Angelo Schirinzi Explained

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]

Biography

Schirinzi was born in Basel. 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]

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)

Notes and References

Web site: Amateure – aber auf höchstem Niveau. nfz.ch.
Web site: Schirinzi: Ein Leben für den Beach Soccer.
Web site: Equipe de Suisse de Beach Soccer - Angelo Schirinzi : " J'aime ce sport " . Number5 . 14 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131004224453/http://www.number5.fr/Equipe-de-Suisse-de-Beach-Soccer-Angelo-Schirinzi-J-aime-ce-sport_a348.html . 4 October 2013.
Web site: Angelo Schirinzi . Swiss Beach Soccer . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130714222115/http://www.beachsoccer.ch/2/swiss-team/selectionneur/index.html . 14 July 2013.
Web site: Angelo Schirinzi, le coach des Tiki Toa refait le match . Tahiti Infos . fr . 4 October 2013 . 1 November 2022.
Web site: Who is Angelo Schirinzi? . OFC . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182805/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/e3cffc20-0382-4648-8c4b-5b1b658c7bf5/language/en-US/Default.aspx . 3 March 2016.
Web site: LISTE DES TITULAIRES . 21 July 2021 . 22 October 2022.
Web site: L’Ordre de Tahiti Nui pour les Tiki Toa . Tahiti Infos . fr . 4 October 2013. 1 November 2022.