Vincent Sattler
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 6 June 1969 | ||
Place of birth | Strasbourg, France | ||
Date of death | 22 December 1988 | (aged 19)||
Place of death | Dahlenheim, France[1] | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Youth career | |||
–1987 | Strasbourg | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1987–1988 | Strasbourg | 36 | (5) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Vincent Sattler (6 June 1969 – 22 December 1988) was a French professional footballer who played as a centre-back.[2] He played for Strasbourg before dying due to a car accident at the age of 19.[3]
Career[]
Sattler signed a professional contract with Strasbourg in June 1986. In the 1987–88 season, the club achieved promotion to the Division 1 by winning the Division 2. Sattler was then a great prospect of French football.[2] He would make a total of 40 appearances and score 6 goals for Strasbourg in his short-lived career.[4]
Personal life and death[]
On 22 December 1988, Sattler died in a car accident. He was driving on the road between the towns of Furdenheim and Ergersheim after a night spent with some of his Strasbourg teammates.[5] In the time period prior to his death, he was completing his military service at the .[6] After Sattler's death, the municipal stadium of Dahlenheim was named after him.[2]
Career statistics[]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Strasbourg | 1986–87 | Division 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1987–88 | Division 2 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 2 | |
1988–89 | Division 1 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | |
Career total | 36 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 6 |
Honours[]
Strasbourg
References[]
- ^ "Vincent Sattler". MatchID (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Vincent Sattler". RacingStub (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "Il y a 30 ans : le drame Sattler" [30 years ago: the Sattler drama]. RacingStub (in French). 21 December 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Vincent Sattler at FootballDatabase.eu
- ^ "Certains soirs, même la défaite est dérisoir" [Some evenings, even defeat is ridiculous]. RacingStub (in French). 23 March 2007. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "Le 22 décembre 1988, le jeune espoir du Racing-Club de Strasbourg, Vincent Sattler, se tuait au volant" [22 December 1988, the young hope of Racing-Club de Strasbourg, Vincent Sattler, killed himself at the wheel]. Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace (in French). 23 December 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
External links[]
- Vincent Sattler at WorldFootball.net
- 1969 births
- 1988 deaths
- Sportspeople from Strasbourg
- French footballers
- Association football central defenders
- RC Strasbourg Alsace players
- Ligue 2 players
- Ligue 1 players
- Road incident deaths in France