Jacques Fatton (19 December 1925 – 26 July 2011)
was a Swiss
footballer
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.
Career
Fatton, who was born in
Exincourt,
France
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, was capped 53 times and scored 28 goals for the
Switzerland national football team. He played in two
FIFA World Cup
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s, scoring twice in
1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...
and once in
1954.
During his club career, Fatton played for
Servette FC and
Lyon
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. He died in
Geneva
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,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
.
References
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1925 births
2011 deaths
Swiss men's footballers
Switzerland men's international footballers
1950 FIFA World Cup players
1954 FIFA World Cup players
Servette FC players
Olympique Lyonnais players
Ligue 1 players
Swiss-French people
Footballers from Doubs
Swiss Super League players
Men's association football forwards
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