Eugène Parlier

Eugène Parlier

Eugène Parlier (born February 13, 1929 in Montreux ; † October 30, 2017 in Montreux) was a Swiss football player . The goalkeeper made four appearances for the Swiss national football team at the 1954 World Cup .

career

societies

Parlier played for the clubs FC Montreux-Sports , FC Cantonal-Neuchatel , Servette FC , FC Urania Geneva-Sports , FC Biel-Bienne , FC Lausanne-Sport and Étoile Carouge . In 1948 the trained cabinet maker moved from Montreux to Cantonal-Neuchatel, who was playing in the National League B at that time. Coach Karl Rappan brought him to Servette Geneva in 1949 and the muscular and robust Parlier quickly established himself as a regular goalkeeper and won the Swiss championship in 1949/50 with the Servettiens in front of FC Basel and Lausanne-Sports . After the 1954 World Cup, the Parlier, called by his friends and fans Zezen or Gegene, moved to the B division club FC Urania Geneva, with whom he immediately made it to the National League A in the 1954/55 season before FC Schaffhausen and Biel-Bienne . After an outstanding performance in the World Cup qualifier against Spain on March 10, 1957 in Madrid, the goalkeeper received a lucrative offer from Atlético Madrid , but this failed due to the veto of his club Urania Geneva. In the summer of 1959 he moved to the first division promoted FC Biel-Bienne. He still impressed with his acrobatic robinsonades and immediately became a great support for the team of player-coach Josef Derwall . Already in his first season 1959/60 Parlier reached the runner-up with the newcomer surprisingly behind defending champion BSC Young Boys Bern . In his second round in Biel, he and his teammates made it to the cup final . On April 23, 1961, he lost the final against FC La Chaux-de-Fonds (Leo Eichmann, Willy Kernen, Philippe Pottier), led by player-coach Kurt Sommerlatt , with 0-1 goals. Parlier played in Biel until 1964 and then had stints in Lausanne and Carouge.

During his entire sporting career, Parlier always worked in Montreux as a cabinet maker. After his career he ran a carpenter's workshop in his hometown of Chailly.

National team, 1952–1960

Parlier made an impressive debut on December 28, 1952 in Palermo, losing 2-0 to Italy. The goalkeeper with great jumping ability initially remained number two in the "Nati", behind Georges Stuber , the 1950 World Cup goalkeeper who played for Lausanne-Sports.

National coach Karl Rappan surprisingly nominated Parlier to Stuber and Walter Eich as number one for the 1954 World Cup . The hosts play in Group 4 against England and Italy. The "Nati" opened the tournament on June 17, 1954 at the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise in Lausanne against Italy. In front of 40,749 spectators, Josef Hügi decided the game in the 78th minute with his goal to lead the Confederates 2-1. Three days later, however, the Rappan-Elf lost the second group game with 0-2 goals against England in Bern's Wankdorf Stadium . On June 23, the playoff for second place in the group between Switzerland and Italy took place in Basel. Parlier was only overcome once by Fulvio Nesti, while Switzerland shot their way into the quarter-finals with four goals.

Opponent was on June 26th in Lausanne Austria, which had prevailed in Group 3 with two wins against Scotland and Czechoslovakia. In the clear 5-0 win against CSSR, the goal scorers Erich Probst and Ernst Stojaspal as well as the conductor Ernst Ocffekt stood out. In the sweltering heat, the Rappan team surprisingly took a 3-0 lead. The sides were switched 5: 4. Parlier conceded two more goals in the second half and Austria reached the semifinals with 7: 5 after a scoring game. The game is known in football history as the " Heat Battle of Lausanne ".

After the World Cup in 1954, Parlier and the "Nati" saw the 3-1 victory on November 21, 1956 in Frankfurt against the reigning soccer world champion Germany as an outstanding success. The Herberger protégés had three heroes of the World Cup with Fritz Walter , Alfred Pfaff and Hans Schäfer in the attack and Horst Szymaniak made his debut in the DFB-Elf as the left outer runner . Parlier also stood out as a strong goalkeeper in the 2-2 draw in Madrid against Spain in the World Cup qualifier with their stars László Kubala , Alfredo Di Stéfano , Luis Suárez and Francisco Gento . After his 21st mission on March 27, 1960 in Brussels against Belgium, he said goodbye to the national team. With Karl Elsener , Switzerland already had another great man ready for the goal.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eugène Parlier est décédé
2. ↑ Eugène Parlier, 88. In: NZZ am Sonntag , November 5, 2017, p. 21.

literature

• Beat Jung (Ed.): The Nati. The history of the Swiss national football team. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2006, ISBN 3-89533-532-0 .
• BF Hoffmann : The legendary World Cup goalkeepers. A lexicon. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2005, ISBN 3-89533-498-7 .