Alessandro Frigerio

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Alessandro Frigerio , called "Mucho" (born November 15, 1914 in Tumaco , Colombia ; † January 10, 1979 ) was a Swiss football player who won the Swiss Cup in 1936 as a striker for Young Fellows Zurich and the championship in 1941 with FC Lugano National league.

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Alessandro Frigerio moved with his parents from South America to Lugano in 1921. When the 17-year-old finished fourth with FC Lugano in Group 1 behind FC Zurich , Urania Geneva and Young Fellows Zurich in the 1931/32 season , the excellent technician and goalscorer made his debut in the Swiss team on March 6, 1932 National football team . At the side of his experienced club colleague Gabriele Gilardoni and the great goalkeeper Frank Séchehaye , he gained his first experience in the "Nati" in the 2-0 defeat in Leipzig against Germany.

The technically brilliant center forward joined FC Young Fellows Zurich for the 1932/33 round, thus turning his back on Ticino and Lake Lugano for the time being. In the fourth season with the Black-Reds in Zurich, 1935/36, the hoped-for successes arose: The 27-time goalscorer and coach Josef "Csibi" Winkler were runner-up behind Lausanne-Sports with YF and on April 13th 1936 won the Swiss Cup with a 2-0 win against Servette FC Genève . At the side of fellow players Gustav Schlegel, Eduard Müller and Eugen Diebold, he also distinguished himself as a goal scorer in the final. In the following year, 1936/37, Young Fellows came third behind Master GCZ and Vice Young Boys Bern , “Mucho” Frigerio won the Swiss top scorer's crown for the first time with 23 goals .

From 1937 to 1939 Frigerio then stormed in northwestern France for Le Havre AC . He rose with the light and dark blue Le HAC from the Stade de la Cavee Vete in 1938 to Division 1 and failed in the Coupe de France 1937/38 only in the semifinals with 0-1 goals in extra time at Olympique Marseille. In Division 1, he played 24 games for Le HAC in 1938/39, scoring 16 goals. He returned to his home club FC Lugano in Ticino for the 1939/40 round.

In the Stadio di Cornaredo in Lugano, the attacker celebrated successes with the black and whites and successes as an outstanding goal scorer in the national league over the next few years. With Lugano he won the championship in 1940/41 alongside Franco Andreoli in front of BSC Young Boys Bern and Servette Geneva, and with 26 goals took the top scorer's crown for the second time. Frigerio could not defend the championship in the following round in 1941/42 with Lugano, but he was again at the top of the scorers list with 23 hits. In his fourth round after his return to Lugano in 1942/43, he placed three second places in his trophy collection. Behind GC Zürich and ahead of Lausanne-Sports, Lugano was runner-up, the cup final was lost with 1: 2 goals against the "Hoppers" and his 23 goals finally put him in second place in the scorers' rankings.

For the 1943/44 round, Frigerio joined AC Bellinzona , where coach Carlo Pinter was in charge of the sport. He won the championship with his new club in front of FC Aarau and FC Locarno and was promoted to the national league with AC. In the round 1945/46 he scored in 23 missions 14 and 1946/47 in 22 league games 17 goals for the team from the Stadio Comunale and thus ranked third on the scorers list in 1947.

"Mucho" Firgerio scored 227 goals in 299 first division games and was three times top scorer in the National League. After his playing career, he briefly held the position of coach at FC Chiasso in 1947/48 and 1951/52.

National team, 1932 to 1937

After his early debut in the national team on March 6, 1932 in Leipzig against Germany, the young offensive talent was used in the European Cup of the national football teams on September 17, 1933 against Hungary and seven days later in the World Cup qualification in Belgrade against Yugoslavia, but he was not a member of the squad for the 1934 World Cup in Italy. The attackers Leopold Kielholz, Andre Abegglen, Willy von Känel, Giuseppe Bossi, Alfred Jäck, Raymond Passello, Erwin Hochstrasser and Albert Büche represented Switzerland's World Cup squad in attack. The Young Fellows striker at the time scored in the two rounds in 1935 / 36 and 1936/37 50 goals in the National League, but completed his last international match for Switzerland on March 7, 1937 in Amsterdam in the 2-1 defeat against the Netherlands with his tenth "Nati" appearance. Several reasons came together: For the 1937/38 round, Frigerio had left Switzerland with his move to Le Havre, from September 19, 1937 GC coach Karl Rappan also took over the "Nati" and in his ten international appearances he had his services in Club cannot confirm internationally. In the run-up to the 1938 World Cup in France, Rappan relied on the attack line-up with Lauro Amadò , Eugène Walaschek , Alfred Bickel , André Abegglen and Georges Aeby and continued to do so during the tournament. Only Tullio Grassi from FC Lugano played for the injured Aeby against Hungary. For the other offensive World Cup participants Alessandro Frigerio, Leopold Kielholz , Eugen Rupf and Fritz Wagner only the substitute bench remained. When Frigerio won the top scorer's crown twice in a row in his second phase in Lugano, 1939 to 1943, and in 1943 finished second with 23 goals for the third year in a row, no further appointments were made to the national team.

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SURNAME Frigerio, Alessandro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mucho
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss football player
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Tumaco , Colombia
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1979