 Abegglen wearing the Swiss team uniform | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 March 1909 | ||
| Place of birth | Neuchâtel, 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 | 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 | |||
André Abegglen (7 March 1909 – 8 November 1944) was a Swissfootball player and manager. As astriker he played forGrasshoppers, French clubSochaux and theSwitzerland national team, for whom he appeared in twoWorld Cups. He is the brother ofMax Abegglen and Jean Abegglen, both players of the Swiss national team. He died in 1944, at the age of just 35, to the cause of a heart attack.
In France, withSochaux, he was theleague champion in1934–35 and1937–38, and was the top goal-scorer of the former, with 30 goals in 28 appearances.[2]
On 2 November 1930, Abbeglen scored his only hat-trick for Switzerland in afriendly againstthe Netherlands. He was the shared top goal scorer of the1931–32 Central European International Cup with eight goals, alongsideIstván Avar ofHungary.[3] With 12 goals in theCentral European International Cup, he is the thirdhighest scorer in the competition's history, only behindFerenc Puskas (15) andGyörgy Sárosi (17), both from Hungary. He played in the1934 FIFA World Cup, scoring one goal, and in the1938 FIFA World Cup, where he scored three goals againstGermany, 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.
| 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,Zurich, 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, Zurich, 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, Zurich, 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, Zurich, 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, Zurich, Switzerland |  Poland | 3–3 | 3–3 | Friendly |
| 25 | 21 May 1938 | Hardturm, Zurich, 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 |
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