Alfred Bickel
Swiss footballer and manager (1918–1999)
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Alfred Bickel, also referred to as Fredy Bickel (12 May 1918 – 18 August 1999) was a Swiss football player and coach. He played as a forward for local club Grasshopper Club Zürich and the Switzerland national team, participating with the latter in the World Cup finals of 1938 and 1950.
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Bickel in 1954 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 May 1918 | ||
| Place of birth | Eppstein, German Empire | ||
| Date of death | 18 August 1999 (aged 81) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1935–1956 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 405 | (202) |
| International career | |||
| 1936–1954 | Switzerland | 71 | (15) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1958–1960 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | ||
| 1963–1964 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He played 405 matches and scored 202 goals in the Swiss first division from 1935 to 1956,[1] a period during which he won 7 league titles and 9 cup titles with Grasshopper.
He was a member of the Swiss national team from 1936 to 1954, earning 71 caps and scoring 15 goals,[2] including one in their first-round victory over Nazi Germany in the 1938 World Cup. He was the first player in World Cup history to score against the country of his birth; the only other players to have done so were Breel Embolo, also for Switzerland, against Cameroon in 2022.[3] and Wahbi Khazri for Tunisia, against France at the same tournament,[4]
Bickel is one of only two footballers ever to participate in World Cups before and after World War II, the other being Sweden's Erik Nilsson.[5]
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