Frédéric Chassot

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

Frédéric Chassot
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-03-31) 31 March 1969
Place of birth Montagny, Fribourg, Switzerland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
FC Sion (Director of Sport)
Youth career
1985–1987 FC Fribourg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1995 Neuchâtel Xamax 215 (48)
1992–1993FC 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)
National team
1989–1999 Switzerland 16 (2)
Teams managed
2005–2008 FC Sion (assistant)
2008–2014 FC Sion Reserves
2008– FC Sion (Director of Sport)
2014 FC Sion
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Montagny, Fribourg, 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.


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