Vincent Sattler

Vincent Sattler

Personal information
Date of birth	(1969-06-06)6 June 1969
Place of birth	Strasbourg, France
Date of death	22 December 1988(1988-12-22) (aged 19)
Place of death	Dahlenheim, France[1]
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
0000–1987	Strasbourg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1988	Strasbourg	36	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.^[citation needed]

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.[4] In the time period prior to his death, he was completing his military service at the Bataillon de Joinville [fr].[5] After Sattler's death, the municipal stadium of Dahlenheim was named after him.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[citation needed]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Total
		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

• Division 2: 1987–88^[citation needed]

References

1. "Vincent Sattler". MatchID (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
2. "Vincent Sattler". RacingStub (in French). 6 June 1969. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
3. "Il y a 30 ans : le drame Sattler" [30 years ago: the Sattler drama]. RacingStub (in French). 21 December 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
4. "Certains soirs, même la défaite est dérisoir" [Some evenings, even defeat is ridiculous]. RacingStub (in French). 23 March 2007. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
5. "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