Umberto Barberis

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Umberto Barberis
Personal information
Full name Umberto Barberis
Date of birth (1952-06-05) 5 June 1952 (age 73)
Place of birth Sion, Switzerland
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1968–1970 Sion
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1970–1975 Sion 106 (18)
1975–1976 Grasshoppers 25 (8)
1976–1980 Servette 125 (50)
1980–1983 Monaco 103 (29)
1983–1986 Servette 58 (27)
International career
1976–1985 Switzerland [1] 54 (7)
Managerial career
1987–1993 Lausanne-Sport
1993–1994 Sion
1995–1996 Servette
2001–2002 Lausanne-Sport
2004–2007 Baulmes
2007 Lausanne-Sport [2]
2008–2009 Sion
2009 KAC Kenitra
2011 Dubai Club (caretaker)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Umberto Barberis (born 5 June 1952) is a Swiss former football coach and player.

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Playing career

Club

Barberis started his career in Switzerland, playing for FC Sion in his native town, and then for Grasshopper Zurich and Servette FC, winning the Swiss Super League and the Schweizer Cup in 1979. He left his country to play for Division 1 side AS Monaco FC where he was elected foreign player of the year by France Football magazine in 1981 and 1982, along with Andrzej Szarmach. [3] In 1982, he also won the Division 1 title with AS Monaco FC.

International

He was capped 54 times and scored 7 goals. [4]

Honours

Individual

Team

Coaching career

Barberis coached various Swiss sides such as FC Lausanne-Sport, FC Sion, Servette FC. [5]

Out of the pitch

Barberis was born in Switzerland to an Italian family. [6] He is the father of footballer Sébastien Barberis. [7]

References

  1. "Swiss Players in France". www.rsssf.org.
  2. "weltfussball.de". weltfussball.de.
  3. "France - Footballer of the Year". www.rsssf.org.
  4. Umberto Barberis at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. "Sions Trainer-Duo entmachtet".
  6. "A coeur ouvert". rts.ch. 22 April 1979.
  7. ""Je soupe, mais jamais avant 20 h 30"". www.laliberte.ch. 18 June 2016.