Edmond Delfour

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1907|11|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ris-Orangis, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|12|19|1907|11|1|df=y}}

| death_place = Corte, Corsica, France

| height = 1.69 m

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1918-1924

| youthyears2 = 1924-1927

| youthclubs1 = Draveil

| youthclubs2 = Étoile Juvisy-Viry

| years1 = 1928–1929

| clubs1 = Stade Français

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| years2 = 1929–1937

| clubs2 = RC Paris

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| years3 = 1937–1939

| clubs3 = RC Roubaix

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| years4 = 1939–1945

| clubs4 = Rouen

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| years5 = 1945–1946

| clubs5 = Red Star

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| nationalyears1 = 1929–1938

| nationalteam1 = France

| nationalcaps1 = 41

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| manageryears1 = 1940–1945

| managerclubs1 = Rouen

| manageryears2 = 1945–1946

| managerclubs2 = Red Star

| manageryears3 = 1946–1951

| managerclubs3 = Gent

| manageryears4 = 1952/12-1953

| managerclubs4 = Stade Français

| manageryears5 = 1954–1955

| managerclubs5 = Le Havre

| manageryears6 = 1956–1958

| managerclubs6 = Gent

| manageryears7 = 1958–1962

| managerclubs7 = Cercle Brugge

| manageryears8 = 1962–1964

| managerclubs8 = Union SG

| manageryears9 = 1964–1965

| managerclubs9 = US Corte

| manageryears10 = 1966–1969

| managerclubs10 = Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif

| manageryears11 = 1969/12-1970

| managerclubs11 = Bastia

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Edmond Delfour (1 November 1907 – 19 December 1990){{cite web |title=Edmond Delfour |url=https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/8543-delfour-edmond/fiche.html |website=FFF Fédération Française de Football |access-date=6 June 2023}} was a French international footballer who played as a midfielder. He played at the 1930,{{cite web |title=1930 FIFA World Cup France's squad |url=http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1/teams/team=43946.html |website=FIFA | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017110435/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1/teams/team=43946.html |access-date=6 June 2023| archive-date=17 October 2007 }} the 1934{{cite web |title=1934 FIFA World Cup France's squad |url=http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/teams/team=43946.html |website=FIFA | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017114750/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/teams/team=43946.html |access-date=6 June 2023| archive-date=17 October 2007 }} and the 1938{{cite web |title=1938 FIFA World Cup France's squad |url=http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=5/teams/team=43946.html |website=FIFA | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018091534/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=5/teams/team=43946.html |access-date=6 June 2023| archive-date=18 October 2007 }} FIFA World Cups. Even when he was still a player, he started his coaching career that spanned three decades.

Club career

=Youth career=

1918-1924 : Draveil{{cite web |title=Le XI de l'équipe de France à la Coupe du Monde 1934 |url=https://www.90min.com/fr/posts/le-xi-de-l-equipe-de-france-a-la-coupe-du-monde-1934 |website=90MIN |access-date=9 June 2023}}
1924-1927 : Étoile Juvisy-Viry{{cite web |title=C'est le Thierry Henry des années 1930 |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/amp/essonne-91/juvisy-sur-orge-91260/c-est-le-thierry-henry-des-annees-1930-18-06-2010-968792.php |website=Le Parisien |access-date=9 June 2023}}

=Senior career=

1928-1929 : Stade Français{{cite web |title= Stade Français Joueurs de A à Z |url=https://www.mondefootball.fr/clubs/stade-francais/10/ |website=Monde Football |access-date=9 June 2023}}
1929-1937 : RC Paris{{cite web |title=Edmond Delfour |url=https://www.football-the-story.com/edmond-delfour |website=Football The Story |access-date=9 June 2023}}
1938-1939 : RC Roubaix{{cite web |title=Roubaix et l'équipe de France de Football : une longue histoire |url=https://www.roubaixxl.fr/football-equipe-de-france-roubaix/ |website=Roubaix XL |access-date=9 June 2023}}
1939-1945 : FC Rouen{{cite web |title=FC Rouen Players from A-Z |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/fc-rouen-1899/10/ |website=World Football |access-date=9 June 2023}}
1945-1946 : Red Star{{cite web |title=Edmond Delfour |url=https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/8543-delfour-edmond/fiche.html |website=FFF Fédération Française de Football |access-date=6 June 2023}}

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.{{cite web |title=Edmond Delfour |url=https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/8543-delfour-edmond/fiche.html |website=FFF Fédération Française de Football |access-date=6 June 2023}}

He participated at three edition of FIFA World Cup : in 1930,{{cite web |title=1930 FIFA World Cup France's squad |url=http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1/teams/team=43946.html |website=FIFA | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017110435/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1/teams/team=43946.html |access-date=6 June 2023| archive-date=17 October 2007 }} 1934,{{cite web |title=1934 FIFA World Cup France's squad |url=http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/teams/team=43946.html |website=FIFA | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017114750/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/teams/team=43946.html |access-date=6 June 2023| archive-date=17 October 2007 }} and 1938.{{cite web |title=1938 FIFA World Cup France's squad |url=http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=5/teams/team=43946.html |website=FIFA | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018091534/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=5/teams/team=43946.html |access-date=6 June 2023| archive-date=18 October 2007 }} 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.{{cite web |title=Edmond Delfour |url=https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/8543-delfour-edmond/fiche.html |website=FFF Fédération Française de Football |access-date=6 June 2023}}

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.

Honours

=Player=

RC Paris{{cite web |title=Edmond Delfour |url=https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/8543-delfour-edmond/fiche.html |website=FFF Fédération Française de Football |access-date=6 June 2023}}

Ligue 1 : 1935-1936
Coupe de France : 1936

Coaching career

While he was still a player, he coached FC Rouen from 1940 to 1945,{{cite web |title=Entraîneurs et Présidents |url=

http://www.fcrouen.fr/le-club-2/entraineurs-presidents/ |website=FC Rouen |access-date=6 June 2023}} then Red Star from 1945 to 1946{{cite web |title=Red Star FC Histoire de l'entraineur |url=https://www.mondefootball.fr/clubs/red-star-fc_2/9/ |website=MondeFootball |access-date=6 June 2023}}

From 1946 to 1951 he coached Belgian club Gent.{{cite web |title=KAA Gent Histoire de l'entraîneur |url=https://www.mondefootball.fr/clubs/kaa-gent/9/ |website=MondeFootball |access-date=6 June 2023}}

He then managed Stade Français from 1952 to December 1953.{{cite web |title=Stade Francais histoire de l'entraîneur |url=https://www.mondefootball.fr/clubs/stade-francais/9/ |website=MondeFootball |access-date=6 June 2023}} He then coached Le Havre AC from January 1954 to 1955.{{cite web |title=Havre AC Histoire de l'entraineur |url=https://www.mondefootball.fr/clubs/havre-ac/9/ |website=MondeFootball |access-date=6 June 2023}}

In 1956, he went back to Belgium to coach several clubs : Gent from 1956 to 1958,{{cite web |title=KAA Gent Histoire de l'entraîneur |url=https://www.mondefootball.fr/clubs/kaa-gent/9/ |website=MondeFootball |access-date=6 June 2023}} Cercle Brugge from 1958 to 1962,{{cite web |title=Cercle Brugge Histoire de l'entraîneur |url=https://www.mondefootball.fr/clubs/cercle-brugge/9/ |website=MondeFootball |access-date=6 June 2023}} Union Saint-Gilloise from 1962 to 1964.{{cite web |title=Union Saint-Gilloise Histoire de l'entraîneur |url=https://www.mondefootball.fr/clubs/union-saint-gilloise/9/ |website=MondeFootball |access-date=6 June 2023}}

From 1964 to 1965 he managed USC Corte.{{cite web |title=USC Corte Histoire de l'entraîneur |url=https://www.mondefootball.fr/clubs/usc-corte/9/ |website=MondeFootball |access-date=6 June 2023}} He then coached Tunisian side Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif from 1966 to 1969.{{cite web |title=Entraîneurs| url=http://www.hamhama.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=9 |website=Hamhama | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924024726/http://www.hamhama.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=9 |access-date=18 October 2015| archive-date=24 September 2015 }} He ended his career at SC Bastia from 1969 to December 1970{{cite web |title=SC Bastia Histoire de l'entraîneur |url=https://www.mondefootball.fr/clubs/sc-bastia/9/ |website=MondeFootball |access-date=6 June 2023}}