.jpg) Abegglen wearing the Grasshoppers uniform | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 April 1902 (1902-04-11) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Neuchâtel, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 25 August 1970(1970-08-25) (aged 68) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1918–1919 | FC Cantonal | ||||||||||||||||
| 1919–1923 | Lausanne-Sports | ||||||||||||||||
| 1923–1941 | Grasshoppers | 142 | (108[1][2]) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1922–1937 | Switzerland | 68 | (34) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Max "Xam"Abegglen (11 April 1902 – 25 August 1970) was a Swissfootballer who played as aforward. Throughout his career, he played forFC Lausanne until 1923 when he transferred toGrasshopper Zurich. He was the brother ofAndré 'Trello' Abegglen and Jean Abegglen, both also players of the Swiss national team.
Abegglen played for theSwitzerland national team 68 times, scoring 34 goals. He was the sole leading goal-scorer for the team untilKubilay Türkyilmaz's 34th goal in his 62nd and final international in 2001. Their records were broken on 30 May 2008 withAlexander Frei's 35th goal.[3]
Abegglen scored a hat-trick in his first international, againstthe Netherlands inBern on 19 November 1922.[4] His only other hat-trick was on 24 May 1924 at the1924 Summer Olympics, with three goals in a 9–0 win overLithuania.[5] The Swiss won the silver medal after losing the final 3–0 toUruguay. Abegglen missed the1934 FIFA World Cup. In his final match, he was captain as Switzerland lost 1–0 toNazi Germany on 2 May 1937.[6]
The clubNeuchâtel Xamax, twice Swiss champions in the 1980s, is named after "Xam" Max Abegglen.[7] He also competed at the1924 Summer Olympics and the1928 Summer Olympics.[8]
Grasshopper Club Zürich
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