Charles Casali

Charles " Schärlu » Casali (* April 27, 1923; † January 8, 2014 ) was a Swiss football player. The Outrunner played with the national team the World Cup finals in 1954, when the team pushed forward into the quarter- finals.

Sports career

Casali began his career at Victoria Bern. About the FC St. Gallen, where he had moved for professional reasons, he came to BSC Young Boys. With the club he joined in 1950 in the National League A on. Three years later he was part of the team that won the Swiss Cup after a 3-1 win in the replay against Grasshopper Club Zurich. A year later he moved to Servette FC Genève further, later he worked as a player-coach and coach of FC Bern, Biel- Bözingen at U.S. and at Neuchâtel Xamax.

Between 1950 and 1956 he ran in 18 appearances for the national team. Selection Coach Karl Rappan appointed him in the squad for the 1954 World Cup, which took place in their own country. He came in three games for use - twice in the group stage against Italy as well as in what became known as the " heat of battle Lausanne» quarterfinal match against the Austrian selection, which ended after a 3-0 lead with a 5:7 defeat and thus is the highest-scoring final match of World Cup history.

After end of his career he remained connected to Young Boys, 2007, he was awarded an honorary membership.