Edmond Delfour
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 November 1907 | ||
| Place of birth | Ris-Orangis, France | ||
| Date of death | 19 December 1990 (aged 83) | ||
| Place of death | Corte, Corsica, France | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | 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 | |||
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.
Youth 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.
