Umberto Barberis or simply Berto (born 5 June 1952) is a former

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, last managing

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Playing career

Barberis started his career in

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, playing for

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in his native town, and then for Grasshopper Zurich and

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, winning the

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and the

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in 1979. He left his country to play for Division 1 side

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where he was elected foreign player of the year by

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magazine in 1981 and 1982, along with Andrzej Szarmach. In 1982, he also won the Division 1 title with

International

He was capped 54 times and scored 7 goals.

Honours

Individual

* Swiss Footballer of the Year: 1974–75, 1978–79 & 1979–80. * French Football Foreign Footballer of the Year: 1981 & 1982. *

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Club Top Goalscorer: 1982–83.

Team

Winner: 1979 & 1985. *

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Winner: 1974, 1978, 1979 & 1984. * Swiss League Cup Winner: 1975, 1977, 1979 & 1980. * Coppa delle Alpi Winner: 1976, 1978 & 1983. *

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Winner: 1982. *

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Winner: 1980.

Coaching career

Barberis coached various Swiss sides such as

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. He formerly coaches

and joined on 24 December 2008 to Sion as Head Coach from the U-17. On 14 April 2009

officials sacked the joint coaches, Barberis and Christian Zermatten.

Out of the pitch

Barberis was born in Switzerland to an Italian family. He is the father of

Sébastien Barberis Sébastien Barberis (born 31 May 1972) is a Swiss retired footballer who played mainly as defender or right winger. Football career Barberis started his football career with ES Malley in 1990 and then moved to Lausanne Sports in 1992 before m ...

References

External links

Profile
* Monaco Top Goalscorer
Record of Appearances for Switzerland
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