Marcel Langiller
{{Short description|French footballer (1908-1980)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Marcel Langiller
| image = Lucien Laurent, Marcel Langiller, 1930.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1908|6|2|df=y}}{{cite web |title=Avis de décès de Monsieur Marcel Langiller |url=https://www.libramemoria.com/defunts/langiller-marcel/1553f6e6029b45658bed3ca95e299426 |website=Libra Memoria |access-date=9 June 2023}}
| birth_place = Paris, France
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1980|12|25|1908|6|2}}{{Olympedia|25116}}
| death_place = Paris, France
| position = Striker
| youthyears1 = 1923–1928
| youthclubs1 = CA Paris
| years1 = 1928–1933
| clubs1 = Excelsior Roubaix
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| years2 = 1933–1934
| clubs2 = Red Star
| years3 = 1935-1937
| clubs3 = Saint-Étienne
| years4 = 1937–1939
| clubs4 = CA Paris
| nationalyears1 = 1927–1937
| nationalteam1 = France
| nationalcaps1 = 30
| nationalgoals1 = 7
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Marcel Langiller (2 June 1908 – 25 December 1980){{cite web |title=Avis de décès de Monsieur Marcel Langiller |url=https://www.libramemoria.com/defunts/langiller-marcel/1553f6e6029b45658bed3ca95e299426 |website=Libra Memoria |access-date=9 June 2023}}
was a French footballer and is an Olympian. He played in a striker role, and was nicknamed "La Caille". He was part of France’s squad for the 1930 FIFA World Cup{{cite web |title=1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay |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=9 June 2023| archive-date=17 October 2007 }}
Club career
Langiller was born in Charenton-le-Pont, Val-de-Marne.
His youth club was CA Paris{{cite web |title=Marcel Langiller, L'histoire |url=https://www.football-the-story.com/marcel-langiller |website=Football The Story |access-date=9 June 2023}} from 1923 to 1928.
He started his senior career at Excelsior Athlétic Club de Roubaix{{cite web |title=Grandes Équipes : Excelsior AC |url=https://www.pari-et-gagne.com/equipe/equipe-excelsior.html |website=Pari Et Gagne}} in 1928.
From 1933 to 1934 he played for Red Star.{{cite web |title=Les Grands Noms : Marcel Langiller |url=https://www.redstar.fr/2000-01-01/les-grands-noms/marcel-langiller/ |website=Red Star |access-date=9 June 2023}}
In 1935, he went to AS Saint-Étienne.{{cite web |title=Marcel Langiller avec l'ASSE |url=https://www.asse-stats.com/marcel-langiller/amp |website=ASSE Stats |access-date=9 June 2023}}
In 1937, he went back to his youth club, CA Paris, ending his career in 1939.{{cite web |title=Marcel Langiller |url=https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/8789-langiller-marcel/fiche.html |website=FFF Fédération Française de Football |access-date=9 June 2023}}
International career
His first cap with France was against Spain on 22/05/1927. He scored his first goal against England on 17/05/1928.{{cite web |title=Marcel Langiller |url=https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/8789-langiller-marcel/fiche.html |website=FFF Fédération Française de Football |access-date=9 June 2023}}
He was in the 1928 Olympics French Football team{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/marcel-langiller-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417202507/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/marcel-langiller-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020}} and played France only match in the tournament, a 3-4 defeat against Italy on 29/05/1928{{cite web |title=Olympic Football Tournament France Italy |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/mensolympic/amsterdam1928/match-center/32319 |website=FIFA |access-date=9 June 2023}}
He was part of France’s squad at the 1930 FIFA World Cup,{{cite web |title=1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay |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=9 June 2023| archive-date=17 October 2007 }} playing France’s all 3 matches in the group stage,{{cite web |title=Marcel Langiller |url=https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/8789-langiller-marcel/fiche.html |website=FFF Fédération Française de Football |access-date=9 June 2023}} and scoring 1 goal against Mexico. This was the third goal of the history of the FIFA World Cup, 20 minutes after his teammate Lucien Laurent scored the first one, and the second one from American player Bart McGhee, came in minute 23, the same-time match between United States and Belgium, at Group 4.{{cite web |title=1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay France Mexico |url=http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1/results/matches/match=1096/report.html |website=FIFA | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016184053/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1/results/matches/match=1096/report.html |access-date=9 June 2023| archive-date=16 October 2007 }}
His last cap was against Italy on 05/12/1937.{{cite web |title=Marcel Langiller |url=https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/8789-langiller-marcel/fiche.html |website=FFF Fédération Française de Football |access-date=9 June 2023}}
He had 30 caps with France, scoring 7 goals.{{cite web |title=Marcel Langiller |url=https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/8789-langiller-marcel/fiche.html |website=FFF Fédération Française de Football |access-date=9 June 2023}}
International goals
:Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Langiller goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Marcel Langiller | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"|1. | 17 May 1928 | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France | {{fb|ENG}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|1–5 | Friendly |
| align="center"|2. | 13 June 1930 | Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo, Uruguay | {{fb|MEX}} | align="center"|2–0 | align="center"|4–1 | 1930 FIFA World Cup |
| align="center"|3. | 15 February 1931 | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France | {{fb|TCH}} | align="center"|1–1 | align="center"|1–2 | Friendly |
| align="center"|4. | 14 May 1931 | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France | {{fb|ENG}} | align="center"|3–1 | align="center"|5–2 | Friendly |
| align="center"|5. | 8 May 1932 | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France | {{fb|SCO}} | align="center"|1–3 | align="center"|1–3 | Friendly |
| align="center"|6. | 26 March 1933 | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France | {{fb|BEL}} | align="center"|2–0 | align="center"|3–0 | Friendly |
| align="center"|7. | 31 October 1937 | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands | {{fb|NED}} | align="center"|2–0 | align="center"|3–2 | Friendly |
Honours
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/historique.php?id=LANGILLER%20Marcel Profile on French federation official site]
{{France football squad 1928 Summer Olympics}}
{{France squad 1930 FIFA World Cup}}
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Category:People from Charenton-le-Pont
Category:French men's footballers
Category:France men's international footballers
Category:AS Saint-Étienne players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Olympic footballers for France
Category:Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Category:1930 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Excelsior AC (France) players
Category:CA Paris-Charenton players
Category:Footballers from Val-de-Marne
Category:20th-century French sportsmen
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