André Abegglen
Swiss footballer (1909–1944)
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.
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
Sochaux
Servette
Individual
References
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