Jean-Paul Brigger (born 14 December 1957) is a Swiss

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and former player who played as a

striker. He played for the most of his career with

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 ...

. Aside from FC Sion, Brigger played for

Servette Servette is a district of the city of Geneva, Switzerland. The district's name comes from the Latin word for forest, ''silva'', and means "little forest". Its name alludes to Servette's rural past, before Geneva grew beyond its walls and incorpora ...

and represented the Swiss national team. After retiring, he had a spell managing FC Sion and

FC Luzern Fussball-Club Luzern (), or simply abbreviated to FCL, is a Swiss sports club based in Lucerne (). It is best known for its professional association football, football team, which plays in the Swiss Super League, Super League, the top tier of the ...

. Since 1999, he has worked for

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as a member of its technical study and development group.

Honours

* Swiss National League - 1984–85, 1991–92 *

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- 1979–80, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1990–91 * Swiss National League Top Scorer - 1982-83 *

Swiss Footballer of the Year The Swiss Footballer of the Year is an annual award given to the best footballer based in Switzerland and the best Swiss national team player. From the 1972–73 season until the 1997–98 season, the award was chosen by the now defunct Swiss ...

- 1991-92

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* * 1957 births Living people Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's international footballers Men's association football forwards FC Sion players Servette FC players Swiss football managers FC Luzern managers FC Sion managers People from Visp (district) Footballers from Valais 20th-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-footy-forward-stub