Mattia Croci-Torti
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 April 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Chiasso, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lugano (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Morbio | |||
| Chiasso | |||
| Grasshoppers | |||
| Malcantone Agno | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2000 | Chiasso | 26 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Grasshoppers II | 32 | (2) |
| 2002–2004 | Malcantone Agno | 52 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | Lugano | 27 | (0) |
| 2005 | Biaschesi | 16 | (1) |
| 2006 | Wil | 15 | (0) |
| 2006–2010 | Lugano | 61 | (2) |
| 2008–2014 | Chiasso | 98 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013–2015 | Chiasso (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Balerna | ||
| 2017–2018 | Lugano (assistant) | ||
| 2018 | Mendrisio | ||
| 2018–2021 | Lugano (assistant) | ||
| 2021– | Lugano | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mattia Croci-Torti (born 10 April 1982) is a Swiss professional football manager and former player, who currently manages Lugano.
Club career[edit]
Croci-Torti spent his entire playing career between the Swiss 1. Liga and Swiss Challenge League. He began his career with Chiasso in 1999, and ended his career with them in 2014 representing various other clubs from Ticino in between.[1]
Managerial career[edit]
After retiring as a footballer, Croci-Torti returned to Chiasso as assistant manager from 2013 to 2015. He became the manager of the club Balerna in 2015, before moving to Lugano as assistant from 2017 to 2021, only interrupted by a short stint as Mendrisio manager in 2018.[2] On 1 September 2021, he was named the manager of Lugano in the Swiss Super League replacing Abel Braga.[3] He helped Lugano win the Swiss Cup on 15 May 2022, 29 years since the club last won the trophy.[4]
Managerial Statistics[edit]
- As of 27 April 2024[update]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Mendrisio | July 2018 | September 2018 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.00 |
| Lugano | September 2021 | Present | 126 | 62 | 25 | 39 | 49.21 |
Honours[edit]
Lugano
References[edit]
- ^ "I 40 anni di Mattia Croci-Torti: "Sogno spesso e a volte piango, ma non ho rimpianti"". Corriere del Ticino (in Italian). April 8, 2022.
- ^ Mombelli, Ariele (May 23, 2017). "Croci Torti non allenerà più il Balerna, al suo posto Pichierri" (in Italian).
- ^ Berger, Nicola (20 September 2021). "Super League: Mattia Croci-Torti neuer Lugano-Trainer". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German).
- ^ Pulga, Silvano (May 15, 2022). "Lugano Croci Torti finale Coppa svizzera dichiarazioni" (in Italian).
- ^ "Tripudio bianconero, la Coppa è del Lugano!" (in Italian). RSI Radiotelevisione.
External links[edit]
- SFL player profile
- SFL manager Profile[dead link]
- Mattia Croci-Torti at WorldFootball.net
- Mattia Croci-Torti at FootballDatabase.eu
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Ticino
- Swiss people of Italian descent
- Swiss men's footballers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Swiss 1. Liga (football) players
- Swiss Challenge League players
- FC Chiasso players
- FC Lugano players
- FC Wil players
- Swiss football managers
- Swiss Super League managers
- FC Lugano managers