Didier Gigon

Didier Gigon

Personal information
Date of birth	10 March 1968 (1968-03-10) (age 43)
Place of birth	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1986-1988	FC Biel-Bienne	37	(7)
1988-1991	Neuchâtel Xamax	58	(4)
1991-1993	Lausanne Sports	47	(5)
1993-1995	FC Basel	35	(1)
1995-1998	Neuchâtel Xamax	66	(4)
1998-1999	Sing Tao
1999	F.C. Alverca
1999-2000	Neuchâtel Xamax	35	(1)
2000-2001	Etoile Carouge	16	(4)
National team
1990	Switzerland	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Didier Gigon (born 10 March 1968 in Biel/Bienne) is a Swiss former footballer who played as a midfielder during the 1980s 1990's and early 2000s.

Gigon started playing professionally with his local side FC Biel-Bienne in 1986 before moving to Neuchâtel Xamax in 1988. In 1991, he signed for Lausanne Sports then moved on to FC Basel in 1993. Two years later, he returned to Neuchâtel Xamax where he played for three seasons. During the 1998/99 season he played for Sing Tao of Hong Kong and Portugal's F.C. Alverca but failed to adapt in both countries and returned to Switzerland late in the season to play for Neuchâtel Xamax for a third time. Etoile Carouge signed him in 2000 and he retired in the summer of 2001.

He earned one cap for the Swiss national team in 1990.

External links

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• playerhistory profile

Persondata
Name	Gigon, Didier
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	10 March 1968
Place of birth	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
Date of death
Place of death