Eric Tia
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Chef Eric Tia | ||
| Date of birth | 28 November 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Marcory, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cham | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Chur 97 | 43 | (16) |
| 2017–2019 | Zürich U21 | 30 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | Luzern | 2 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Luzern U21 | 20 | (8) |
| 2020 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 4 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Bellinzona | 43 | (3) |
| 2023–2025 | Rapperswil-Jona | 51 | (7) |
| 2025– | Cham | 28 | (10) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 June 2026 | |||
Chef Eric Tia (born 28 November 1998) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Swiss club Cham.
Professional career
[edit]In January 2014, Chef arrived in Switzerland as an asylum seeker. He soon joined Chur 97 after asking to try out, and worked his way into their first team soon after.[1] On 18 February 2019, Tia signed a professional contract with FC Luzern.[2] Chef made his professional debut with Luzern in a 1–0 Swiss Super League win over Servette FC on 4 August 2019.[3]
For the 2021–22 season, he joined Bellinzona in the third-tier Swiss Promotion League.[4] Upon his debut for Bellinzona, he appeared in all five top levels of the Swiss football leagues, from Swiss Super League to 2. Liga Interregional.
On 7 July 2023, FC Rapperswil-Jona announced the signing of Tia.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Chef Eric Tia – der Asylbewerber bei Chur 97". suedostschweiz.ch.
- ↑ "FC Luzern verpflichtet Eric Tia Chef". Radio Pilatus. 18 February 2019.
- ↑ "Servette vs. Luzern – 4 August 2019 – Soccerway". uint.soccerway.com.
- ↑ "AL VIA LA STAGIONE 2021/22!" (in Italian). Bellinzona. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ↑ "Vier Neuverpflichtungen beim FCRJ" [Four signings at FCRJ] (in Swiss High German). Rapperswil-Jona. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
External links
[edit]- Eric Tia at Soccerway
- SFL Profile
- Sport.de profile
- 1996 births
- Footballers from Abidjan
- Living people
- Ivorian men's footballers
- FC Chur 97 players
- FC Zürich players
- FC Luzern players
- Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players
- AC Bellinzona players
- SC Cham players
- 2. Liga Interregional players
- Swiss Promotion League players
- Swiss Super League players
- Swiss 1. Liga (football) players
- Challenge League (Switzerland) players
- Men's association football forwards
- Ivorian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- 21st-century Ivorian sportsmen