzerland. He has a UEFA Pro License , wrote the Beach Soccer manual and is a Beach Soccer assistant trainer in Mauritius, Ivory Coast, Iran, Solomon Islands, Oman and Tahiti.[2][3]

After the Swiss team failed to qualify for the 2013 World Cup, Schirinzi accepted the position of coach of the Tahitian national team. He won these 6 preparation matches against France and the Netherlands. Organizer of the World Cup, the Tiki-Toa won an unexpected 4th place.[3] He later won the Swiss championship with his team.[4]

In October 2013 he was appointed a knight of the Order of Tahiti Nui.[5][6]

References
  1. "Equipe de Suisse de Beach Soccer - Angelo Schirinzi : " J'aime ce sport "". Number5. 14 September 2012. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013.
  2. "Angelo Schirinzi". Swiss Beach Soccer. Archived from the original on 14 July 2013.
  3. "Angelo Schirinzi, le coach des Tiki Toa refait le match" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  4. "Who is Angelo Schirinzi?". OFC. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  5. "LISTE DES TITULAIRES". 21 July 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  6. "L'Ordre de Tahiti Nui pour les Tiki Toa" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
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