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Switzerland · 1930s

Karl Elsener

Stalwart GK, also CDM Right-footed anchor
Rating
79
#32
Editorial rank of 33 for Switzerland
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The people's rank, live from duel votes

An old-school stopper, he was a foundational figure in the Swiss defence during the 1938 World Cup.

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Shared the era

Switzerland legends whose careers overlapped Elsener's

The world's great GKs

Around Elsener in the almanac

One rank above: Pascal Zuberbühler at #31.

One rank below: Rolf Wüthrich at #33.

Switzerland's editorial top five: Stéphane Chapuisat · Yann Sommer · Alexander Frei · Granit Xhaka · Stephan Lichtsteiner.