Didier Gigon

Didier Gigon
Personal information
Date of birth10 March 1968
Place of birthBiel/Bienne, Switzerland
Playing positionMidfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986-1988FC Biel-Bienne37(7)
1988-1991Neuchâtel Xamax58(4)
1991-1993Lausanne Sports47(5)
1993-1995FC Basel35(1)
1995-1998Neuchâtel Xamax66(4)
1998-1999Sing Tao
1999F.C. Alverca
1999-2000Neuchâtel Xamax35(1)
2000-2001Etoile Carouge16(4)
National team
1990Switzerland1(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.

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