André Abegglen

André Abegglen
	Abegglen wearing the Swiss team uniform
Personal information
Date of birth	7 March 1909
Place of birth	Neuchatel, Switzerland
Date of death	8 November 1944 (aged 35)
Place of death	Zurich, Switzerland
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1926–1927	Grasshoppers
1927–1928	Etoile Carouge
1928–1929	Cantonal Neuchâtel
1930–1934	Grasshoppers
1934–1937	Sochaux
1937–1942	Servette
1942–1944	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
Total
International career
1927–1943	Switzerland
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 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	14 April 1929	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland	Hungary	3–3	4–5	1927–30 Central European Cup
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	12 April 1931	Hungária körúti stadion, Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	2–1	2–6	1931–32 Central European Cup
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	20 March 1932	Stadion Neufeld, Bern, Switzerland	France	3–3	3–3	Friendly
13	17 April 1932	Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland	Czechoslovakia	1–0	5–1	1931–32 Central European Cup
14	17 April 1932	Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland	Czechoslovakia	3–0	5–1	1931–32 Central European Cup
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	12 March 1933	Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland	Belgium	3–2	3–3	Friendly
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	14 April 1935	Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland	Hungary	6–1	6–2	1933–35 Central European Cup
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	9 June 1938	Parc des Princes, Paris, France	Germany	4–2	4–2	1938 World Cup round of 16 replay
29	14 May 1939	Stade de Sclessin, Liège, Belgium	Belgium	1–0	2–1	Friendly