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. He is the main developer of beach soccer in Switzerland.

Schirinzi has been a FIFA Expert since 2008 and has supervised more than 35 seminars in the last years.

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.

Schirinzi has been a FIFA instructor since 2008, 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.

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. He later won the Swiss championship with his team.

In October 2013 he was appointed a knight of the Order of Tahiti Nui.

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)