Frédéric Chassot

Frédéric Chassot

Personal information
Date of birth	(1969-03-31) 31 March 1969
Place of birth	Montagny, Fribourg, Switzerland
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	FC Sion (Director of Sport)
Youth career
1985–1987	FC Friborg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1995	Neuchâtel Xamax	215	(48)
1992–1993	→ FC Basel (loan)	14	(9)
1995–1996	Lausanne Sports	11	(1)
1996–1998	FC Sion	59	(14)
1998–2002	FC Zürich	107	(22)
2002	Neuchâtel Xamax	7	(4)
2002–2003	FC Aarau	31	(8)
2003–2004	Juventus Zürich	15	(13)
2004	FC Sion	20	(2)
Total		478	(122)
International career
1989–1999	Switzerland	16	(2)
Managerial career
2005–2008	FC Sion (assistant)
2008–2014	FC Sion Reserves
2008–	FC Sion (Director of Sport)
2014	FC Sion
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frédéric Chassot (born 31 March 1969 in Montagny, Fribourg) is a Swiss former footballer who played as a striker during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.

Career

Chassot began playing professionally with Neuchâtel Xamax in 1987 and by 1989 he was a first-team regular and a Swiss internationalist. He went on to play over 200 games for Xamax, scoring 48 goals and completing a loan spell at FC Basel. In 1995, he joined Lausanne Sports but failed to make an impact and left for FC Sion a year later. He played for Sion for two seasons then signed for FC Zürich in 1998. In 2002, he returned to Neuchâtel Xamax for a short while, scoring four goals in seven matches. He then went on to play for FC Aarau from 2002 until 2003 and SC Young Fellows Juventus from 2003 to 2004 before returning to Sion and retiring in summer 2004. In 2008 Chassot became manager of FC Sion Reserves and also the Director of Sport at the club. In June 2014 he stepped up to become manager of the club. He stepped down in September 2014 due to a series of bad results, but he continued as Director of Sport.

International career

Chassot was capped 16 times for the Swiss national team, making his debut in 1989. By 1991, he was long forgotten at international level but made a return in 1997 and went on to collect another eight caps.

External links

• Frédéric Chassot at National-Football-Teams.com