Ernst Zorzotti

Ernst Zorzotti was a Swiss footballer who played 13 seasons for FC Basel and one season for FC Bern. He played mainly in the position as goalkeeper He also played as a striker, but sometimes also as midfielder.

Ernst Zorzotti
Personal information
Full name Ernst Zorzotti
Place of birth Switzerland
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper, Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1918–1922 FC Basel 29 (1)
1922–1923 FC Bern
1923–1931 FC Basel 84 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

Zorzotti joined FC Basel's first team in 1981. He played his domestic league debut as a goalkeeper on 24 April 1919 in the away fixture against Étoile-Sporting La Chaux-de-Fonds.[1] Two weeks later on 4 May he played his first game to nil. This was the away game against Aarau which Basel won 3–0.[2]

In the next season he played his first eight domestic league games as goalkeeper. Then in the game on 29 February 1920 against Nordstern Basel Zorzotti played his first domestic league game as striker and team mate Arthur Fahr took over the position between the posts.[3] In his very next game, away against Biel-Bienne on 7 March he scored his first goal for his team. Wilhelm Dietz scored the other two goals and Basel won the game 3–0.[4]

Before the 1922–23 Swiss Serie A season Zorzotti moved to FC Bern. He played just the one season there and returned to his original club before the next season began. By this time Theodor Schär had obtained the position as goalkeeper and Zorzotti played as striker. Schär left the club to join Servette after the 1924–25 season. Again Zorzotti and Fahr shared the goalkeeper position. Zorzotti ended his playing career after the 1930–31 season in which he played solely as goalkeeper. His 191st and last game for Basel was on 28 June 1931, an away game against Blue Stars Zürich which Basel won 3–2.

Between the years 1918 and 1931 Zorzotti played a total of 191 games for Basel scoring a total of four goals. 113 of these games were in the Swiss Serie A, 11 in the Swiss Cup and 66 were friendly games. He scored all four of his goals in the domestic league.[5]

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References
  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Étoile-Sporting - FC Basel 1:1 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Aarau - FC Basel 0:3 (0:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Nordstern Basel 1:2 (0:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Biel-Bienne - FC Basel 0:3 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Ernst Zorzotti - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

Sources
  • Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2189-1
  • Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
  • Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage
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