André Abegglen

André Abegglen

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

In France, with Sochaux, he was the league champion in 1934–35 and 1937–38, and was the top goal-scorer of the former, with 30 goals in 28 appearances.

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 eight goals, alongside István Avar of Hungary. With 12 goals in the Central European International Cup, he is the third highest scorer in the competition's history, only behind Ferenc Puskas (15) and György Sárosi (17), both from 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. In total, he scored 29 goals in 52 matches for the Swiss team.

Career statistics

Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Abegglen goal.

Club
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds (1942–1944)
Club
Servette FC (1937–1942)
Club
Grasshopper Club Zürich (1926–1927)
Club
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (1934–1937)
Club
Étoile Carouge FC (1927–1928)
Club
Switzerland men's national football team (1933–1944)
Club
FC Cantonal Neuchâtel (1924–1926)
Club
FC Cantonal Neuchâtel (1928–1929)
Club
AS Saint Eugène (1929–1930)
Club
Grasshopper Club Zürich (1930–1934)
National team
Switzerland

Legacy

Honours

Grasshoppers

Swiss Championship: 1926–27, 1930–31 Swiss Cup: 1926–27, 1931–32, 1933–34 Sochaux

Ligue 1: 1934–35 Servette

Swiss Championship: 1939–40 Individual

French Division 1 top goalscorer: 1934–35 (30 goals) Central European International Cup top goalscorer: 1931–32 (8 goals)

Clubs

Played together with

Archive

Passport
Identifiers & aliases
ISNI

0000000505976552

Description

Swiss footballer (1909-1944)

Position

forward

Extract from Wikipedia

André Abegglen was a Swiss football player and manager. As a striker he played for Grasshoppers, French club Sochaux and the Switzerland 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, from sepsis contracted from a wound sustained in a train accident.

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