Max "Xam" Abegglen was a Swiss

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 player.

He played for the Swiss national team

Switzerland national football team

The Swiss national football team is the national football team of Switzerland...

 and was the joint leading goalscorer for the team with 34 goals scored in 68 international appearances, along with Kubilay Turkyilmaz

Kubilay Türkyilmaz

Kubilay "Kubi" Türkyilmaz is a former Swiss footballer of Turkish descent. He completed his international career as the all-time joint leading goal scorer for the Swiss national team, with 34 goals in 62 appearances between 1988 and 2001, equalling the performance of Max Abegglen...

 who scored also 34 goals in 62 matches for Switzerland

Switzerland national football team

The Swiss national football team is the national football team of Switzerland...

. Since May 30, 2008, Alexander Frei is the new leading goalscorer for the team with 35 goals scored.

He was also a member of the Swiss team, which won the silver medal in the football tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics

1924 Summer Olympics

The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...

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Neuchâtel Xamax

Neuchâtel Xamax

Neuchâtel Xamax Football Club is a Swiss football club, based in Neuchâtel. It was created in 1970 through a merger between FC Cantonal and FC Xamax . The club plays in red shirts, black shorts and red socks and are currently in the Axpo Super League, the highest Swiss football league. They play...

, Swiss Super League

Swiss Super League

The Swiss Super League or Axpo Super League is the top tier of the Swiss Football League. The Swiss Super League is currently ranked 16th according to UEFA's ranking of league coefficients, which is based upon Swiss team performances in European competitions.-Names:-Participating clubs:The teams...

 members are named after him.

He is the brother of André 'Trello' Abegglen

André Abegglen

André "Trello" Abegglen was a Swiss football forward. He played for Grasshopper-Club Zürich, the French club FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and the Swiss national team, for whom he appeared in two World Cups...

 and Jean Abegglen, both players of the Swiss national team.

External links

• Max "Xam" Abegglen - Goals in International Matches, by Erik Garin and Roberto Mamrud, RSSSF.
• DatabaseOlympics.com profile