André Abegglen (7 March 1909 – 8 November 1944) was a Swiss

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player and manager. As a striker he played for

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, French club

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and the Switzerland national team, for whom he appeared in two

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. He is the brother of Max Abegglen and Jean Abegglen, both players of the Swiss national team. He died in 1944, at the age of just 35.

Club career

In France, with

, he was the league champion in 1934–35 and 1937–38, and was the top goal-scorer of the former, with 30 goals in 28 appearances.

International career

On 2 November 1930, Abbeglen scored his only hat-trick for Switzerland in a friendly against

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. He was the shared top goal scorer of the

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with eight goals, alongside

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. With 12 goals in the

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, he is the third highest scorer in the competition's history, only behind Ferenc Puskas (15) and

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(17), both from Hungary. He played in the

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, scoring one goal, and in the

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, where he scored three goals against

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, one in the round of 16 that ended in a 1–1 draw and two more in the replay, won by Switzerland 4–2. In total, he scored 29 goals in 52 matches for the Swiss team.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Abegglen goal.''

Honours

Grasshoppers * Swiss Championship: 1926–27, 1930–31 *

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: 1926–27, 1931–32, 1933–34 Sochaux *

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: 1934–35 Servette * Swiss Championship: 1939–40 Individual *

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top goalscorer: 1934–35 (30 goals) *

top goalscorer: 1931–32 (8 goals)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Abegglen, Andre 1909 births 1944 deaths Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's international footballers FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players Ligue 1 players Grasshopper Club Zurich players Servette FC players FC La Chaux-de-Fonds players 1934 FIFA World Cup players 1938 FIFA World Cup players Swiss football managers FC Sochaux-Montbéliard managers Servette FC managers FC La Chaux-de-Fonds managers Footballers from Neuchâtel Men's association football forwards 20th-century Swiss sportsmen