Anton Allemann Explained

Toni Allemann
Fullname:Anton Allemann
Birth Date:6 January 1936
Birth Place:Solothurn, Switzerland
Death Place:Klosters, Switzerland
Position:Forward
Years1:1957–1961
Clubs1:BSC Young Boys
Years2:1959
Clubs2:Hayes FC
Caps2:15
Goals2:4
Years3:1961–1963
Clubs3:A.C. Mantova
Years4:1963–1964
Clubs4:PSV Eindhoven
Years5:1964–1966
Clubs5:1. FC Nürnberg
Caps5:50
Goals5:8
Years6:1966–1968
Clubs6:Grasshopper Club Zürich
Years7:1968–1969
Clubs7:FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
Years8:1969–1972
Clubs8:FC Solothurn
Years9:1972–1973
Nationalyears1:1958–1966
Nationalteam1:Switzerland
Nationalcaps1:27
Nationalgoals1:9

Anton "Toni" Allemann (6 January 1936 – 3 August 2008) was a Swiss footballer.[1] He began his career at BSC Young Boys in Bern in 1957 at age 21, where he spent four seasons.[2]

Early life and career

Allemann came to London in 1959 as part of his training as a watchmaker. FA regulations meant that he could not play for a professional club so he joined Hayes FC making a total of 15 appearances and scoring 4 goals.[3] In 1961, he joined Italian side A.C. Mantova, and later played for PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands, and 1. FC Nürnberg in Germany, before returning home to Switzerland in 1966 to play for Grasshopper-Club Zürich.[4]

At the international level, Allemann played 27 times for the Swiss national team, and scored nine international goals. He made his national-team debut in a friendly match against Sweden in 1958, and was a member of Switzerland's 1962 FIFA World Cup squad. He played his last international match in June 1966, where he scored the qualification goal but he was omitted from Switzerland's World Cup squad the same year.

Allemann died 3 August 2008, aged 72, after suffering a heart attack.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anton Allemann . German . fussballdaten.de . 6 March 2010.
  2. Web site: Toni Allemann . worldfootball.net . 6 March 2010.
  3. Web site: A-Z of Hayes FC . hayesfc.com . 16 March 2020.
  4. Web site: Strack-Zimmermann . Benjamin . Toni Allemann (Player) . 2022-11-14 . national-football-teams.com . en.
  5. Web site: Der Held von Berlin ist tot . The hero of Berlin is dead . German . blick.ch . 6 March 2010 . 4 August 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110929123909/http://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/der-held-von-berlin-ist-tot-97144 . 29 September 2011 . dead .