# 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 SOCCER)
* 2021 BSC Kristall Winner Russia Championship
* 2021 BSC Kristall Winner Nazare Cup
* 2021 BSC Kristall Winner Euro Winner Cup (CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OF BEACH SOCCER)