André Guillard (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | André Xavier Lucien Guillard | ||
| Date of birth | 9 June 1906 | ||
| Place of birth | Saussines, France | ||
| Date of death | 25 December 1972 (aged 66) | ||
| Place of death | Valencia, Spain | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1927–1928 | Olympique Alès | ||
| 1928–1934 | Montpellier | ||
| 1934–1938 | Saint-Étienne | ||
| 1938–1939 | Olympique Alès | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
André Xavier Lucien Guillard (9 June 1906 – 25 December 1972) was a French footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Montpellier from 1928 until 1934.
Born in the Hérault town of Saussines on 9 June 1906, Guillard began his football career at Olympique Alès in 1927, aged 21, from which he joined Montpellier in 1928.[citation needed] Together with Branislav Sekulić and the Kramer brothers (Edmond, Auguste, and Georges), Guillard was a member of the Montpellier team that reached two Coupe de France finals in 1929 and 1931, keeping a clean-sheet in the former to help his side to a 2–0 victory over Sète,[1][2][3] and conceding three goals in the latter in a 3–0 loss to Club Français.[3][4] His performance in the 1929 Cup final was praised by the journalists of the French newspaper L'Auto (currently L'Équipe), who described him as "agile", "remarkably surefooted", and even made a "superb dive" to save a shot from Jacques Dormoy.[5]
In the 1932–33 season, Guillard helped Montpellier to a fourth-place league finish.[1] He stayed at Montpellier for six years, from 1928 until 1934, when he moved to Saint-Étienne, with whom he played 84 matches in Ligue 2 over four seasons, until 1938.[3] In his last season at the club, Saint-Étienne finished as runners-up in Ligue 2, thus achieving promotion, but even though Guillard was "of a good standard", he was deemed insufficiently equipped for the top flight, being replaced by René Llense.[6] He then returned to Olympique Alès, where he retired in 1939, aged 33.[citation needed]