Anton "Toni" Allemann (6 January 1936 – 3 August 2008) was a

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. He began his career at

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in Berne in 1957 at age 21, where he spent four seasons.

Early life and career

Allemann came to London in 1959 as part of his training as a watchmaker. FA regulations meant that he could not play for a professional club so he joined Hayes FC making a total of 15 appearances and scoring 4 goals. In 1961, he joined Italian side

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, and later played for

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in the

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, and

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in Germany, before returning home to Switzerland in 1966 to play for Grasshopper-Club

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. 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

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against

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in 1958, and was a member of Switzerland's

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squad. 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

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References

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