Anton Allemann

Toni Allemann

Personal information
Full name	Anton Allemann
Date of birth	6 January 1936
Place of birth	Solothurn, Switzerland
Date of death	3 August 2008 (aged 72)
Place of death	Klosters, Switzerland
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1957–1961	BSC Young Boys
1961–1963	A.C. Mantova
1963–1964	PSV Eindhoven
1964–1966	1. FC Nürnberg	50	(8)
1966–1968	Grasshopper Club Zürich
1968–1969	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1969–1972	FC Solothurn
1972–1973	FC Schaffhausen
National team
1958–1966	Switzerland	27	(9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Anton "Toni" Allemann (6 January 1936 – 3 August 2008) was a Swiss footballer.^[1] He began his career at BSC Young Boys in Berne in 1957 at age 21, where he spent four seasons.^[2] In 1961, he joined Italian side A.C. Mantova, and later played for PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands, and 1. FC Nürnberg in Germany, before returning home to Switzerland in 1966 to play for Grasshopper-Club Zürich.

At the international level, Allemann played 27 times for the Swiss national team, and scored nine international goals. He made his national-team debut in a friendly match against Sweden in 1958, and was a member of Switzerland's 1962 FIFA World Cup squad.^[3] He played his last international match in June 1966, where he scored the qualification goal but he was omitted from Switzerland's World Cup squad the same year.

Allemann died 3 August 2008, aged 72, after suffering a heart attack.^[4]

References

1. "Anton Allemann" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
2. "Toni Allemann". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
3. Toni Allemann – FIFA competition record
4. "Der Held von Berlin ist tot" [The hero of Berlin is dead] (in German). blick.ch. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2010.