André Abegglen

André Abegglen

Personal information
Full name	André Abegglen
Date of birth	7 March 1909
Place of birth	Neuchatel, Switzerland
Date of death	8 November 1944 (aged 35)
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Playing position	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		318	(240)
National team
1927–1943	Switzerland	52	(29)
Teams managed
1936	Sochaux
1937–1942	Servette FC
1942–1944	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

André "Trello" Abegglen (7 March 1909 – 8 November 1944) was a Swiss football 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.

In France, with Sochaux, he was the league champion in 1935 and 1938, and was the top goalscorer of the 1935 tournament, with 30 goals in 28 appearances.^[2]

Abbeglen played in the 1934 FIFA World Cup, scoring one goal, and in the 1938 FIFA World Cup, where he scored a hat-trick in the first round replay match against Germany, won by Switzerland 4–2. In total, he scored 29 goals in 52 matches for the Swiss team.

He died in 1944, at the age of just 35.

References

1. "André Abegglen". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
2. L'Equipe. "Les joueurs suisses qui ont marqué le Championnat de France" (in French). L'Equipe. Retrieved 13 November 2006.

External links

• André "Trello" Abegglen – Goals in International Matches – www.rsssf.com – by Erik Garin and Roberto Mamrud, RSSSF.
• André Abegglen at worldfootball.net