Pierre-André Schürmann

Pierre-André Schürmann
Personal information
Date of birth (1960-07-05) 5 July 1960
Place of birth Port-Valais, Switzerland
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)t
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Algeria U23
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1980 FC Sion 1
1981–1983 FC Monthey 59 (21)
1983–1984 FC Chiasso 29 (2)
1984–1986 FC Vevey 58 (23)
1986–1992 Lausanne Sports 164 (37)
1992–1993 FC Basel
1994–1995 FC Wil
Teams managed
1994–1997 FC Wil
1998–2001 FC Lausanne-Sport
2001–2009 Switzerland (Youth teams)
2009–2010 Neuchâtel Xamax
2012 Tavriya Simferopol Reserves (Youth teams)
2012–2013 FC Sion
2014–2016 Algeria U23
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Pierre-André Schürmann (born 5 July 1960[1] in Port-Valais, Switzerland) is a Swiss football manager and former footballer. He is currently the manager of the Algeria national under-23 football team.

Career

Playing

During his playing career, Schürmann played for FC Sion, FC Monthey, FC Chiasso, Lausanne Sports, FC Basel and FC Wil.[2]

Managerial

Schürmann became player-manager of FC Wil in 1994. He then went on to coach Lausanne Sports. He has been working in the SFV's youth set-up since 2000. He was part of the coaching staff behind Switzerlands victory in the 2002 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. He helped the Switzerland U19s reach the semi-finals in Switzerland in 2004.[2]

Schürmann was appointed as manager of the Switzerland national under-21 team on 18 July 2007.[2]

In June 2009, he joined Neuchâtel Xamax[3] and on 14 April 2010 after four consecutive league defeats, Neuchatel Xamax officials sacked and replaced him with the club's junior squad coach Jean-Michel Aeby.[4]

In April 2018 he was one of 77 applicants for the vacant Cameroon national team job.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.football.ch/sfl/777840/fr/Kader.aspx?pId=0&tId=431062
  2. 1 2 3 "Switzerland turn to Schürmann". UEFA. 2007-07-18. Archived from the original on 3 March 2008. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
  3. ↑ http://www.tsr.ch/tsr/index.html?siteSect=800001&sid=10822788
  4. ↑ Xamax entmachtet Coach Schürmann - Aeby übernimmt
  5. ↑ Oluwashina Okeleji (23 April 2018). "77 applicants for vacant Cameroon coaching position". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 April 2018.

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