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{{Short description|Swiss-Colombian footballer (1914–1979)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name     = Alessandro Frigerio
| fullname = Alessandro Frigerio Payán<ref name="at">{{cite web|url=http://www.arcotriunfal.com/475/primer_futbolista_colombiano_al_exterior.html|title=Primer futbolista colombiano al exterior|language=Spanish|website=arcotriunfal.com|access-date=19 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129205605/http://www.arcotriunfal.com/475/primer_futbolista_colombiano_al_exterior.html|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| image    =
| birth_date  = {{birth date|df=yes|1914|11|15}}
| birth_place = [[Tumaco]], [[Colombia]]
| death_date  = {{death date and age|df=y|1979|1|10|1914|11|15}}
| death_place =
| position    = [[Striker (football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 = 1930 | youthyears2 = 1931 | youthyears3 = 1931–1932
| youthclubs1 = [[FC Lugano|Lugano]] | youthclubs2 = [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]<ref name="at" /> | youthclubs3 =[[Servette FC|Servette]]
| years1      = 1932–1937 | years2 = 1937–1938 | years3 = 1939–1942 | years4 = 1943–1946 | years5 = 1947–1949
| clubs1      = [[SC Young Fellows Juventus|Young Fellows Zürich]] | clubs2 = [[Le Havre AC|Le Havre]] | clubs3 = [[FC Lugano|Lugano]] | clubs4 =[[AC Bellinzona|Bellinzona]] |clubs5 = [[FC Chiasso|Chiasso]]
| caps1       = | goals1 = 50+
| caps2       = 24+ | goals2 = 35
| caps3       = | goals3 = 72+
| caps4       = | goals4 = 17+
| caps5       = 20+ | goals5 = 7+
| nationalyears1 = 1932–1937
| nationalteam1  = [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]]<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/players/zwit-players-in-fr.html Swiss Players in France, RSSSF]</ref>
| nationalcaps1  = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 1
| manageryears1  = 1947–1948 | manageryears2 = 1951
| managerclubs1  = [[FC Chiasso|Chiasso]] (player-manager) | managerclubs2 =[[FC Chiasso|Chiasso]]<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/players/trainers-zwit-clubs.html Switzerland – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs, RSSSF] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627223859/http://www.rsssf.com/players/trainers-zwit-clubs.html |date=27 June 2008 }}</ref>
}}
'''Alessandro Frigerio Payán'''  (15 November 1914 – 10 January 1979) was a Swiss-Colombian [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]].

==Club career==
Frigerio began his career in the youth team of [[FC Lugano|Lugano]] in 1930. After spending some time in the youth team of English club [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], he returned to Switzerland, where he joined [[Servette FC|Servette]].<ref name="at" />

Frigerio made his professional debut in the [[SC Young Fellows Juventus|Young Fellows Juventus]], where he played for eight years, during which they won the [[1935–36 Swiss Cup]]. Frigerio was the scorer of the [[1936–37 Nationalliga]].

In mid-1937, Frigerio was acquired by the French club [[Le Havre AC|Le Havre]], with whom he won the [[1937–38 French Division 2]]. After that season returned to Switzerland, due to the outbreak of the [[Second World War]]. Between 1939 and 1942 he played for [[FC Lugano|Lugano]], with whom he won the [[1940–41 Nationalliga]] and were runners up in the [[1942–43 Swiss Cup]], being the goalscorer of the [[1940–41 Nationalliga|1940–41]] and [[1941–42 Nationalliga]].

Frigerio played four years at the club [[AC Bellinzona|Bellinzona]], and ended his career in 1949 at the club [[FC Chiasso|Chiasso]].

==International career==
Frigerio made his international debut on 6 March 1932 at the age of 17 (a record that lasted a long time) in a friendly match against [[Germany national football team|Germany]] in [[Leipzig]] that ended in a 2–0 defeat. Frigerio played a total of 10 matches between 1932 and 1937, and scored his only goal in a 2–2 draw against [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] on 24 September 1933 in a [[1934 FIFA World Cup]] qualifier match. He was called for the [[1938 FIFA World Cup]] squad, however he did not play any match.

==Managerial career==
Frigerio played [[1947–48 Nationalliga B]] as a player-manager of [[FC Chiasso|Chiasso]]. That year the team was the runner-up in the league, tied on 36 points with [[Urania Genève Sport]], which was promoted for next year. The next season, Italian [[Alfredo Foni]] (also player-manager) replaced Frigerio as coach. Frigerio left football in 1949, returned as manager of Chiasso in 1951, and retired again that year.<ref name="at" />

==Personal life==
Son of Swiss Reinaldo Frigeiro, a [[Consul (representative)|consul]], and Colombian María Payán, Alessandro lived in [[Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca|Buenaventura]] until age 8.<ref name="at" /> He married and the couples son [[Roberto Frigerio|Roberto]] was born in [[Le Havre, France|Le Havre]] during the time that he played for [[Le Havre AC]]. Roberto was also to become professional footballer and [[Switzerland national football team|Swiss international]].<ref name="fcb-aktuell-2023-Frigerio-gestorben">{{cite web | first = Andreas W. | last = Schmid  | author-link = | date = 12 April 2023 | url = https://www.fcb.ch/aktuell/news/alle-news/nachruf-roberto-frigerio/ | title = FCB-Topskorer Roberto "Mucho" Frigerio gestorben | format = | work = | publisher = FC Basel 1893 AG | language = de | trans-title = FCB top scorer Roberto "Mucho" Frigerio has died | access-date = 2023-04-12}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
''This table is incomplete, thus some stats and totals could be incorrect''.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=3 | Club performance
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | Cup
! colspan=2 | Continental
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
! Season !! Club !! League
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
|-
! colspan=3 | Switzerland
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | Cup
! colspan=2 | [[UEFA|Europe]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|[[1935–36 Nationalliga|1935–36]]||rowspan="2"|[[SC Young Fellows Juventus|Young Fellows Zürich]]||rowspan="2"|[[Swiss Super League|Nationalliga]]||-||27||-||-||-||-||-||27
|-
|[[1936–37 Nationalliga|1936–37]]||-||23||-||-||-||-||-||23
|-
|-
! colspan=3 | France
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | Cup
! colspan=2 | [[UEFA|Europe]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|[[1937–38 French Division 2|1937–38]]||rowspan="2"|[[Le Havre AC|Le Havre]]||[[Ligue 2|Division 2]]||-||19||-||-||-||-||-||19
|-
|[[1938–39 French Division 1|1938–39]]||[[Ligue 1|Division 1]]||24||16||-||-||-||-||24||16
|-
|-
! colspan=3 | Switzerland
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | Cup
! colspan=2 | [[UEFA|Europe]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|[[1940–41 Nationalliga|1940–41]]||rowspan="3"|[[FC Lugano|Lugano]]||rowspan="3"|[[Swiss Super League|Nationalliga]]||-||26||-||-||-||-||-||26
|-
|[[1941–42 Nationalliga|1941–42]]||-||23||-||-||-||-||-||23
|-
|[[1942–43 Nationalliga|1942–43]]||-||23||-||-||-||-||-||23
|-
|[[1946–47 Nationalliga A|1946–47]]||[[AC Bellinzona|Bellinzona]]||rowspan="2"|[[Swiss Super League|Nationalliga A]]||-||17||-||-||-||-||-||17
|-
|[[1948–49 Nationalliga A|1948–49]]||[[FC Chiasso|Chiasso]]||20||7||-||-||-||-||20||7
|-
! rowspan=3 | Total
! colspan=2 | France
!24+||35||0||0||0||0||24+||35
|-
! colspan=2 | Switzerland
!20+||146+||0||0||0||0||20+||146+
|-
! colspan=2 | Career total
!44+||181+||0||0||0||0||44+||181+
|}

===International===

====International appearances====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="80"|Team
!width="70"|Year
!width="45"|Apps
!width="45"|Goals
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]]
|1932||2||0
|-
|1933||2||1
|-
|1934||1||0
|-
|1935||3||0
|-
|1936||1||0
|-
|1937||1||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total||10||1
|}

====International goals====
{{International goals header|ref=no|above=''' International goals'''}}
{{Ig match
| n  = 1
| d  = 1933-09-24
| st = Stadion BSK | ci=Belgrade | co=Yugoslavia
| o  = Yugoslavia
| sc = 2–'''1'''
| fr = 2–2
| comp = [[1934 FIFA World Cup qualification]]}}
|}

==Honours==

===Club===
;Bellinzona
*[[Swiss Challenge League|1. Liga]] (1): [[1943–44 Swiss 1. Liga|1943–44]]

;Chiasso
*[[Swiss Challenge League|Nationalliga B]]:
::Runner-up (1): [[1947–48 Nationalliga B|1947–48]]

;Le Havre
*[[Ligue 2|Division 2]] (1): [[1937–38 French Division 2|1937–38]]

;Lugano
*[[Swiss Super League|Nationalliga]] (1): [[1940–41 Nationalliga|1940–41]]
*[[Swiss Cup]]:
::Runner-up (1): [[1942–43 Swiss Cup|1942–43]]

;Young Fellows Zürich 
*[[Swiss Cup]] (1): [[1935–36 Swiss Cup|1935–36]]

===Individual===
*[[Swiss Super League|Nationalliga top goalscorer]] (3):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/alessandro-frigerio/ |title=Alessandro Frigerio's profile |website=Worldfootball.net}}</ref> [[1936–37 Nationalliga|1936–37]], [[1940–41 Nationalliga|1940–41]], [[1941–42 Nationalliga|1941–42]]

==External links==
* {{NFT player|pid=39787}}
* {{FIFA player|69611|Alessandro Frigerio}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Swiss Super League top scorers}}
{{Switzerland Squad 1938 World Cup}}
{{FC Chiasso managers}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Frigerio, Alessandro}}
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