Place of birth Clusone, Italy Name Pierluigi Tami Manages Grasshopper Club Zurich 1981–1984 Chiasso Position Defender | Years Team Height 1.82 m Playing position Role Football manager | |
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Date of birth (1961-09-12) 12 September 1961 (age 54) Current team Grasshopper Club Zurich (manager) Team coached Grasshopper Club Zurich (Manager, since 2015) Similar People Ottmar Hitzfeld, Roy Hodgson, Viola Tami, Leo Beenhakker | ||
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Pierluigi Tami (born 12 September 1961 in Clusone.) is a retired Swiss football defender. He also holds Italian citizenship. He is currently the manager in charge of Lugano.
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Career
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.
