Edmond Delfour

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.

Edmond Delfour
Personal information
Date of birth (1907-11-01)1 November 1907
Place of birth Ris-Orangis, France
Date of death 19 December 1990(1990-12-19) (aged 83)
Place of death Corte, Corsica, France
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1918-1924 Draveil
1924-1927 Étoile Juvisy-Viry
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1928–1929 Stade Français
1929–1937 RC Paris
1937–1939 RC Roubaix
1939–1945 Rouen
1945–1946 Red Star
International career
1929–1938 France 41 (2)
Managerial career
1940–1945 Rouen
1945–1946 Red Star
1946–1951 Gent
1952/12-1953 Stade Français
1954–1955 Le Havre
1956–1958 Gent
1958–1962 Cercle Brugge
1962–1964 Union SG
1964–1965 US Corte
1966–1969 Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif
1969/12-1970 Bastia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  3. "1934 FIFA World Cup France's squad". FIFA. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  4. "1938 FIFA World Cup France's squad". FIFA. 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.
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  14. "1934 FIFA World Cup France's squad". FIFA. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  15. "1938 FIFA World Cup France's squad". FIFA. 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. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  28. "SC Bastia Histoire de l'entraîneur". MondeFootball. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
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