Hannes Schmidhauser (9 September 1926 – 29 January 2000) was a Swiss actor and footballer.

Football career

Born in

Ticino Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...

, Schmidhauser began playing football with local side

FC Locarno FC Locarno is a Swiss football club based in Locarno in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ...

. He also was a competitive cyclist and worked as an actor. He made his senior footballing debut with Locarno at age 15. He would sign with

Grasshopper Club Zürich Grasshopper Club Zürich, commonly referred to as simply GC, GCZ, or Grasshoppers, is a multisports club based in Zürich, Switzerland. The oldest and best known department of the club is its football team. With 27 titles, Grasshopper holds the ...

in 1942, and also played for

FC Lugano FC Lugano is a Swiss football club based in Lugano. The club was refounded as AC Lugano in 2004 as a result of relegation and the financial situation of FC Lugano, which was founded in 1908. In 2008, the club reverted to its original name, FC Lu ...

, FC Young Fellows and German side Mannheim. Schmidhauser made 13 appearances for the

Switzerland national football team The Switzerland national football team (german: Schweizer Fussballnationalmannschaft, it, Nazionale di calcio della Svizzera, french: Équipe nationale suisse de football, rm, Squadra naziunala da ballape da la Svizra) represents Switzerland ...

from 1952 to 1959. He made his debut in 0–3 friendly international loss to England.

Filmography

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* 1926 births 2000 deaths Swiss male film actors Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's international footballers FC Locarno players Grasshopper Club Zürich players FC Lugano players SC Young Fellows Juventus players Swiss football managers FC Lugano managers 20th-century Swiss male actors Men's association football defenders {{Switzerland-actor-stub