Gaby Robert
French footballer and manager (1920-2003)
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Gabriel "Gaby" Robert (5 March 1920 – 15 May 2003) was a French football player and coach. He played for the France Olympic team at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gabriel Robert | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1920 | ||
| Place of birth | Belcodène, Bouches-du-Rhône, France | ||
| Date of death | 15 May 2003 (aged 83) | ||
| Place of death | Hyères, Var, France | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1945–1946 | Annecy | ||
| 1946–1947 | Racing Club de Paris | ||
| 1947–1953 | Hyères FC | ||
| 1953–1958 | Toulon | 58 | (15) |
| International career | |||
| 1948 | France Olympic | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 19??–1953 | Hyères FC | ||
| 1953–1959 | Toulon | ||
| 1959–1961 | Lyon | ||
| 1961–1966 | Hyères FC | ||
| 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 FC, Toulon, Lyon, Valenciennes[2] and coached France at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[3]
Club career
Robert played for Annecy in 1945–1946, Racing Club Paris in 1946–1947, Hyères FC and Sporting Club Toulon.[citation needed]
International career
Robert was selected in France Football squad for the 1948 Summer Olympics,[4][5] and played France two games against India[6] and Great Britain,[7] as France were eliminated in the Quarterfinals. He never had a cap with France senior team.
Coaching career
In 1966 Robert coached France national Amateurs team.[8]
In 1976 he managed France at the 1976 Olympic Football Tournament, as France was eliminated in the quarterfinals by East Germany.[9]
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.
