Albert Batteux

{{Short description|French footballer and manager (1919-2003)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Albert Batteux

| image = Albert Batteux (1949).png

| caption = Albert Batteux as France player, in April 1949

| image_size = 220

| fullname = Albert Batteux

| height =

| birth_date = 2 July 1919

| birth_place = Reims, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2003|2|28|1919|7|2}}

| death_place = Meylan, France

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1930–1937

| youthclubs1 = Stade Portelois

| years1 = 1937–1950

| clubs1 = Reims

| caps1 = 287

| goals1 = 35

| nationalyears1 = 1948–1949

| nationalteam1 = France

| nationalcaps1 = 8

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| manageryears1 = 1950–1963

| manageryears2 = 1955–1962

| manageryears3 = 1963–1967

| manageryears4 = 1967–1972

| manageryears5 = 1976–1977

| manageryears6 = 1979

| manageryears7 = 1980–1981

| managerclubs1 = Reims

| managerclubs2 = France

| managerclubs3 = Grenoble

| managerclubs4 = Saint-Étienne

| managerclubs5 = Avignon Foot 84

| managerclubs6 = Nice

| managerclubs7 = Marseille

}}

Albert Batteux (2 July 1919 – 28 February 2003) was a French football midfielder and a manager. He is the most successful manager in the history of Ligue 1 having won eight domestic titles with Reims and Saint-Étienne at club level, as well as reaching the European Cup final twice with Reims, and also leading France to a third-place finish at the 1958 FIFA World Cup at international level.[https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/018f-0f8449863a13-9a8a68050500-1000--france-grieves-for-legend/ France grieves for legend] uefa.com