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 | Rapperswil-Jona | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| 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– | Rapperswil-Jona | 51 | (7) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 June 2025 | |||
Chef Eric Tia (born 28 November 1998) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Swiss club Rapperswil-Jona.
Professional career
[edit | edit source]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]
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External links
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- 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
- 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