Jacques Fatton

Jacques " Jacky " Fatton ( born December 19, 1925 in Exincourt, France, † July 26, 2011 in Geneva ) was a Swiss football player who came in the years 1946 to 1955 in the Swiss national football team for 53 missions with 29 goals.

Club career (1943-1963)

The son of French parents, began with 12 years in the youth department of Servette Genève with the club Soccer Game. Geneva, the center of Western Switzerland, located at the outlet of the Rhone from Lake Geneva, remained with an interrupt his footballing career home until the end. With the " Garnet Red ", he celebrated at the Stade des Charmilles winning four championships in the years 1946, 1950, 1961 and 1962. On April 18, 1949, he helped Servette with two goals in a 3-0 win against Grasshopper Club Zurich in the cup competition. Three times he was in rounds 1948/49 ( 21 goals ), 1949 /50 ( 32 goals) and 1961/62 ( 25 goals ) scorer of the National League A. His batting average in the 1950 World Cup in Brazil: 32 goals in 31 games. As a 36 - year-old he scored 1961/62 during his fourth championship win in 17 games 25 goals. He was a very prolific winger. The only 1,66 m wide links outside had a hard and accurate shot. Quick response he brought in promising shooting positions and was able to achieve crucial goals for his good athletic constitution even in the last minutes of the game. After the 1954 World Cup changed Fatton for three years to Olympique Lyon. Fatton controlled in 83 games with 33 goals for the club from the Rhône region. Better than an 8th place in Division 1 jumped in the face of rivals Stade de Reims, OGC Nice, AS Saint- Étienne in but not out. Overall, it brought " Jacky " Fatton 1943-1963 in 440 first division matches on 307 goals.

National team (1946-1955)

With 20 years of links outside of Servette Geneva was appointed to the national football team of Switzerland. On 11 May 1946 he made his debut in London at the 1:4 defeat against England in the ' Nati '. With the 53rd international match on 19 June 1955 at the home of Geneva against Spain - as a professional Olympique Lyon - he retired from the national team. Previously, he had participated in the Football World Cup in 1950 and 1954. In Brazil, he scored in the 2-2 draw on June 28, 1950 in Sao Paulo against the clear favorite hosts both goals and thus made the international football world 's attention. Through his other appearances against Yugoslavia and Mexico, he confirmed his 32 international goals in the Round 1949/50, in the National League in Switzerland. In the 1954 World Cup on home soil, he played all four games of the Confederates. He was also in the legendary " heated battle " on June 26 in Lausanne Stade de la Pontaise in the quarter-final match against Austria in use. After a 3-0 lead after 19 minutes, the team coached by Karl Rappan the encounter still lost with 5:7 goals. Karl Rappan called Jacques Fatton as the " best left outside ," the ever was in the Swiss national team.

Farewell

Olympique Lyonnais Austria v Switzerland (1954) 1933–34 Nationalliga Leopold Kielholz 1934–35 Nationalliga 1935–36 Nationalliga 1936–37 Nationalliga Alessandro Frigerio 1937–38 Nationalliga 1938–39 Nationalliga 1939–40 Nationalliga Georges Aeby 1940–41 Nationalliga 1941–42 Nationalliga 1942–43 Nationalliga 1943–44 Nationalliga 1944–45 Nationalliga A 1945–46 Nationalliga A 1946–47 Nationalliga A 1947–48 Nationalliga A 1949–50 Nationalliga A 1950–51 Nationalliga A 1951–52 Nationalliga A 1952–53 Nationalliga A Eugen Meier 1953–54 Nationalliga A 1954–55 Nationalliga A Marcel Mauron 1955–56 Nationalliga A 1956–57 Nationalliga A 1957–58 Nationalliga A 1958–59 Nationalliga A 1959–60 Nationalliga A 1960–61 Nationalliga A 1961–62 Nationalliga A 1962–63 Nationalliga A 1963–64 Nationalliga A 1964–65 Nationalliga A Pierre Kerkhoffs 1965–66 Nationalliga A 1966–67 Nationalliga A 1967–68 Nationalliga A 1968–69 Nationalliga A 1969–70 Nationalliga A 1970–71 Nationalliga A 1971–72 Nationalliga A 1972–73 Nationalliga A Ottmar Hitzfeld Ove Grahn Daniel Jeandupeux 1974–75 Nationalliga A 1975–76 Nationalliga A Peter Risi 1976–77 Nationalliga A 1977–78 Nationalliga A 1978–79 Nationalliga A 1979–80 Nationalliga A Claudio Sulser 1981–82 Nationalliga A 1982–83 Nationalliga A 1983–84 Nationalliga A Georges Bregy 1984–85 Nationalliga A 1985–86 Nationalliga A Steen Thychosen John Eriksen 1987–88 Nationalliga A 1988–89 Nationalliga A Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 1989–90 Nationalliga A 1990–91 Nationalliga A Dario Zuffi 1991–92 Nationalliga A 1992–93 Nationalliga A Sonny Anderson 1993–94 Nationalliga A 1994–95 Nationalliga A 1995–96 Nationalliga A 1996–97 Nationalliga A 1997–98 Nationalliga A 1998–99 Nationalliga A Alexandre Rey Charles Amoah 2000–01 Swiss Football League 2001–02 Nationalliga A 2002–03 Nationalliga A 2003–04 Swiss Super League 2004–05 Swiss Super League 2005–06 Swiss Super League Alhassane Keita 2006–07 Swiss Super League 2007–08 Swiss Super League Hakan Yakin 2008–09 Swiss Super League Seydou Doumbia 2010–11 Swiss Super League Alexander Frei 2012–13 Swiss Super League

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