:Pierre Pibarot
{{Short description|French footballer and manager (1916–1981)}}
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| birth_place = Alès, France
| death_date = {{death date and age|1981|11|26|1916|7|23|df=y}}
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| position = Defender
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| years1 = 1934–1939
| clubs1 = Olympique Alès
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| manageryears1 = 1945–1948
| manageryears2 = 1948–1955
| manageryears3 = 1951–1954
| manageryears4 = 1956
| manageryears5 = 1958–1964
| manageryears6 = 1964–1967
| managerclubs1 = Olympique Alès
| managerclubs2 = Nîmes
| managerclubs3 = France
| managerclubs4 = France U-21
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Pierre Pibarot (23 July 1916 – 26 November 1981) was a French footballer and manager.
Playing career
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Born on 23 July 1916, in Alès, Pibarot is a product of the Olympique Alès youth programme. He left the club briefly in 1932 to play for the now-defunct sporting club attached to the lycée Victor Hugo-de-Marseille. He returned to Olympique Alès in 1934, and was part of the team that won the Ligue 2 championship the following season.
His promising playing career was cut short by a leg injury he received at the Battle of Narvik in 1940; his short-lived return to professional play for Nancy was terminated when he turned manager in 1944, at the age of 29, after being part of the Coupe de France winning Nancy side.
Post-playing career
His old club Olympique Alès offered him the manager's position in 1945; he used the following four years to perfect the 'line defence" technique.{{cite web |url=http://www.excelsior.be/presse/detail0405.asp?ref=222 |title=de beste bron van informatie over excelsior. Deze website is te koop! |publisher=excelsior.be |access-date=28 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214034447/http://www.excelsior.be/presse/detail0405.asp?ref=222 |archive-date=14 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}
In 1949, he moved to Nîmes Olympique, which team too he took up to Ligue 1, before being tapped to bring his skills to the France national team in 1955. He had already been involved as a technical strategist with the team as early as their friendly against England in 1951.
He ended his career with stints at RCF Paris.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/trainers-fran-clubs.html |title=France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs |publisher=Rsssf.com |access-date=28 April 2011}}
In recognition of his contributions to the science of defence and his excellence as a trainer, the main stadium at France's football academy at Clairefontaine was named for him. The stadium of Olympique Alès, where he is something of a hometown hero, is also named for him in memory of his contributions to the team as player and manager.{{cite web |url=http://france.stades.free.fr/SITE/DISTRICTS/GARD_LOZERE/ALES%20Pibarot/ales_pibarot.htm |title=Stade Pierre Pibarot (Alès) |publisher=France.stades.free.fr |access-date=28 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720230939/http://france.stades.free.fr/SITE/DISTRICTS/GARD_LOZERE/ALES%20Pibarot/ales_pibarot.htm |archive-date=20 July 2011 }}{{Cite web |title=LE STADE PIERRE PIBAROT |url=http://www.olympiqueales.com/stade.htm |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20071013013613/http://www.olympiqueales.com/stade.htm |archive-date=2007-10-13 |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=www.olympiqueales.com}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{France national football team managers}}
{{France Squad 1954 World Cup}}
{{Nîmes Olympique managers}}
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Category:French men's footballers
Category:Olympique Alès players
Category:French football managers
Category:France national football team managers
Category:1954 FIFA World Cup managers
Category:Nîmes Olympique managers
Category:French military personnel of World War II
Category:Racing Club de France Football managers
Category:Men's association football defenders