André Abegglen

André Abegglen (7 March 1909 – 8 November 1944) 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.

André Abegglen

Abegglen wearing the Swiss team uniform
Personal information
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	10	(4)
1927–1928	Etoile Carouge	13	(6)
1928–1929	Cantonal Neuchâtel	14	(8)
1930–1934	Grasshoppers	82	(83)
1934–1937	Sochaux	61	(51)
1937–1942	Servette	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
1942–1944	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.^[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 eight 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 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.^[4] 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.

List of international goals scored by André Abegglen^[5][6]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	17 March 1929	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Netherlands	3–1	3–2	Friendly
2	14 April 1929	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland	Hungary	2–1	4–5	1927–30 Central European Cup
3				3–3
4	2 November 1930	Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland	Netherlands	1–1	6–3	Friendly
5				4–1
6				6–2
7	29 March 1931	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland	Italy	1–0	1–1	1931–32 Central European Cup
8	12 April 1931	Hungária körúti stadion, Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	1–1	2–6	1931–32 Central European Cup
9				2–1
10	29 November 1931	Stadion Rankhof, Basel, Switzerland	Austria	1–1	1–8	1931–32 Central European Cup
11	20 March 1932	Stadion Neufeld, Bern, Switzerland	France	2–1	3–3	Friendly
12				3–3
13	17 April 1932	Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland	Czechoslovakia	1–0	5–1	1931–32 Central European Cup
14				3–0
15	19 June 1932	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland	Hungary	3–1	3–1	1931–32 Central European Cup
16	23 October 1932	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Austria	1–3	1–3	1931–32 Central European Cup
17	12 March 1933	Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland	Belgium	2–1	3–3	Friendly
18				3–2
19	27 May 1934	San Siro, Milan, Italy	Netherlands	3–1	3–2	1934 World Cup round of 16
20	14 April 1935	Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland	Hungary	4–0	6–2	1933–35 Central European Cup
21				6–1
22	27 October 1935	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva, Switzerland	France	1–1	2–1	Friendly
23	10 November 1935	Üllői úti stadion, Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	4–1	6–1	Friendly
24	13 March 1938	Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland	Poland	3–3	3–3	Friendly
25	21 May 1938	Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland	England	2–1	2–1	Friendly
26	4 June 1938	Parc des Princes, Paris, France	Germany	1–1	1–1	1938 World Cup round of 16
27	9 June 1938	Parc des Princes, Paris, France	Germany	3–2	4–2	1938 World Cup round of 16 replay
28				4–2
29	14 May 1939	Stade de Sclessin, Liège, Belgium	Belgium	1–0	2–1	Friendly

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)

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.

External links

• "André "Trello" Abegglen – Goals in International Matches – rsssf.org – by Erik Garin and Roberto Mamrud, RSSSF". Archived from the original on 7 July 2006. Retrieved 14 July 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
• André Abegglen at WorldFootball.net