Angelo Schirinzi
Angelo Schirinzi (born 5 November 1972) is a beach soccer player and coach. He is Coach of Switzerland national beach soccer team, and the former Tahiti national beach soccer team Coach 2012-2015.[1][2] He is the main developer of beach soccer in Switzerland.[3]
Schirinzi has been a FIFA Expert since 2008 and has supervised more than 35 seminars in the last years.[4]
Awards
- 2002 Best Scorer EBSL Alanya
- 2002 Best Scorer EBSL Montpellier
- 2002 Top Scorer EBSL North Group
- 2002 Prince Albert Monaco Selection Team
- 2003 Most Valuable Player EBSL Linz
- 2004 8. Platz X. World Championships
- 2004 Best Scorer EBSL Final Monaco
- 2005 Best Scorer Master Cup Amneville
- 2005 Winner EBSL Group C
- 2005 European Champion Euro Beach Soccer Cup 2005 in Moscow
- 2006 Winner EBSL Linz
- 2006 Winner EBSL Scheveningen
- 2007 Winner Pro Beach Soccer Tour Winterthur
- 2007 Top Scorer Pro Beach Soccer Tour
- 2007 Winner Euro Beach Soccer Nations Cup Linz
- 2007 Best Scorer Euro Beach Soccer Nations Cup Linz
- 2007 Winner Euro Beach Soccer Qualifier Athens
- 2008 Winner 4-Nations Cup Eger (HUN)
- 2008 5. Place FIFA Beach Soccer Qualifier in Benidorm
- 2008 Winner EBSL Group A Lignano (ITA)
- 2008 Winner EURO-Nationscup Linz (AUT)
- 2008 Vice-Champion Euro Beach Soccer Cup in Baku (Azerbaidjan)
- 2008 Winner Danubia Cup Bratislava (SLO)
- 2008 Winner South Russian Championship mit Rostov in Anapa (RUS)
- 2009 Vice-Champion Euro Beach Soccer Cup in Rome (Ita)
- 2009 Vice World Champion of FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Dubai
- 2010 Winner Euro Beach Soccer League Lignano (Italy)
- 2010 4. Place FIFA Beach Soccer Qualifier 2010 in Bibione
- 2010 Winner Euro Beach Soccer League Den Haag (Netherland)
- 2010 Winner Ge Money Bank Beach Soccer Tour Zurich Main Station
- 2011 Winner EBSL Ravenna (Ita)
- 2011 10. Place FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Ravenna / Italy
- 2011 Intercontinental Cup Dubai
- 2012 Winner Euro Beach Soccer League Terracina, Italy
- 2012 Winner BSWW World Tour Al Jadida, Marocco
- 2012 Winner Euro Beach Soccer League Torredembarra, Spain
- 2012 European Champion 2012 Euro Beach Soccer League Finale Den Haag
- 2013 Runner Up Nations Cup Santos, Brasil
- 2013 Winner Euro Beach Soccer League Valence, France
- 2014 Runner-Up FIFA Beach Soccer Qualifier 2014 Jesolo
- 2014 Runner-Up Euro Beach Soccer Cup in Baku, Azerbaidjan
- 2014 Winner Euro Beach Soccer League in Catania, Italia
- 2015 Winner EBSL Siofok, Hungary
- 2015 Winner Thailand Cup, Bangkok
- 2015 4. Place European Olympic Games in Baku, Azerbaidjan
- 2015 1/4 Finals FIFA World Cup in Espinho, Portugal
- 2016 Winner Copa Lagos, Nigeria
- 2016 Vice Champion FIFA Beach Soccer Qualifier, Jesolo
- 2016 Runner-Up EBSL in Moskau, Russia
- 2016 Winner EBSL Sanxenxo, Spain
- 2016 Winner Kalik Cup Nassau, Bahamas
- 2017 5. Place FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Bahamas
- 2017 Winner Beach Soccer Cup, Marocco
- 2017 Runner-Up EBSL Moskau, Russia
- 2017 Runner-Up International Beach Soccer Grand Prix GuangZou, China
- 2018 Runner-Up EBSL Moskau, Russia
- 2018 Runner-Up EBSL Baku, Azerbaidjan
- 2019 Bronze Medal European Games, Minsk
- 2019 Qualification World Beach Games, Qatar
- 2019 Qualification Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup, Paraguay
- 2020 Runner Up EBSL Superfinale Nazare, Portugal
- 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Moscow, Russia, Bronze Medal
- 2022 Beach Soccer European Champion 2022 Sardegna Italy
Awards with other Teams than Swiss National Team
- 2013 Tahiti National Team: 4. Place FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Tahiti
- 2013 Swiss Champion with Sable Dancers
- 2018 BSC Kristall Winner Intercup
- 2018 BSC Kristall Winner Russia Supercup
- 2018 BSC Kristall Winner Nazare Cup
- 2018 BSC Kristall Winner Russia Championship
- 2019 BSC Kristall Winner Nazare Cup
- 2019 BSC Kristall Winner Russia Championship
- 2020 BSC Kristall Winner Nazare Cup
- 2020 BSC Kristall Winner Euro Winner Cup (CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OF BEACH SOCER)
- 2021 BSC Kristall Winner Russia Championship
- 2021 BSC Kristall Winner Nazare Cup
- 2021 BSC Kristall Winner Euro Winner Cup (CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OF BEACH SOCER)
Biography
Schirinzi was born in Basel.[5] 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.[5]
Schirinzi has been a FIFA instructor since 2008,[6] 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.[4][5]
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.[5] He later won the Swiss championship with his team.[6]
In October 2013 he was appointed a knight of the Order of Tahiti Nui.[7][8]
References
- "Amateure – aber auf höchstem Niveau". nfz.ch.
- "Schirinzi: Ein Leben für den Beach Soccer".
- "Equipe de Suisse de Beach Soccer - Angelo Schirinzi : " J'aime ce sport "". Number5. 14 September 2012. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013.
- "Angelo Schirinzi". Swiss Beach Soccer. Archived from the original on 14 July 2013.
- "Angelo Schirinzi, le coach des Tiki Toa refait le match" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- "Who is Angelo Schirinzi?". OFC. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- "LISTE DES TITULAIRES". 21 July 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- "L'Ordre de Tahiti Nui pour les Tiki Toa" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2022.