Mauro Lustrinelli
 Lustrinelli with FC Thun in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mauro Lustrinelli[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 February 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Bellinzona, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Thun (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1989 | US Giubiasco | ||
| 1989–1992 | AC Bellinzona | ||
| 1992–1994 | US Giubiasco | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–2001 | Bellinzona | 164 | (109) |
| 2001–2004 | FC Wil | 79 | (22) |
| 2004–2006 | FC Thun | 66 | (36) |
| 2006–2007 |
Sparta Prague | 25 | (6) |
| 2007–2008 | FC Luzern | 43 | (16) |
| 2008–2011 | AC Bellinzona | 77 | (34) |
| 2010 |
→ Young Boys (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 2011 | FC Thun | 18 | (4) |
| Total | 484 | (230) | |
| International career | |||
| 2005–2008 | Switzerland | 12 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012 | Thun | ||
| 2017 | Thun | ||
| 2018–2022 | Switzerland U21 | ||
| 2022– | Thun | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mauro "Lustri" Lustrinelli (born 26 February 1976) is a
Career
He started his professional career at the club
, where he started his career as a professional back in 1994.International career
Lustrinelli made his debut for the Swiss national team on 17 August 2005 in a friendly match against Norway, having at that time won a total of six international caps for the team. He is also part of the Swiss team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany. On 19 June 2006, he was substituted in to play the last four minutes of the Swiss team's World Cup group match against Togo and after only one minute of playing he created the assist that allowed Tranquillo Barnetta to score the goal for the final 2–0 win for Switzerland, giving them a real chance of passing the group stage. The 2006 FIFA World Cup was his last appearance in the Swiss jersey. He was not selected for the UEFA Euro 2008.
Personal life
Lustrinelli is of Italian descent through his father, who is originally from
In Ticino, the Canton where Lustrinelli is originally from, after the great game against Togo a fanatical "Lustrimania" exploded. In some places, this fanaticism was expressed with such intensity that students, so-called "Lustrini", were prohibited from wearing Lustrinelli's national team shirt to school. [citation needed]
References
- ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Switzerland" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Willkommen Mauro!". fcthun.ch (in German). FC Thun. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Primonumero.it - Termoli in Rete - SPORT: Un podi Molise ai mondiali brasiliani con Esposito e Aquilani". primonumero.it.
External links
- Official UEFA player page
- AC Bellinzona profile (in Italian)
- Mauro Lustrinelli at National-Football-Teams.com
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