Eugène de Kalbermatten (1914–1983) was a Swiss

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who played for

FC Sion Football Club Sion, commonly known as simply FC Sion or Sion, is a Swiss Association football, football club from the city of Sion, Switzerland, Sion. The club was founded in 1909 and play their home matches at the Stade Tourbillon. They have wo ...

FC Basel Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss professional Association football, football club based in Basel, in the Basel-Stadt, Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been List of Swiss footba ...

and

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

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. Coming from Sion 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.

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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:de Kalbermatten, Eugène Swiss men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers FC Sion players FC Basel players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players 1914 births 1983 deaths 20th-century Swiss sportsmen