Raymond Bardel

Raymond Bardel (17 December 1928 – 5 February 2018) was a Swiss footballer who played as a forward for FC Lausanne-Sport in the 1950–51 season. He was also the first person of color to play for the Switzerland national team.[1][2][3][4]

Raymond Bardel
Personal information
Full name Raymond Bardel
Date of birth (1928-12-17)December 17, 1928
Place of birth Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
Date of death February 5, 2018(2018-02-05) (aged 89)
Place of death Roussillon, Isère, France
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–1952 FC Lausanne-Sport
1952–1955 Yverdon-Sport FC
International career
1951 Switzerland 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Bardel was born in Yverdon-les-Bains, a town in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. He joined FC Lausanne-Sport, a club based in Lausanne, in 1949. He played as a forward for the club in the 1950–51 season of the Swiss Super League, the top tier of Swiss football, where Lausanne-Sport became league champions in the 1950–51 season. He left the club in 1952, moving on to play three years for Yverdon-Sport.[5]

Personal life

Bardel died on 5 February 2018 at the age of 89. He was buried in Roussillon, Isère, a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.[6]

References
  1. "En équipe de Suisse, la quatrième vague". letemps.ch.
  2. "Waymond Bardel: Trailblazer with African-American Roots".
  3. "Waymond Bartel, mort d'un pioneer".
  4. Raymond Bardel at WorldFootball.net
  5. "Raymond Bardel". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  6. "Avis de décès et d'obsèques de Monsieur Raymond Bardel". Retrieved 23 April 2023.
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