Pierluigi Tami

Personal information
Date of birth	(1961-09-12) 12 September 1961 (age 62)
Place of birth	Clusone, Italy
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1984	Chiasso	43	(6)
1984–1988	Locarno	26	(5)
1988–1990	Bellinzona	43	(3)
1990–1993	Lugano	72	(3)
Total		178	(17)
Managerial career
1999–2002	Locarno
2002–2003	Lugano
2005	Switzerland U17
2006–2015	Switzerland (assistant)
2009–2015	Switzerland U21
2012	Switzerland U23
2015–2017	Grasshopper Club Zürich
2017–2018	Lugano
Medal record Men's football Representing   Switzerland (as manager) UEFA European Under-21 Championship Runner-up 2011
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pierluigi Tami (born 12 September 1961^[1]) is the current director of the Switzerland men's national teams.^[2] A former football manager and defender, he holds Swiss and Italian citizenship.

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 various Switzerland national youth teams.^[3]

On 1 July 2019, he was appointed as director of the Switzerland men's national teams by the Swiss Football Association.^[4] As the first holder of the newly created position, he will be mainly in charge of the senior and U21 national teams.

Honours

Individual

• Swiss Super League Manager of the Year: 2015–16^[5]