Frédéric Chassot (born 31 March 1969) is a Swiss former

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who played as a striker during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.

Club career

Born in Montagny, Fribourg, Chassot began playing professionally with

Neuchâtel Xamax Neuchâtel (, ; ; ) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel on Lake Neuchâtel. Since the fusion in 2021 of the municipalities of Neuchâtel, Corcelles-Cormondrèche, Peseux, and Valangin, the city has ap ...

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

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. In the second half of their 1992–93 season under head coach

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, Chassot signed a six month loan contract. He played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game against

SR Delémont Sport-Réunis de Delémont (shortened to SR Delémont) is a Swiss Association football, football club based in Delémont and founded in 1909. The team currently play in Swiss 1. Liga (football), 1st League Classic from 2025–26, the fourth tier ...

on 28 February 1993. He scored his first goal for them in the same game, in fact he scored both goal as Basel won 2–0. Chassot scored a hat-trick in the home game in the

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on 12 June, the last game of the season, as Basel won 3–2 against the same opponents. During his loan period Chassot played a total of 14 games for Basel scoring 9 goals. 13 of these games were in the Nationalliga A and the other was in the

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. He scored all the goals in the domestic league. In 1995, he joined

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but failed to make an impact and left for

FC Sion Football Club Sion, commonly known as simply FC Sion or Sion, is a Swiss Association football, football club from the city of Sion, Switzerland, Sion. The club was founded in 1909 and play their home matches at the Stade Tourbillon. They have wo ...

a year later. He played for Sion for two seasons then signed for

FC Zürich Fussballclub Zürich, commonly abbreviated to FC Zürich or simply FCZ, is a professional football club based in Zurich, Switzerland. The club was founded in 1896 and has won the Swiss Super League thirteen times and the Swiss Cup ten times. ...

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

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from 2002 until 2003. He played for

SC Young Fellows Juventus Sportclub Young Fellows Juventus is a professional Swiss Association football, football club based in Zürich. It was founded in 1992 following a Mergers and acquisitions, merger between Young Fellows Zürich (established in 1903) and Società C ...

for the first half of the 2003–04 season, before he returned to Sion for the second half of that season and he retired from his active playing career in summer 2004. Chassot became assistant manager of

's first team the following season. In 2008 Chassot was appointed as the club's ''Director of Sport''. In 2011 he became manager of FC Sion U-21 team and at the same time remained Director of Sport. 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 until the end of the season. In the season 2016–17 he was head coach of

Fribourg or is the capital of the Cantons of Switzerland, Swiss canton of Canton of Fribourg, Fribourg and district of Sarine (district), La Sarine. Located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss Plateau, it is a major economic, adminis ...

International career

Chassot was

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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.

Honours

;Neuchâtel Xamax *

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: 1988, 1990 ;FC Sion * Swiss Championship: 1996–97 *

: 1996–97 ;FC Zürich *

: 1999–2000

References

Sources

* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chassot, Frederic 1969 births Living people Men's association football forwards Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's international footballers Swiss football managers FC Sion managers FC Fribourg managers Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players FC Basel players FC Lausanne-Sport players FC Sion players FC Zürich players SC Young Fellows Juventus players FC Aarau players FC Fribourg players Footballers from the canton of Fribourg 20th-century Swiss sportsmen