Mauro Lustrinelli
{{Short description|Swiss footballer (born 1976)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mauro Lustrinelli
| image = Mauro Lustrinelli - Lausanne Sport vs. FC Thun - 22.10.2011.jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption = Lustrinelli with FC Thun in 2011
| height = {{height|m=1.73}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|2|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bellinzona, Switzerland
| currentclub = Thun (manager)
| position = Striker
| youthyears1 = 1986–1989
| youthclubs1 = US Giubiasco
| youthyears2 = 1989–1992
| youthclubs2 = AC Bellinzona
| youthyears3 = 1992–1994
| youthclubs3 = US Giubiasco
| years1 = 1994–2001
| clubs1 = Bellinzona
| caps1 = 164
| goals1 = 109
| years2 = 2001–2004
| clubs2 = FC Wil
| caps2 = 79
| goals2 = 22
| years3 = 2004–2006
| clubs3 = FC Thun
| caps3 = 66
| goals3 = 36
| years4 = 2006–2007
| clubs4 = Sparta Prague
| caps4 = 25
| goals4 = 6
| years5 = 2007–2008
| clubs5 = FC Luzern
| caps5 = 43
| goals5 = 16
| years6 = 2008–2011
| clubs6 = AC Bellinzona
| caps6 = 77
| goals6 = 34
| years7 = 2010
| clubs7 = → Young Boys (loan)
| caps7 = 12
| goals7 = 3
| years8 = 2011
| clubs8 = FC Thun
| caps8 = 18
| goals8 = 4
| totalcaps = 484
| totalgoals = 230
| nationalyears1 = 2005–2008
| nationalteam1 = Switzerland
| nationalcaps1 = 12
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2012
| managerclubs1 = Thun
| manageryears2 = 2017
| managerclubs2 = Thun
| manageryears3 = 2018–2022
| managerclubs3 = Switzerland U21
| manageryears4 = 2022–
| managerclubs4 = Thun
}}
Mauro "Lustri" Lustrinelli (born 26 February 1976) is a Swiss professional football coach and a former second striker. He is the current coach of FC Thun.{{cite news |url=https://fcthun.ch/de/News#news-entry-4001 |title=Willkommen Mauro! |website=fcthun.ch |publisher=FC Thun |language=de |date=16 June 2022 |access-date=16 June 2022}} He is also a former player of the Swiss national team. He has a Bachelor of Business Administration and wrote a thesis about the Italian Serie A.
Career
He started his professional career at the club AC Bellinzona in 1994 and played for them until 2001. Then he transferred to FC Wil and played there for the next three seasons before transferring to FC Thun in 2004. In 2005, he was the Swiss Super League's second highest goalscorer with 20 goals scored and also qualified with the club for the UEFA Champions League. In 2006, he signed for Sparta Prague but after one year at the club he returned to Switzerland and joined FC Luzern in order to play first team football leading up to UEFA EURO 2008 in Austria & Switzerland. After one season he returned 2008 to AC Bellinzona, 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 Molise.{{cite web|url=http://www.primonumero.it/attualita/sport/articolo.php?id=16825|title=Primonumero.it - Termoli in Rete - SPORT: Un podi Molise ai mondiali brasiliani con Esposito e Aquilani|website=primonumero.it}} Being originally from the northern part of Ticino (the Sopraceneri), Lustrinelli grew up close to the referee Massimo Busacca who represented Switzerland at the FIFA World Cup 2006. Within their close friends in Ticino, Lustrinelli and Massimo are known as "twin brothers."
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|date=February 2007}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Mauro Lustrinelli}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051222101710/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/Players/Player=70637/index.html Official UEFA player page]
- [http://www.acbellinzona.ch/index.php?view=2192 AC Bellinzona profile] {{in lang|it}}
- {{NFT player|pid=12078}}
{{FC Thun squad}}
{{Switzerland Squad 2006 World Cup}}
{{FC Thun managers}}
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Category:Swiss men's footballers
Category:2006 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Switzerland men's international footballers
Category:Swiss people of Italian descent
Category:AC Bellinzona players
Category:BSC Young Boys players
Category:Czech First League players
Category:AC Sparta Prague players
Category:Swiss Super League players
Category:Swiss expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
Category:Swiss expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
Category:Footballers from Bellinzona