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Edmond Delfour (1 November 1907 – 19 December 1990)[1] was a French international footballer who played as a midfielder. He played at the 1930,[2] the 1934[3] and the 1938[4] FIFA World Cups. Even when he was still a player, he started his coaching career that spanned three decades.

Club career

Youth career

  • 1918-1924 : Draveil[5]
  • 1924-1927 : Étoile Juvisy-Viry[6]

Senior career

International career

For France national football team he got 41 caps and scored 2 goals between 1929 and 1938. His first cap was against England on 09/05/1929. His first goal was against Czechoslovakia on 11/05/1930. His second and last goal was against England on 14/05/1931.[12]

He participated at three edition of FIFA World Cup : in 1930,[13] 1934,[14] and 1938.[15] He played the whole 6 France's games in the three tournaments. The 1938 FIFA World Cup quarter-final lost against Italy on 12 June 1938 was his last cap.[16]

He was one of the 6 players to have appeared in all three of the pre-war World Cups. The other being teammates Étienne Mattler and Emile Veinante, Romanian Nicolae Kovács, Belgian Bernard Voorhoof and Brazilian Patesko. He was the last surviving of those 6 players.

Honours

Player

RC Paris[17]

Coaching career

While he was still a player, he coached FC Rouen from 1940 to 1945,[18] then Red Star from 1945 to 1946[19]

From 1946 to 1951 he coached Belgian club Gent.[20] He then managed Stade Français from 1952 to December 1953.[21] He then coached Le Havre AC from January 1954 to 1955.[22]

In 1956, he went back to Belgium to coach several clubs : Gent from 1956 to 1958,[23] Cercle Brugge from 1958 to 1962,[24] Union Saint-Gilloise from 1962 to 1964.[25]

From 1964 to 1965 he managed USC Corte.[26] He then coached Tunisian side Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif from 1966 to 1969.[27] He ended his career at SC Bastia from 1969 to December 1970[28]

References

  1. ^ "Edmond Delfour". FFF Fédération Française de Football. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  2. ^ "1930 FIFA World Cup France's squad". FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  3. ^ "1934 FIFA World Cup France's squad". FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  4. ^ "1938 FIFA World Cup France's squad". FIFA. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Le XI de l'équipe de France à la Coupe du Monde 1934". 90MIN. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  6. ^ "C'est le Thierry Henry des années 1930". Le Parisien. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Stade Français Joueurs de A à Z". Monde Football. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Edmond Delfour". Football The Story. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Roubaix et l'équipe de France de Football : une longue histoire". Roubaix XL. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  10. ^ "FC Rouen Players from A-Z". World Football. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Edmond Delfour". FFF Fédération Française de Football. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Edmond Delfour". FFF Fédération Française de Football. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  13. ^ "1930 FIFA World Cup France's squad". FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  14. ^ "1934 FIFA World Cup France's squad". FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  15. ^ "1938 FIFA World Cup France's squad". FIFA. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  16. ^ "Edmond Delfour". FFF Fédération Française de Football. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  17. ^ "Edmond Delfour". FFF Fédération Française de Football. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  18. ^ "Entraîneurs et Présidents". FC Rouen. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  19. ^ "Red Star FC Histoire de l'entraineur". MondeFootball. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  20. ^ "KAA Gent Histoire de l'entraîneur". MondeFootball. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  21. ^ "Stade Francais histoire de l'entraîneur". MondeFootball. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  22. ^ "Havre AC Histoire de l'entraineur". MondeFootball. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  23. ^ "KAA Gent Histoire de l'entraîneur". MondeFootball. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  24. ^ "Cercle Brugge Histoire de l'entraîneur". MondeFootball. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  25. ^ "Union Saint-Gilloise Histoire de l'entraîneur". MondeFootball. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  26. ^ "USC Corte Histoire de l'entraîneur". MondeFootball. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  27. ^ "Entraîneurs". Hamhama. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  28. ^ "SC Bastia Histoire de l'entraîneur". MondeFootball. Retrieved 6 June 2023.

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