Étienne Mattler
French footballer and manager
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 Mattler in 1937 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 25 December 1905 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfort, France | ||
| Date of death | 23 March 1986 (age 80) | ||
| Place of death | Sochaux, France | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Full back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1921–1924 | US Belfort | ||
| 1924–1926 | Strasbourg | ||
| 1929–1946 | Sochaux | ||
| International career | |||
| 1930–1940 | France | 46 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1944–1946 | Sochaux[1] | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Étienne Mattler (25 December 1905 – 23 March 1986) was a French international footballer, nicknamed Le Lion de Belfort, who played as a defender.
Career
Mattler, born in Belfort, played for the clubs US Belfort (1921–1927), AS Troyes (1927–1929), and FC Sochaux (1929–1946) where he won two Ligue 1 titles, in 1935 and 1938, and one Coupe de France, in 1937.
For the national team, he won 46 caps and participated in the 1930, 1934 and 1938 World Cups, being one of five players to have appeared in all three of the pre-war World Cups.[2] He died in 1986, at the age of 80.
References and notes
- ^ France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs
- ^ The other players were Edmond Delfour, Nicolae Kovács, Bernard Voorhoof and Patesko, according to official FIFA match reports. Patesko, however, is not listed in many sources as part of the 1930 Brazilian squad, shortening the list to four players.
External links
- Player profile at the official web site of the French Football Federation
- Étienne Mattler at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Étienne Mattler at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
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