Eugène Parlier
Eugène Parlier ( born February 13, 1929 in Montreux ) is a former Swiss football player. The goalkeeper came in the Football World Cup in 1954 to four inserts for the Swiss national football team.
Career
Clubs
Parlier played for clubs FC Montreux-Sports, FC - Cantonal Neuchâtel FC Servette Geneva, FC Urania Geneva -Sports, FC Biel -Bienne, FC Lausanne-Sport and Étoile Carouge FC. 1948 changed the trained cabinet maker of Montreux Neuchatel Cantonal - who played at this time in the National League B. Coach Karl Rappan brought him in 1949 to Servette Geneva and the muscular and robust Parlier quickly established himself as first-choice goalkeeper and won 1949/50 with the " Servettiens " before the Basel and Lausanne- Sports FC, the Swiss Championship. After the 1954 World Cup changed the of his friends and fans, " Zezen " or " Gegene " called Parlier to the B -division club FC Urania Geneva, with whom he in the season 1954/55 right off the bat the rise ahead of FC Schaffhausen and Biel -Bienne in the National League A managed. After a stellar performance in the World Cup qualifier on 10 March 1957 in Madrid Spain against the goalkeeper received a lucrative offer from Atletico Madrid, but this was vetoed by his club Urania Geneva. In the summer of 1959 he moved to Erstligaaufsteiger FC Biel -Bienne. Still, he impressed with his acrobatic Robinsonaden and immediately became a great support team of player-coach Josef Derwall. In his first season, 1959/60 reached Parlier with the novice surprisingly behind defending BSC Young Boys Bern the runner-up. In his second round in Biel, he moved with his teammates in the Cup final. But on April 23, 1961, he lost the final against led by player-coach Kurt Sommerlatt FC La Chaux -de-Fonds ( Leo Eichmann, Willy cores, Philippe Pottier ) 0-1 gates. Parlier played until 1964 in Biel, and then had stations in Lausanne and Carouge.
Throughout his sporting career Parlier always worked in Montreux as a cabinet maker. After the career he led a carpentry workshop in his hometown Chailly.
National Team, 1952-1960
Parlier celebrated on December 28, 1952 in Palermo, in the 0-2 loss against Italy, a promising debut. The huge jump keeper did in the "Nati " but initially behind Georges Stuber the World Cup goalkeeper from 1950 who played sport in Lausanne, the number two.
Nati - Coach Karl Rappan nominated surprising Parlier against Stuber and Walter Eich as the number one for the World Cup 1954. The hosts are in Group 4 against England and Italy. The "Nati " opened the tournament on 17 June 1954 at the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise in Lausanne against Italy. 40 749 spectators Josef Hügi decided in the 78th minute the game with his goal to lead 2-1 for the Confederates. Three days later the Rappan Elf but lost against England in the Bernese Wankdorfstadion the second group match 0-2 gates. On June 23, the decider was held in Basel to the second group place between Switzerland and Italy. Parlier was once overcome by Fulvio Nesti, on the other hand, Switzerland scored four goals in the quarter-finals.
Opponent was in Lausanne Austria, which had prevailed in Group 3 with two wins against Scotland and Czechoslovakia on 26 June. When clear 5:0 victory against Czechoslovakia the scorers Erich Probst and Ernst Stojaspal and the conductor Ernst Ocwirk had protruded. In the sweltering heat Rappan team went surprising 3-0 lead. With 5-4 pages were changed. Parlier cashed in the second half, two more hits and Austria moved to a high-scoring game with a 7-5 in the semifinals. The game is known in football history as " heat Battle of Lausanne ".
After the 1954 World Cup was for Parlier and the "Nati " the 3-1 victory on November 21, 1956 in Frankfurt against the reigning FIFA World champion Germany is an outstanding success. The Herberger protégés had in attack after all, with Fritz Walter, Alfred Pfaff and Hans Schäfer three heroes of the World Cup days there and on the left wing made his debut in the DFB - Elf Horst Szymaniak. Even in a 2-2 draw in Madrid against Spain in the World Cup qualifier with the Stars László Kubala, Alfredo Di Stefano, Luis Suárez and Francisco Gento Parlier be distinguished as a strong goalkeeper. After his 21 use on 27 March 1960 in Brussels against Belgium he retired from the national team. With Karl Elsener, Switzerland had already prepared another class man for the gate.