Roberto Frigerio

Roberto Frigerio (born 16 May 1938 in Le Havre, France[1]) is a Swiss football forward who played for Switzerland in the 1962 FIFA World Cup.[2]

Roberto Frigerio
Personal information
Date of birth (1938-05-16) 16 May 1938
Place of birth Le Havre, France
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1956 FC Chiasso
1956–1958 FC Schaffhausen
1958–1960 FC Basel
1960–1963 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1963–1964 FC Lausanne-Sport
1964–1968 FC Basel
1968–1971 AC Bellinzona
National team
1967–1967 Switzerland 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Frigerio won the Swiss championship title in Basel's 1966–67 season. Basel finished the championship one point clear of FC Zürich who finished in second position. Basel won 16 of the 26 games, drawing eight, losing twice, and they scored 60 goals conceding just 20. Frigerio was the team's top goal scorer with 16 league goals.[3]

In that season Frigerio won the double with Basel. In the Cup final on 15 May 1967 Basel's opponents were Lausanne-Sports. In the former Wankdorf Stadium, Helmut Hauser scored the decisive goal via penalty. The game went down in football history due to the sit-down strike that followed this goal. After 88 minutes of play, with the score at 1–1, referee Karl Göppel awarded Basel a controversial penalty. André Grobéty had pushed Hauser gently in the back and Hauser let himself drop theatrically. Subsequently, after the 2–1 lead for Basel the Lausanne players refused to resume the game and they sat down demonstratively on the pitch. The referee had to abandon the match. Basel were awarded the cup with a 3–0 forfait.[4]

He also played for FC La Chaux-de-Fonds.

Honours
La Chaux-de-Fonds
  • Swiss Cup: 1960–61
Lausanne
  • Swiss Cup: 1963–64
Basel

Sources and references
  • Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
  • Switzerland 1966–67 at RSSSF
  1. http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.roberto.frigerio.64445.en.html
  2. Copa do Mundo da FIFA Chile 1962 Archived 2012-04-18 at the Wayback Machine
  3. rsssf (1967). "Switzerland 1966/67". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
  4. Schmid, Andreas W. (2010). ""Ein klarer Penalty!" "Nein, eine klare Schwalbe!"" (in German). Basler Zeitung. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
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