Robert Ballaman
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 June 1926 | ||
| Place of birth | Reconvilier, Switzerland | ||
| Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
| Place of death | Zurich, Switzerland | ||
| Position(s) | Centre Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1941–1946 | Reconvilier | ||
| 1946–1950 | Biel-Bienne | ||
| 1950–1963 | Grasshoppers | ||
| 1963–1964 | Winterthur | ||
| Total | (271) | ||
| International career | |||
| 1948–1961 | Switzerland[1] | 50 | (19) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Robert Ballaman (21 June 1926 - 5 September 2011)[2] was a Swiss footballer who played as a centre forward.
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Career
Born in Reconvilier, Ballaman began playing football with FC Reconvilier at age 15. in 1946, he joined FC Biel-Bienne, where he would win the 1946–47 Nationalliga A title. He played a total of 14 seasons in the Nationalliga A with FC Biel-Bienne, Grasshopper Club Zürich and FC Winterthur, scoring 271 league goals.[3]
Ballaman earned 50 caps and scored 18 goals for the Switzerland national football team. He played in the 1954 FIFA World Cup on home soil, where he scored 4 goals and Switzerland reached the quarterfinals.[4]
Club career
- 1944–1950: FC Biel-Bienne
- 1950–1963: Grasshopper Club Zürich
- 1963–1964: FC Winterthur
Personal
Ballaman died at age 85 in September 2011.[5]
References
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- ↑ swissinfo.ch retrieved 2nd Oct 2011
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- ↑ Robert Ballaman – FIFA competition record
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