Maurizio Jacobacci
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-01-11) 11 January 1963
Place of birth Bern, Switzerland
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1983 BSC Young Boys
1982 → FC Bern (loan)
1983–1984 FC Vevey-Sports 05
1984–1987 Neuchâtel Xamax
1987–1989 AC Bellinzona
1989–1990 FC Wettingen
1990–1992 Servette FC
1992–1993 FC St. Gallen
1993–1994 FC Lausanne-Sport
1994–1995 AC Bellinzona
Managerial career
1997–1999 FC Mendrisio
1999–2000 FC Chiasso
2003–2004 SR Delémont
2005 FC Baden
2005–2006 FC Wil 1900
2006–2007 FC Vaduz
2007–2008 FC Sion
2008–2011 SC Kriens
2011–2016 FC Schaffhausen
2016–2017 FC Wacker Innsbruck
2017 FC Wil
2017–2018 FC Sion (U21)
2018 FC Sion
2019 AC Bellinzona
2019–2021 FC Lugano
2021 Grenoble
2022–2023 Sfaxien
2023 1860 Munich
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Maurizio Jacobacci (born 11 January 1963 in Bern) is a Swiss professional football manager and former player.

Player career

As a player, Jacobacci was a pacy winger who played over 300 games in the top Swiss league for eight different clubs. After starting out in the neighbourhood clubs Bethlehem and Bümpliz, he made the step up to the city's most important football club, BSC Young Boys (YB), where he made the leap to the 1st team in 1978 and was active in it for five years. He won the Swiss championship 1987 with Neuchâtel Xamax. For Xamax he scored in a 2-0 victory in a UEFA Cup Quarterfinal home victory against Real Madrid.

Managerial career

Right at the end of his playing career in 1995, Jacobacci started his coaching career at the amateur level team of AS Origlio. For the next two decades, Jacobacci was head coach in lower league teams with a stint as assistant coach at Grasshopper Club Zürich from 2000-2003 where he helped the team to win the Swiss championship twice. After a first short spell as head coach at Super League club FC Sion in 2007-08, he was able to work for a longer time successfully at SC Kriens and FC Schaffhausen. With the latter club he managed to achieve two promotions in a row from the 4th to the 2nd tier of Swiss football. 2016 saw his first job abroad at Wacker Innsbruck. After four more engagements in Switzerland at FC Wil, a second tme at FC Sion, then AC Bellinzona and FC Lugano, he coached Grenoble Foot in France,[1] Club Sportif Sfaxien in Tunisia and 1860 Munich in Germany.[2] 1860 Munich started the 2023–24 season with a win against 1. FC Stockheim in the Bavarian Cup.[3] He was sacked in December 2023.[4]

Personal life

The son of Italian immigrants, Jacobacci grew up in the Swiss federal city of Bern.[5] He has two children and three grandchildren. His partner Ilona Hug is the ex-wife of K-1 world champion Andy Hug.

References

  1. ↑ "MAURIZIO JACOBACCI NOUVEL ENTRAÎNEUR DU GF38 !". GF38. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "TSV 1860 München: Maurizio Jacobacci neuer Cheftrainer". tsv1860.de (in German). 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  3. ↑ Streicher, Christoph (2 August 2023). "Schwere Beine, schwere Kost: TSV 1860 müht sich im Toto-Pokal gegen den 1. FC Stockheim weiter". abendzeitung-muenchen.de (in German). Abendzeitung. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Löwen trennen sich von Jacobacci. Schmöller übernimmt als Interimstrainer". dfb.de (in German). 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Exclusif: pourquoi Maurizio Jacobacci s'est coupé les cheveux".
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