Charles "Charly" Hertig (22 October 1939 – 6 August 2012) was a Swiss

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and

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who played as a

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and made five appearances for the Switzerland national team.

Club career

Hertig was part of the

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team, one of the greatest in the club's history, which would be nicknamed the "Lords of the Night" (french: Seigneurs de la Nuit), as they played and shone particularly at night while most other teams played Sunday afternoon. The team was coached by Austrian

Karl Rappan Karl Rappan (26 September 1905 – 2 January 1996) was an Austrian footballer and coach. He played and managed mostly in Switzerland, where he won multiple titles. He had four tenures as coach of the Switzerland national team, which he managed i ...

, and included

Richard Dürr Richard Dürr (1 December 1938 – 30 May 2014) was a Swiss international footballer who played as a midfielder. Durr played for Lausanne Sports during his club career, and scored a consolation goal for them in their 1st round 2nd leg game aga ...

, André Grobéty,

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and Ely Tacchella. The team won two

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titles in 1962 and 1964, before winning the

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, the club's seventh and most recent national championship title.

International career

Hertig made his debut for Switzerland on 11 November 1962 in a 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying match against the

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, scoring the only goal for Switzerland in the 1–3 loss. He went on to make five appearances, scoring one goal, before making his last appearance on 22 October 1966 in a

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match against

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, which finished as a 0–1 loss.

Managerial career

Hertig began his managerial career at

Yverdon Sport Yverdon-Sport FC is a Swiss football team from the town of Yverdon-les-Bains. The club plays in a green and white strip, and were promoted from the Swiss 1. Liga Promotion, the third tier of Swiss football after winning in the 2020–21 season. ...

from 1972 to 1973, before returning to

as manager in 1979. He remained coach at Lausanne until 1982, winning the

in 1981.

Career statistics

International

International goals

Honours

Player

Lausanne-Sport * Nationalliga A: 1964–65 *

: 1961–62, 1963–64

Manager

Lausanne-Sport *

: 1980–81

References

External links

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