Charles Casali

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Charles Casali (2002)

Charles “Schärlu” Casali (born April 27, 1923 - † January 8, 2014 ) was a Swiss football player . The external rotor denied with the national team the World Cup finals in 1954 , when the team pushed forward to the quarterfinals.

Athletic career

Casali began his career at Viktoria Bern . He came to BSC Young Boys through FC St. Gallen , where he had moved for professional reasons . With the club he joined in 1950 in the National League A in. Three years later he was part of the team that won the Swiss Cup after a 3-1 replay against Grasshopper Club Zurich . A year later he moved on to Servette FC Genève , later he worked as a player-coach and coach at FC Bern , US Biel-Bözingen and Neuchâtel Xamax .

Between 1950 and 1956 he played in 18 international matches for the national team . Selection coach Karl Rappan appointed him to the squad for the 1954 World Cup, which took place in his own country. He was used in three games - twice in the group phase against Italy and in the quarter-final game against the Austrian team , known as the “ heat battle of Lausanne ” , which ended with a 5-7 defeat after a 3-0 lead represents the highest-scoring finals game in World Cup history.

After the end of his career, he remained connected to the Young Boys, and in 2007 he received honorary membership.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Charles Casali in the database of weltfussball.de
  2. ↑ a b bscyb.ch: YB mourns Charles Casali. ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from January 9, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bscyb.ch
personal data
SURNAME Casali, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Casali, Schärlu (given name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1923
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 2014