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
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Centre-back
Youth career
–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. He played for Strasbourg before dying due to a car accident at the age of 19.

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

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

References

  1. ↑ "Vincent Sattler". MatchID (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "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.