Pierluigi Tami (born 12 September 1961[1]) is a Swiss football manager and a former defender. He also holds Italian citizenship.
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Date of birth | (1961-09-12) 12 September 1961 (age 60) | |||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||
1984–1988 | Locarno | |||||||||||||||
1988–1990 | Bellinzona | |||||||||||||||
1990–1993 | Lugano | |||||||||||||||
Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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 the Switzerland national under-17 football team.[2]
Switzerland men's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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Grasshopper Club Zürich – managers | |
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