Sam Schweingruber
{{short description|Swiss football coach and he is not very liked by his class 1a}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sam Schweingruber
| fullname = Samuel Schweingruber
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| birth_place = Switzerland
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| clubs1 = FC Münsterlingen
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| clubs2 = FC Oberglatt
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| clubs3 = FC Pfyn
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| years4 = 2003
| clubs4 = Mild Seven Cambodia
| managerclubs1 = Royal Cambodia Navy
| managerclubs2 = Khmer Empire
| manageryears3 = 2009–2013
| managerclubs3 = Cambodia (women)
| manageryears4 = 2013
| managerclubs4 = Cambodia U16{{cite web|url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/sport/u16s-mission-myanmar|publisher=phnompenhpost.com|title=U16s mission to Myanmar, Sport, Phnom Penh Post|accessdate=11 July 2017}}
| manageryears5 = 2012–2016
| managerclubs5 = Phnom Penh Crown
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Sam Schweingruber is a Swiss football coach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/sport/fussball/schweizer-hilft-sexsklavinnen-via-fussball-zuruck-in-normales-leben-ld.2033281?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc|title=Schweizer hilft Sexsklavinnen via Fussball zurück in normales Leben|publisher=aargauerzeitung.ch}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.livenet.ch/themen/people/erlebt/392736-ich_habe_das_leben_noch_einmal_geschenkt_bekommen.html|title="Ich habe das Leben noch einmal geschenkt bekommen"|publisher=livenet.ch}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/frauenfeld-munchwilen/er-coachte-die-kambodschanischen-kickerinnen-ld.771175?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc|title=
Er coachte die kambodschanischen Kickerinnen|publisher=tagblat.ch}}{{cite web|url=http://www.camsports.org/sports/7562.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717014105/http://www.camsports.org/sports/7562.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 17, 2017|publisher=camsports.org|title=អតីតគ្រូបង្វឹកក្រុមជម្រើសជាតិនារី Sam Schweingruber ទទួលបានសញ្ជាតិខ្មែរជាផ្លូវការហើយ! | Camsports|accessdate=11 July 2017}} He was the first manager of the Cambodia women's national team.{{cite web|url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/sport/cambodia-girls-play-first-ever-game|publisher=phnompenhpost.com|title=Cambodia girls play first-ever game, Sport, Phnom Penh Post|accessdate=11 July 2017}}
Career
=Playing career=
In his playing days, Schweingruber played at Swiss third-division sides Munsterlingen, Oberglatt, and Pfyn. Leaving Switzerland to go gallivanting around the globe, he felt attached to Cambodia where he played for the Mild Seven team. For a monthly salary, they paid him 30 US dollars and a cigarette packet. Later, he became their head coach.
=Coaching=
Despite Sam Schweingruber committing himself to fight against corruption, Phnom Penh Crown had been torn asunder after unfalsified voice recordings showed that seven players and four staff were involved in perpetrating a match manipulation scandal. Since this happened, Phnom Penh Crown were not allowed to take part in the 2017 AFC Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/news/exclusive-phnom-penh-expelled-2017-afc-cup-over-match-fixing|publisher=fourfourtwo.com|title=EXCLUSIVE: Phnom Penh expelled from 2017 AFC Cup over match-fixing | FourFourTwo|accessdate=11 July 2017}} Later, the club were cleared of match-fixing as Sam Schweingruber and the club were trying to fight it by launching an investigation to uncover those who were trying to alter the results.{{cite web|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/cleared-and-ready-go|publisher=fourfourtwo.com|title=Cleared and ready to go | FourFourTwo|accessdate=11 July 2017}}
Two days after winning the 2015 Cambodian League with Phnom Penh Crown, Schweingruber was involved in a serious motorcycle crash and was rushed to hospital where he remained for several days in a perilous condition.{{cite web|url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/sport/crown-coach-hospital-after-serious-crash|publisher=phnompenhpost.com|title=Crown coach in hospital after 'serious' crash, Sport, Phnom Penh Post|accessdate=11 July 2017}} Shortly after, his condition worsened and he was flown to Bangkok. There, he drifted in and out of a coma-like state . Thankfully for him, his condition later started to improve- allowing him to be sent back home to Switzerland to enter a recovery facility in mid-January 2016. It was an experience which made him re-examine his whole life.{{Cite web|title=The remarkable story of Sam Schweingruber: Cambodia's death-cheating vigilante risking life to beat match-fixing|date=21 April 2016|publisher=fourfourtwo.com|accessdate=22 May 2017|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/remarkable-story-sam-schweingruber-cambodias-death-cheating-vigilante}}
After he finally recovered, the coach made the ultimate decision to return to Cambodia where his five-year-old son lived, a decision his family were against. His president informed him that if he returned 'there would be a 20 percent chance he would be killed' but he did anyway.
Oriol Mohedano was coach of Phnom Penh Crown in the period the Swiss manager was hospitalized.
The former player is among Phnom Penh Crown's most successful coaches, having won back-to-back Cambodian League titles in 2015.
=FIFA=
Aside from coaching, Schweingruber is a FIFA Grassroots Development Officer{{Cite web|title=Annex: Bio Profile of Sam Schweingruber|publisher=sportsingapore.gov.sg|accessdate=22 May 2017|url=https://www.sportsingapore.gov.sg/~/media/corporate/images/media%20releases/2013/dec%202013/more%20opportunities%20for%20children%20to%20receive%20better%20coaching%20in%20football/annex.pdf}} who instructed a FIFA Grassroots Course in the Philippines in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/sports/2015/04/08/cfa-sends-coaches-fifa-grassroots-course-401547|publisher=sunstar.com.ph|title=CFA sends coaches to Fifa grassroots course | SunStar|date=8 April 2015|accessdate=11 July 2017}}
=Organizations=
Way back in 2006, Schweingruber's helmet was stolen by a youth who was under the influence of drugs so Schweingruber endeavoured to establish an academy which would help Cambodian youth development, calling it the SALT Academy.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160313023513/http://www.fifa.com/sustainability/news/y=2011/m=4/news=kicked-off-the-streets-1418529.html FIFA.com] This academy teaches football and life skills to children from families in rural Cambodia
The SALT Academy also contains a group called the Mighty Girls which specializes in teaching girls football.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/sustainability/news/y=2017/m=1/news=these-girls-are-mighty-2862277.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104165238/http://www.fifa.com/sustainability/news/y=2017/m=1/news=these-girls-are-mighty-2862277.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 4, 2017|publisher=fifa.com|title=These girls are mighty |accessdate=11 July 2017}}
Coaching Achievements
- Cambodian League(2): 2014, 2015
References
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External links
- {{LinkedIn page|in/sam-schweingruber-8515a4b2}}
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Category:Cambodian football managers
Category:Swiss football managers