Armand Penverne

{{Short description|French footballer and manager (1926–2012)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Armand Penverne

| image = Armand Penverne, 'Francia Football 1978 -1979', n°570.jpg

| caption = Penverne in 1958

| full_name = Armand Pierre Adolphe Penverne{{cite web |url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/4769950/deces-2010-2019-csv.zip |title=Fichier des décès – années 2010 à 2019 |trans-title=Death file – years 2010 to 2019 |publisher=INSEE |access-date=28 September 2024 |language=fr}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|11|26|df=y}}{{cite news |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur20000000000000000000013493.html |title=Armand Penverne |newspaper=L'Équipe |location=Paris |access-date=28 September 2024 |language=fr}}

| birth_place = Pont-Scorff, Morbihan, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|2|27|1926|11|26|df=y}}

| death_place = Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

| height = 1.72 m

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Versailles

| years1 = 1947–1959

| clubs1 = Reims

| caps1 = 333

| goals1 = 33

| years2 = 1959–1960

| clubs2 = Red Star Saint-Ouen

| caps2 = 36

| goals2 = 3

| years3 = 1960–1962

| clubs3 = Limoges Foot 87

| caps3 = 61

| goals3 = 4

| totalcaps = 430

| totalgoals = 40

| nationalyears1 = 1952–1959

| nationalteam1 = France

| nationalcaps1 = 39

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| manageryears1 = 1962

| managerclubs1 = Marseille

| manageryears2 = 1963–1964

| managerclubs2 = ES La Ciotat

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{FRA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIFA World Cup}}

{{Medal|3rd|1958|}}

}}

Armand Pierre Adolphe Penverne (26 November 1926 – 27 February 2012) was a French professional footballer, who played as a midfielder, and coach. He played the majority of his professional career for Reims, winning four French championships and appearing in one European Cup final. He made 39 appearances for the France national team, scoring twice. After retiring as a player, Penverne served as coach of Marseille from July to December 1962 before becoming the technical director of the local club La Ciotat during the 1963–64 season. On 27 February 2012, he died at the age of 85.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150603071812/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1591308.html Former France captain Penverne dies]