Name: André Abegglen

Nickname: "Trello"



Country: Switzerland
Clubs: Grasshopper Club, FC Sochaux
Position: *SS, CF, AMF, (CMF)
Side: RF/BS
Age: 23-28 years (07/05/1909)

Height: 168 cm
Weight: 69 kg

Attack: 90
Defense: 57
Balance: 77
Stamina: 84
Top Speed: 83
Acceleration: 85
Response: 86
Agility: 86
Dribble Accuracy: 87
Dribble Speed: 82
Short Pass Accuracy: 82
Short Pass Speed: 75
Long Pass Accuracy: 80
Long Pass Speed: 76
Shot Accuracy: 90
Shot Power: 82
Shot Technique: 91
Free Kick Accuracy: 82
Curling: 75
Header: 83
Jump: 78
Technique: 86
Aggression: 85
Mentality: 83
Goalkeeper Skill: 50
Team Work: 86

Injury Tolerance: C
Condition: 5
Weak Foot Accuracy: 6
Weak Foot Frequency: 6
Consistency: 5
Growth Type: Standard/Lasting

CARDS:
S01: Reaction
S03: 1 on 1 Finish
S05: 1 Touch Play

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Positioning - Reaction - Scoring - 1 on 1 Scoring - 1 Touch Pass

Attack/Defense Awareness Card: Attack Minded


INFO

André Abegglen is the youngest of the three Abegglen brothers. Organizer and "lung" of F.C Sochaux 1937 and of the Swiss National Team 1938. Technique, far-sightedness, activity, all was there. A true scorer-strategist, the marvelous André Abegglen, nicknamed "Trello", is a sort of Di Stefano from the earliest ages. With his bald head and frail appearance, he was a model pre-war footballer. His talent and his knowledge of football allowed him to shine at two World Cups and to be a player-coach for FC Sochaux at only 26 years old. A great artist, he is a master of dead balls and volleys (25 goals). Especially he can read the game like no other and pass on his passion to the young players. André "Trello" Abbegglen played 52 times for the national team over a period of 15 years, he scored 29 goals. "Trello" is undoubtedly one of the best strikers Switzerland ever had.

Maybe he should have AMF as a secondary position for the following reasons:

First of all, this site (http://www.spox.com/de/sport/fussball/0 ... eil-4.html) claims that to avoid large gaps in midfield using Rappan's verrou system the whole team usually had to play very deep in the field, thus Abegglen must also have been able to play as a more "defensive" variation of an inside forward. In PES terminology that would be an AMF.

The second reason why I would assign him AMF as a secondary position is a limitation of the game engine itself that at least PES 6 is subject to: you cannot play with just one midfielder. But if one wants to replicate the verrou formation in PES one would have to use a sweeper behind a centre-back and two full-backs, one defensive midfielder just in front of the back line and five strikers, two inside forwards, two wingers and one centre-forward. But due to the limitation of the game engine this formation is impossible to replicate unless one modifies it. One solution would be the one MagicDip has used in his own version of this formation (btw, thank you for all your formations ) which means that the two full-backs are used as defensive midfielders to achieve the minimum number of midfielders. The other solution would be the one I favor: to use the two inside forwards as attacking midfielders.

Same goes for the other swiss inside forward Eugène Walaschek.