André Abegglen (7 March 1909 – 8 November 1944) was a Swiss football player and manager. As a striker he played for Grasshoppers, French club Sochaux and the Switzerland national team, for whom he appeared in two World Cups. 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, from sepsis contracted from a wound sustained in a train accident.
Club career In France, with Sochaux, 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 the Netherlands. He was the shared top goal scorer of the 1931–32 Central European International Cup with eight goals, alongside István Avar of Hungary. With 12 goals in the Central European International Cup, he is the third highest scorer in the competition's history, only behind Ferenc Puskas (15) and György Sárosi (17), both from Hungary. He played in the 1934 FIFA World Cup, scoring one goal, and in the 1938 FIFA World Cup, where he scored three goals against Germany, 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.
+ List of international goals scored by André AbegglenNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 17 March 1929 Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands 3–1 3–2 Friendly214 April 1929 Stadion Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland 2–1 4–51927–30 Central European Cup33–342 November 1930 Letzigrund, Zurich, Switzerland 1–1 6–3Friendly54–166–27 29 March 1931 Stadion Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland 1–0 1–1 1931–32 Central European Cup812 April 1931 Hungária körúti stadion, Budapest, Hungary 1–1 2–6 1931–32 Central European Cup92–110 29 November 1931 Stadion Rankhof, Basel, Switzerland 1–1 1–8 1931–32 Central European Cup1120 March 1932 Stadion Neufeld, Bern, Switzerland 2–1 3–3Friendly123–31317 April 1932 Hardturm, Zurich, Switzerland 1–0 5–11931–32 Central European Cup143–015 19 June 1932 Stadion Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland 3–1 3–1 1931–32 Central European Cup16 23 October 1932 Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria 1–3 1–3 1931–32 Central European Cup1712 March 1933 Hardturm, Zurich, Switzerland 2–1 3–3Friendly183–219 27 May 1934 San Siro, Milan, Italy 3–1 3–2 1934 World Cup round of 162014 April 1935 Hardturm, Zurich, Switzerland 4–0 6–21933–35 Central European Cup216–122 27 October 1935 Charmilles Stadium, Geneva, Switzerland 1–1 2–1 Friendly23 10 November 1935 Üllői úti stadion, Budapest, Hungary 4–1 6–1 Friendly24 13 March 1938 Hardturm, Zurich, Switzerland 3–3 3–3 Friendly25 21 May 1938 Hardturm, Zurich, Switzerland 2–1 2–1 Friendly26 4 June 1938 Parc des Princes, Paris, France 1–1 1–1 1938 World Cup round of 16279 June 1938 Parc des Princes, Paris, France 3–2 4–21938 World Cup round of 16 replay284–229 14 May 1939 Stade de Sclessin, Liège, Belgium 1–0 2–1 Friendly
Honours Grasshoppers Swiss Championship: 1926–27, 1930–31 Swiss Cup: 1926–27, 1931–32, 1933–34
Sochaux Ligue 1: 1934–35
Servette Swiss Championship: 1939–40
Individual French Division 1 top goalscorer: 1934–35 (30 goals) Central European International Cup top goalscorer: 1931–32 (8 goals)
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