Giorgio Contini
Giorgio Contini (born 4 January 1974) is a former Swiss footballer and current manager.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Giorgio Contini | ||
| Date of birth | 4 January 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Switzerland | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1992 | YF Juventus Zürich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1994 | FC Winterthur | 34 | (3) |
| 1994–1995 | FC Frauenfeld | 30 | (23) |
| 1995–1996 | FC Baden | 36 | (18) |
| 1996–2001 | FC St. Gallen | 144 | (25) |
| 2001–2002 | FC Luzern | 15 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | FC Lausanne-Sport | 28 | (6) |
| 2003–2005 | FC Winterthur | 72 | (19) |
| Total | 359 | (95) | |
| National team | |||
| 2001 | Switzerland | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2005–2006 | FC Oberwinterthur | ||
| 2006–2011 | FC St. Gallen II | ||
| 2006–2007 | FC St. Gallen (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | FC St. Gallen | ||
| 2011–2012 | FC Luzern (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2017 | FC Vaduz | ||
| 2017–2018 | FC St. Gallen | ||
| 2018– | Lausanne-Sport | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Playing career
Teams
He played at various clubs in Switzerland, u.a for FC Winterthur, FC St. Gallen, FC Luzern and FC Lausanne-Sport. His greatest success was the Swiss championships with FC St. Gallen in 1999/2000. In summer 2005, he ended his footballing career.
National
Contini completed on 28 February 2001 his only international match for Switzerland in a friendly match against Poland.
Coaching career
After retiring as soccer player trained from the summer of 2005 the FC Oberwinterthur from the 2. Liga Interregional for half a year. From January 2006 until June 2011, he coached FC St. Gallen II, he was in parallel from January 2006 to autumn 2007, assistant coach of the first team of FC St. Gallen, which he called for a 1 game in March 2011 interim coach supervised. In July 2011 he became assistant coach Murat Yakin for FC Luzern. On 20 August 2012 both were dismissed.
Contini is since 15 November 2012 Head Coach of FC Vaduz. In the summer of 2014 he went to the FC Vaduz on in the Super League. He still has a contract until June 2017.
Honours
Player
- Swiss Champions (1): 1999-00
Manager
- Swiss Challenge League (1): 2014
- Liechtenstein Football Cup (4): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Individual
- Liechtensteiner Coach of the Year (2): 2014, 2016
Personal life
Contini is of Italian descent.[1]