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 Apps (Gls)
1921–1924 US Belfort
1924–1926 Strasbourg
1929–1946 Sochaux
International career
1930–1940 France 46 (0)
Managerial career
1944–1946 Sochaux[1]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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

  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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