Umberto Barberis

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Umberto Barberis
Personnel
birthday 5th June 1952
place of birth SionSwitzerland
position midfield
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1970-1975 FC Sion 104 (14)
1975-1976 Grasshopper Club Zurich 26 0(7)
1976-1980 Servette FC 126 (47)
1980-1983 AS Monaco 103 (28)
1983-1985 Servette FC 60 (25)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1975-1985 Switzerland 54 0(7)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1987-1993 FC Lausanne Sports
1993-1994 FC Sion
1995-1996 Servette FC
2001-2002 FC Lausanne Sports
2004-2007 FC Baulmes
2007-2008 FC Lausanne Sports
2008-2009 FC Sion
2009 KAC Kénitra
2011 Dubai Club (Assistant Trainer)
2011 Dubai Club
1 Only league games are given.

Umberto Barberis (born June 5, 1952 in Sion ) is a former Swiss football player and current coach . He was able to win the Swiss championship twice , the Swiss Cup four times and in 1982 with AS Monaco also the French championship. In 1975, 1979 and 1980 he was voted Swiss Footballer of the Year , and in 1981 and 1982 in France he was named the best foreign player.

Career as a player

Clubs (until 1985)

The Italian, who was born in Sion, was trained in the football school of FC Sion and naturalized in Switzerland in 1976. His father Vittorio was already a professional footballer, as was Barberis' son Sebastien. "Bertine" Barberis was a member of the Sion championship team in National League B in 1969/70, which was promoted to National League A. In the 1972/73 round he placed himself with his teammates from the Stade de Tourbillon in third place and won the Swiss Cup in 1973/74 under coach Miroslav Blažević with a 3-2 win over Xamax. The young playmaker, equipped with excellent technique, wit and scoring danger, scored a goal alongside midfield routiners Günter Herrmann and Otto Luttrop . But now he could no longer be held in Sion, "Bertine" accepted the offer from the Grasshopper Club and moved to Zurich for the 1974/75 round. In terms of sport, the team came third and was voted Swiss Footballer of the Year for the first time in 1975. In terms of mentality, however, he didn't feel comfortable there and therefore moved to Servette FC after only one season .

With the "Servettiens" he was runner-up three times in a row from 1976 to 1978 - in 1977 Barberis scored 17 goals and only lost the championship with his club in the playoff game - he was in the 1975/76 cup final against FC Zurich and was able to win in 1978 Celebrate the replay against the Grasshoppers trained by Helmuth Johannsen as cup winners. But the outstanding round still came. In addition to winning the championship in 1978/79 with coach Péter Pázmándy , Barberis and Servette also won the Cup against Young Boys Bern (coach Friedhelm Konietzka ) , won the League Cup and also prevailed in the Alpine Cup. "Bertine" was also personally honored with the renewed election as Swiss Footballer of the Year. In the final round 1978/79 the team from Stade des Charmilles won all ten games against competitors FCZ, GC, St. Gallen, YB and Basel and became champions without losing points. The class of this legendary successful team around midfield axis Marc Schnyder , Claude Andrey and Barberis was also underlined in the European Cup winners' Cup . In the first two rounds of the competition, the "Grenats" with the constantly moving "Motor" Barberis prevailed against PAOK Saloniki and AS Nancy and narrowly failed in the quarterfinals after two draws (0: 0/1: 1) because of the away counter the Rhinelander at the later finalist Fortuna Düsseldorf . After a third place in 1979/80, "Bertine" Barberis dared to jump into a foreign professional league. The 28-year-old signed a contract with AS Monaco for the 1980/81 round and played in French Division 1 .

Even in the French league, which is rated higher in terms of sport, the 1.70 cm tall technician immediately demonstrated that he is a fine strategist and playmaker. He was voted the best foreign player in France twice in 1981 and 1982 together with the Polish striker Andrzej Szarmach . In the 1981/82 season he won the championship with teammates Jean-Luc Ettori , Manuel Amoros and Claude Puel for Monaco. The Ligue 1 record player, Jean-Luc Ettori, said of the Sion man: “He was a great player, an old school playmaker who could do everything, capture the ball, distribute it and score goals. In 1982 he won the title for us. ”From 1980 to 1983 Barberis made a total of 121 competitive games for ASM (Ligue 1, Cup and European Cup) and scored 36 goals. At the age of 31 he returned to Geneva in 1983.

He was still a guarantee of success. The "Servettiens" only lost the championship in the decider against GC 1984, but held themselves harmless in the Cup with the 1-0 win after extra time in the final against Lausanne. In his second season after his return, 1985/86, "Bertine" won the championship for the second time with Servette.

After the extremely successful player had ended his playing career in 1986, he worked as a coach for various clubs from 1987. However, he could not build on his track record as a player in this profession.

National player (1976 to 1985)

Barberis made his debut in the "Nati" under SFV coach René Hüssy at the friendly international game on May 11, 1976 in Basel against Poland. In the 59th minute of the game, the debutant scored the winning goal to make it 2-1. He experienced the first low blow in the national team on September 8, 1976 in the first World Cup qualifier against Norway in Oslo. Norway hadn't scored a goal for a year, with seven games, six defeats, one draw and 0:16 goals, the Scandinavians' record was depressing and the Swiss were favorites. Jakob Kuhn, who resigned in 1975, had been brought back as an experienced director and, in addition, René Botteron and Barberis had two young midfield hopes. The game was lost 0: 1 and then there was perplexity and indignation in the country. Hüssy was released from his duties and with the 0: 1 in Oslo, the belief in the "Nati" was definitely lost. Over the years, unsuccessfulness became the fate to which the players surrendered. During this period, Umberto Barberis' class was lost in the selection and he was only able to celebrate successes with the national team in the era of Paul Wolfisberg (March 24, 1981 - November 10, 1985). These include the 2-1 success in the World Cup qualification on May 30, 1981 in Basel against England, the 1-1 draw on May 19, 1982 in Recife against Brazil, the 1-1 against Italy on May 28, 1982 in Geneva with a goal from "Bertine", the 1-0 win on October 17, 1984 in Bern in the World Cup qualification against Denmark, also with a goal from Barberis and the 2-2 draw on April 17, 1985 against the Soviet Union when he formed the Helvetic midfield with Georges Bregy , Alain Geiger and Heinz Hermann . With his deployment on June 2, 1985 in Dublin against Ireland, he ended his international career.

Career as a coach

In 2011 Barberis became assistant coach of the Argentinean Néstor Clausen at Dubai Club in the United Arab Emirates . In September 2011 he was his successor, but had to give up his post after two lost championship games on October 1, 2011 to the Romanian Marin Ion .

literature

  • Beat Jung (Ed.): The Nati. The history of the Swiss national football team. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2006, ISBN 3-89533-532-0 .
  • Swiss Football League (Philippe Guggisberg), 75 years of the Swiss Football League, 2009, ISBN 978-3-9523556-0-2

Palmarès

  • 1974: Cup winner with Sion
  • 1977, 1979, 1980: League Cup winner with Servette
  • 1976, 1979: Alpine Cup winner with Servette
  • 1978, 1979, 1984: Cup winner with Servette
  • 1979, 1985: Swiss champion with servette
  • 1975, 1979, 1980: Swiss Footballer of the Year
  • 1982: French champion with Monaco
  • 1981, 1982: Best foreign player in France

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Only first division games from the 1970/71 season
  2. ^ The National of October 3, 2011 , accessed November 7, 2011