Gaby Robert

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]

Gaby Robert
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Robert
Date of birth (1920-03-05)5 March 1920[1]
Place of birth Belcodène, Bouches-du-Rhône, France[2]
Date of death 15 May 2003(2003-05-15) (aged 83)[3]
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

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[9]

He played for FC Annecy in 1945-1946, Racing Club Paris in 1946-1947, FC Hyères and Sporting Club Toulon.

International career

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
  1. "La Fiche de Gabriel Robert". L’Equipe. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  2. "Gabriel Robert Statistiques". Football Database. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  3. "Gaby Robert". Monde Football. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  4. "Olympedia Gabriel Robert". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  5. "Gabriel Robert Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2012.
  6. "Les statistiques des joueurs de la FIFA: Gabriel ROBERT - FIFA.com". Fr.fifa.com. 31 July 1948. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012.
  7. "France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 May 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
  8. "Gaby Robert". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  9. "Gabriel Robert Statistiques". Football Database. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  10. "France in Football". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  11. "Tournoi Olympique de Football Londres 1948". FIFA.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  12. "Olympic Football Tournament Final 31 Jul 1948". FIFA.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  13. "Olympic Football Tournament Final 5 Aug 1948". FIFA.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  14. "03 avril 1966 Italie Amateur-France Amateur". Selection A. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  15. "Olympic Football Tournament 26 Jul 1976". FIFA. Retrieved 18 September 2023.


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