Erich Andres (31 July 1920 – 1999) was a Swiss

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who played in the 1940s and early 1950s. He played as a

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. Andres played his early football for

FC Wettingen FC Wettingen was a Swiss football club from Wettingen, Switzerland. It was founded in 1931, but due to financial problems they went bankrupt in 1993. In the same year it was refounded as ''FC Wettingen 93''. In the 2012/13 season, the name was ch ...

and moved on to

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for the

1941–42 Nationalliga Statistics of Swiss Super League in the 1941–42 season. Overview The Nationalliga was contested by 14 teams and in this season it ended in a heat, because two teams ended the season equal on points. Thus a play-off was required, between the Gra ...

season. A bit more than a year later, in December 1942, he joined Basel's first team for the second hald of their 1942–43 season. He played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game on 20 December 1942 as Basel were defeated 1–9 by Servette. He scored his first goal for the club one week later on 27 December in the home game at the Landhof against St. Gallen as Basel won 2–1. During the six months that he was with Basel, Andres played 17 games scoring seven goals; 14 games were in the Nationalliga and three were in the

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. He scored five goals in the domestic league, the other two were scored in the cup competition. For the

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season Andres moved on to

Young Fellows Zürich Sportclub Young Fellows Juventus is a professional Swiss football club based in Zürich. It was founded in 1992 following a merger between Young Fellows Zürich (established in 1903) and Società Calcistica Italiana Juventus Zurigo (1922). The t ...

. At the end of the season they finished the league in 11th position and Andres had scored 23 of the team's 46 goals. With this tally he was the league's top goal scorer. Andres played a second season for Young Fellows. In the 1945–46 season Andres moved back to his home team

for his second period with them. He stayed with them for two seasons and then rejoined

where he ended his active football career. Andres was called up to the Swiss national team in the 1942–43 season by team manager

Karl Rappan Karl Rappan (26 September 1905 – 2 January 1996) was an Austrian footballer and coach. He played and managed mostly in Switzerland, where he won multiple titles. He had four tenures as coach of the Switzerland national team, which he managed i ...

. Andres played his national team debut on 1 November 1942. Switzerland were the guests in the Stadion Albert Flórián in Budapest against Hungary. The game ended with a three–nil victory for the hosts.

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* Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. * Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Andres, Erich FC Wettingen players FC Basel players SC Young Fellows Juventus players FC Zürich players Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's international footballers Men's association football forwards 1920 births 1999 deaths