André Abegglen


André Abegglen 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, to the cause of a heart attack.

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.

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. With 12 goals in the Central European International Cup, he is the third highest scorer in the competition's history, only behind Ferenc Puskas and György Sárosi, 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. In total, he scored 29 goals in 52 matches for the Swiss team.

Career statistics

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
117 March 1929Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands3–13–2Friendly
214 April 1929Stadion Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland2–14–51927–30 Central European Cup
314 April 1929Stadion Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland3–34–51927–30 Central European Cup
42 November 1930Letzigrund, Zurich, Switzerland1–16–3Friendly
52 November 1930Letzigrund, Zurich, Switzerland4–16–3Friendly
62 November 1930Letzigrund, Zurich, Switzerland6–26–3Friendly
729 March 1931Stadion Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland1–01–11931–32 Central European Cup
812 April 1931Hungária körúti stadion, Budapest, Hungary1–12–61931–32 Central European Cup
912 April 1931Hungária körúti stadion, Budapest, Hungary2–12–61931–32 Central European Cup
1029 November 1931Stadion Rankhof, Basel, Switzerland1–11–81931–32 Central European Cup
1120 March 1932Stadion Neufeld, Bern, Switzerland2–13–3Friendly
1220 March 1932Stadion Neufeld, Bern, Switzerland3–33–3Friendly
1317 April 1932Hardturm, Zurich, Switzerland1–05–11931–32 Central European Cup
1417 April 1932Hardturm, Zurich, Switzerland3–05–11931–32 Central European Cup
1519 June 1932Stadion Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland3–13–11931–32 Central European Cup
1623 October 1932Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria1–31–31931–32 Central European Cup
1712 March 1933Hardturm, Zurich, Switzerland2–13–3Friendly
1812 March 1933Hardturm, Zurich, Switzerland3–23–3Friendly
1927 May 1934San Siro, Milan, Italy3–13–21934 World Cup round of 16
2014 April 1935Hardturm, Zurich, Switzerland4–06–21933–35 Central European Cup
2114 April 1935Hardturm, Zurich, Switzerland6–16–21933–35 Central European Cup
2227 October 1935Charmilles Stadium, Geneva, Switzerland1–12–1Friendly
2310 November 1935Üllői úti stadion, Budapest, Hungary4–16–1Friendly
2413 March 1938Hardturm, Zurich, Switzerland3–33–3Friendly
2521 May 1938Hardturm, Zurich, Switzerland2–12–1Friendly
264 June 1938Parc des Princes, Paris, France1–11–11938 World Cup round of 16
279 June 1938Parc des Princes, Paris, France3–24–21938 World Cup round of 16 replay
289 June 1938Parc des Princes, Paris, France4–24–21938 World Cup round of 16 replay
2914 May 1939Stade de Sclessin, Liège, Belgium1–02–1Friendly

Honours

Grasshoppers
Sochaux
Servette
Individual