Giorgio Contini

Giorgio Contini
Personal information
Full name	Giorgio Contini
Date of birth	4 January 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Winterthur, Switzerland
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1991–1992	YF Juventus Zürich
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1994	FC Winterthur
1994–1995	FC Frauenfeld
1995–1996	FC Baden
1996–2001	FC St. Gallen
2001–2002	FC Luzern
2002–2003	FC Lausanne-Sport
2003–2005	FC Winterthur
Total
International career
2001	Switzerland
Managerial career
2005–2006	FC Oberwinterthur
2006–2011	FC St. Gallen II
2006–2007	FC St. Gallen (assistant)
2011	FC St. Gallen
2011–2012	FC Luzern (assistant)
2012–2017	FC Vaduz
2017–2018	FC St. Gallen
2018–2021	Lausanne-Sport
2021–2023	Grasshopper
2024–	Switzerland (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giorgio Contini (born 4 January 1974) is a former Swiss football manager and former player who is the assistant coach of the Switzerland national football team under manager Murat Yakin.

Playing career

Teams

He played at various clubs in Switzerland, such as FC Winterthur, FC St. Gallen, FC Luzern and FC Lausanne-Sport. His greatest success was the Swiss championships with FC St. Gallen in 1999/2000. In summer 2005, he ended his footballing career.

National

Contini played his only international match for Switzerland in a friendly match against Poland, on 28 February 2001.

Coaching career

After retiring as soccer player, Contini started his coaching career at FC Oberwinterthur, who played in the 2. Liga Interregional, in 2005. In the following year, he joined FC St. Gallen as coach of the second team. He remained at St. Gallen until 2011. During his time there, he also assisted in coaching the first team, from 2006 until 2007, under Rolf Fringer, and also served as interim coach in 2011. He joined FC Luzern in 2011 as assistant coach, under Murat Yakin.

In late 2012, he was hired by FC Vaduz as head coach, where he remained until June 2017. The following season, he rejoined FC St. Gallen as head coach, this time, for one year. From 2018 until 2021, he was head coach of FC Lausanne-Sport, whom he led to promotion to the Swiss Super League in 2020.

On June 9 2021, he was confirmed as the new head coach of Grasshopper Club Zürich.^[1]

On 19 March 2023, Swiss online news site nau.ch reported that Contini had handed in his resignation in mid February,^[2] which would see him leaving the club in the summer, following a six month notice period. On the same day, the club confirmed the news and stating their intention of continuing their cooperation for the duration of the season.^[3] This news came on the heels of Contini's GC having won two games in a row for the first time that season.

On 15 February 2024, he was confirmed as the assistant coach of Switzerland national football team coach Murat Yakin.^[4]