Étienne Mattler

Étienne Mattler
	Mattler in 1937
Personal information
Date of birth	25 December 1905
Place of birth	Belfort, France
Date of death	23 March 1986 (age 80)
Place of death	Sochaux, France
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Full back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1921–1924	US Belfort
1924–1926	Strasbourg
1929–1946	Sochaux
International career
1930–1940	France
Managerial career
1944–1946	Sochaux
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Étienne Mattler (25 December 1905 – 23 March 1986) was a French international footballer, nicknamed Le Lion de Belfort.

Career

Mattler, born in Belfort, played for the clubs US Belfort (1921–1927), AS Troyes (1927–1929), and FC Sochaux (1929–1946) where he won two Ligue 1 titles in 1935 and 1938 and one Coupe de France in 1937.

For the national team, he won 46 caps and participated in the 1930, 1934 and 1938 World Cups, being one of five players to have appeared in all three of the pre-war World Cups.^[2] He died at 80 years old.

References and notes

^ France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs
^ The other players were Edmond Delfour, Nicolae Kovács, Bernard Voorhoof and Patesko, according to official FIFA match reports. Patesko, however, is not listed in many sources as part of the 1930 Brazilian squad, shortening the list to four players.

External links

Player profile at the official web site of the French Football Federation

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[1] France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs

[2] The other players were Edmond Delfour, Nicolae Kovács, Bernard Voorhoof and Patesko, according to official FIFA match reports. Patesko, however, is not listed in many sources as part of the 1930 Brazilian squad, shortening the list to four players.

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Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF
National	France BnF data