Étienne Mattler

Étienne Mattler was a French international footballer, nicknamed Le Lion de Belfort, who played as a defender.

Career

Mattler, born in Belfort, played for the clubs US Belfort, AS Troyes, and FC Sochaux where he won two Ligue 1 titles, in 1935 and 1938, and one Coupe de France, in 1937.
For the national team, he won 46 caps and participated in the 1930 FIFA [World Cup|1930], 1934 and 1938 World Cups, being one of five players to have appeared in all three of the pre-war World Cups. He died in 1986, at the age of 80.