Charles Montagne
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charles Achilles Joseph Montagne | ||
| Date of birth | 17 March 1889 | ||
| Place of birth | Roubaix, France | ||
| Date of death | 22 May 1940 (aged 51) | ||
| Place of death | Bruay-sur-l'Escaut, France | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1909–1920 | Olympique Lillois | ||
| International career | |||
| 1913–1920 | France | 3 | (1) |
| 1913 | Northern France | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Charles Achilles Joseph Montagne (17 March 1889 – 22 May 1940) was a French footballer who played as a midfielder for Olympique Lillois and the French national team in the 1910s.[1][2][3][4]
Born in Roubaix on 17 March 1889, Montagne began his football career at Olympique Lillois in 1909, aged 20.[3] Together with Paul Voyeux, Paul Chandelier, and Alphonse Six, Montagne helped OL win back-to-back USFSA Northern Championships in 1913 and 1914, winning the former with a record of 13 wins and only one defeat.[5] On 5 April 1914, he started in the final of the 1914 USFSA Football Championship, helping his side to a 3–0 win over Olympique de Cette.[6] Three weeks later, on 26 April, he started in the final of the Trophée de France at the Charentonneau, helping his side to a 4–1 win over VGA Médoc.[7]
International career
On 9 March 1913, Montagne made his international debut in a friendly match against Switzerland in Geneva, scoring once to help his side to a 4–1 win.[1][2][3] In his second appearance in the following month, Montagne helped France to an 8–0 win over Luxembourg.[1][2][3]
On 1 November 1913, Montagne played for the so-called Lions des Flandres, a regional scratch team representing Northern France, in a friendly against the English Wanderers in Paris, which ended in a 4–1 loss.[8]
Montagne had to wait seven years to receive his third and last cap for France, in a friendly against Belgium at the Parc des Princes on 28 March 1920, helping his side to a 2–1 win.[1][2][3]
Later life and death
During the First World War, Montagne was a quartermaster sergeant of the 42nd artillery.[9][10] After the War, he became an industrial in Lille.[11]
Montagne died in Bruay-sur-l'Escaut on 22 May 1940, at the age of 51.[1][3]
