Eugen Walaschek

Eugène " Genia " Walaschek ( born June 20, 1916 in Moscow, Russian Empire; † 22 March 2007) was a Swiss football player.

Genia Walaschek was born the son of a Czech father and a Swiss in Moscow. He and his family came at the age of two years in Geneva. He played for Servette Geneva, Urania Genève Sport and Young Boys Bern. Following Matthias Sindelar, Austrian midfielder of his time, Walaschek was called " sans papiers ". In 1937 he made ​​his debut - initially as a stateless person - at 3:4 against Austria in the Swiss national football team. In 26 games, he ran for Switzerland. In 1938 he was part of the Swiss national team, which was able to convince at the Football World Cup and penetrated into the quarter-finals. He belonged to the team that still won the replay against Germany after a 0-2 residue with 4:2. Walaschek contributed attend the score back to 2-1. This victory ensured the final breakthrough of football as a recreational sport in Switzerland and made the players to national hero. His last game in the national jersey he made in 1945 in the 1-0 against France.

After his playing career two other careers began in Walascheks life. For one, he was an economist in the financial management of the City of Geneva, on the other hand, he was manager of Etoile La Chaux -de-Fonds. At his death he was the last living representative of the Swiss World Cup team of 1938.

In his contemporaries Walaschek practiced obviously a great fascination. So he is still the only Swiss football player, a film - " Walascheks Dream" - dedicated. Paul Klee's painting "Alpha bet I" has also Walaschek on the topic. 1991 was published by Einaudi in Turin, a novel by Giovanni Orelli on Walaschek and the image of clover, "Il sogno di Walacek " German 2008 Limmat Verlag under the title " Walaceks dream."