Eugène de Kalbermatten (1914–1983) was a Swiss

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who played for FC Sion,

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and

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in the 1930s and 1940s. He played as a

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. Coming from

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de Kalbermatten joined Basel's first team in 1935. He played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game on 8 December 1935 as Basel played a 1–1 draw against

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. De Kalbermatten played four years for Basel. He was the regular goalkeeper during his first three years at the club. In the season 1938/39 the team suffered relegation to the 1 Liga, but during this season de Kalbermatten played only three league matches and two cup games. Therefore to gain more playing experience he moved on to

. Between the years 1935 and 1939 de Kalbermatten played a total of 90 games for Basel. 66 of these games were in the Nationalliga, six in the

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and 18 were friendly games. After his four seasons with Basel, de Kalbermatten moved on to

. He stayed here for eight seasons in which he played 72 league games before ending his active football.

References

Sources

* 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:de Kalbermatten, Eugène Swiss men's footballers Association football goalkeepers FC Sion players FC Basel players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players 1914 births 1983 deaths