Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gabriel Robert | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 5 March 1920||
Place of birth | Belcodène, Bouches-du-Rhône, France[2] | ||
Date of death | 15 May 2003[3] | (aged 83)||
Place of death | Hyères, Var, France[4] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1945-1946 | FC Annecy | ||
1946-1947 | Racing Club de Paris | ||
1947-? | FC Hyères | ||
1953-1958 | SC Toulon | 58 | (15) |
International career | |||
1948 | France Olympic | 2 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
19??–1953 | Hyères | ||
1953–1959 | SC Toulon | ||
1959–1961 | Lyon | ||
1961–1966 | Hyères | ||
1966 | France Amateurs | ||
1966–1970 | Valenciennes | ||
1976 | France Olympic | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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Gabriel "Gaby" Robert (5 March 1920 – 15 May 2003[5]) was a French football player and coach. He played for the France Olympic team at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[6]
After his playing career, he became a coach with Hyères, Toulon, Lyon, Valenciennes[7] and coached France at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[8]
Club career
[edit]He played for FC Annecy in 1945-1946, Racing Club Paris in 1946-1947, FC Hyères and Sporting Club Toulon.[9]
International career
[edit]He was selected in France Football squad for the 1948 Summer Olympics,[10][11] and played France two Games against India[12] and Great Britain,[13] as France were eliminated in the Quarterfinals. He never had a cap with France senior team.
In 1966 he coached France national Amateurs team.[14]
In 1976 he managed France at the 1976 Olympic Football Tournament, as France was eliminated in the quarterfinals by East Germany.[15]
He thus became the first French, and to date the only, to participate to the Olympic Football Tournament as both a player and a manager.
References
[edit]- ^ "La Fiche de Gabriel Robert". L’Equipe. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "Gabriel Robert Statistiques". Football Database. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "Gaby Robert". Monde Football. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "Olympedia Gabriel Robert". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "Gabriel Robert Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2012.
- ^ "Les statistiques des joueurs de la FIFA: Gabriel ROBERT". Fr.fifa.com. 31 July 1948. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012.
- ^ "France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 May 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
- ^ "Gaby Robert". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "Gabriel Robert Statistiques". Football Database. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "France in Football". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Tournoi Olympique de Football Londres 1948". FIFA.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Olympic Football Tournament Final 31 Jul 1948". FIFA.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Olympic Football Tournament Final 5 Aug 1948". FIFA.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "03 avril 1966 Italie Amateur-France Amateur". Selection A. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "Olympic Football Tournament 26 Jul 1976". FIFA. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
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