André Abegglen
Abegglen wearing the Swiss team uniform
Personal information
Full name André Abegglen
Date of birth 7 March 1909
Place of birth Neuchatel, Switzerland
Date of death 8 November 1944(1944-11-08) (aged 35)
Place of death Zurich, Switzerland
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1926–1927 Grasshoppers Zürich 10 (4)
1927–1928 Etoile Carouge 13 (6)
1928–1929 Cantonal Neuchâtel 14 (8)
1930–1934 Grasshoppers Zürich 82 (83)
1934–1937 Sochaux 61 (51)
1937–1942 Servette FC 103 (63)
1942–1944 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 37 (25)
Total 320 (240)
International career
1927–1943 Switzerland 52 (29)
Managerial career
1936 Sochaux
1937–1942 Servette FC
1942–1944 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

André Abegglen (7 March 1909 – 8 November 1944) was a Swiss football player and manager. As a forward he played for Grasshopper Club Zürich, the French club FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and the Swiss national team, for whom he appeared in two World Cups. He is the brother of Max Abegglen and Jean Abegglen, both players of the Swiss national team. He died in 1944, at the age of just 35.

Club career

In France, with Sochaux, he was the league champion in 1934–35 and 1937–38, and was the top goalscorer of the former, with 30 goals in 28 appearances.[2]

International career

On 2 November 1930, Abbeglen scored his only hat-trick for Switzerland in a Friendly against the Netherlands. He was the shared top goal scorer of the 1931-32 Central European International Cup with 8 goals, alongside István Avar of Hungary.[3] With 12 goals in the Central European International Cup, he is the third highest scorer in the competition's history, only behind the likes of Ferenc Puskas(15) and György Sárosi(17), both of Hungary. He played in the 1934 FIFA World Cup, scoring one goal, and in the 1938 FIFA World Cup, where he scored three goals against Germany, one in the round of 16 that ended in a 1–1 draw and two more in the replay, won by Switzerland 4–2.[4] In total, he scored 29 goals in 52 matches for the Swiss team.

International goals

Switzerland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Abegglen goal.
List of international goals scored by André Abegglen[5][6]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 17 March 1929Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands Netherlands3–13–2Friendly
2 14 April 1929Stadion Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland Hungary2–14–51927-30 Central European Cup
3 3–3
4 2 November 1930Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland Netherlands1–16–3Friendly
5 4–1
6 6–2
7 29 March 1931Stadion Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland Italy1–01–11931-32 Central European Cup
8 12 April 1931Hungária körúti stadion, Budapest, Hungary Hungary1–12–6
9 2–1
10 29 November 1931Stadion Rankhof, Basel, Switzerland Austria1–11–8
11 20 March 1932Stadion Neufeld, Bern, Switzerland France2–13–3Friendly
12 3–3
13 17 April 1932Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland Czechoslovakia1–05–11931-32 Central European Cup
14 3–0
15 19 June 1932Stadion Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland Hungary3–13–1
16 23 October 1932Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria Austria1–31–3
17 12 March 1933Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland Belgium2–13–3Friendly
18 3–2
19 27 May 1934San Siro, Milan, Italy Netherlands3–13–21934 World Cup round of 16
20 14 April 1935Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland Hungary4–06–21933-35 Central European Cup
21 6–1
22 27 October 1935Charmilles Stadium, Geneva, Switzerland France1–12–1Friendly
23 10 November 1935Üllői úti stadion, Budapest, Hungary Hungary4–16–1
24 13 March 1938Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland Poland3–33–3
25 21 May 1938 England2–12–1
26 4 June 1938Parc des Princes, Paris, France Germany1–11–11938 World Cup round of 16
27 9 June 1938Parc des Princes, Paris, France Germany3–24–21938 World Cup round of 16 replay
28 4–2
29 14 May 1939Stade de Sclessin, Liège, Belgium Belgium1–02–1Friendly

Honours

Club

Grasshopper Club Zürich

  • Swiss Cup (3): 1926–27, 1931–32, 1933–34

FC Sochaux

Servette

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "André Abegglen". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "Les joueurs suisses qui ont marqué le Championnat de France". L'Équipe (in French). Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2006.
  3. ↑ "Central European International Cup 1931-1932 results". football.eu. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "World Cup 1934 finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "André "Trello" Abegglen III - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "André Abegglen". football.eu. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
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