Gilbert Facchinetti

[2] After a butcher's apprenticeship, he played at Servette FC and later received an offer from Genoa, with a salary of 6,000 Swiss francs per month.

When his uncle died, Facchinetti was pushed by his father to enter the family business, which was an architectural firm.

Knowing how to mobilize the economic fabric of Neuchâtel to the point that "when a tunnel was digging in town, it meant, basically, that a new striker was going to sign with the club," he signed players like Heinz Hermann, Uli Stielike, Hossam Hassan, Lajos Detári, or coach Gilbert Gress.

He left the executive director position of his club in 2003 to Alain Pedretti, having spent twenty-four years as the head.

Facchinetti died on July 6, 2018, in Neuchâtel, shortly after having seen the promotion of his club of heart in Swiss first division.