Gabriel "Gaby" Robert (5 March 1920 – 15 May 2003[5]) was a French football player and coach. He played for the France Olympic team at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[6]

Gaby Robert
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Robert
Date of birth (1920-03-05)5 March 1920[1]
Place of birth Belcodène, Bouches-du-Rhône, France[2]
Date of death 15 May 2003(2003-05-15) (aged 83)[3]
Place of death Hyères, Var, France[4]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945-1946 FC Annecy
1946-1947 Racing Club de Paris
1947-? FC Hyères
1953-1958 SC Toulon 58 (15)
International career
1948 France Olympic 2 (0)
Managerial career
19??–1953 Hyères
1953–1959 SC Toulon
1959–1961 Lyon
1961–1966 Hyères
1966 France Amateurs
1966–1970 Valenciennes
1976 France Olympic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Picture of Olympique Team France of soccer in 1948, before Olympic Games

After his playing career, he became a coach with Hyères, Toulon, Lyon, Valenciennes[7] and coached France at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[8]

Club career

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He played for FC Annecy in 1945-1946, Racing Club Paris in 1946-1947, FC Hyères and Sporting Club Toulon.[9]

International career

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He was selected in France Football squad for the 1948 Summer Olympics,[10][11] and played France two Games against India[12] and Great Britain,[13] as France were eliminated in the Quarterfinals. He never had a cap with France senior team.

In 1966 he coached France national Amateurs team.[14]

In 1976 he managed France at the 1976 Olympic Football Tournament, as France was eliminated in the quarterfinals by East Germany.[15]

He thus became the first French, and to date the only, to participate to the Olympic Football Tournament as both a player and a manager.

References

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  1. ^ "La Fiche de Gabriel Robert". L’Equipe. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Gabriel Robert Statistiques". Football Database. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Gaby Robert". Monde Football. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Olympedia Gabriel Robert". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Gabriel Robert Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Les statistiques des joueurs de la FIFA: Gabriel ROBERT". Fr.fifa.com. 31 July 1948. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012.
  7. ^ "France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 May 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
  8. ^ "Gaby Robert". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Gabriel Robert Statistiques". Football Database. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  10. ^ "France in Football". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Tournoi Olympique de Football Londres 1948". FIFA.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Olympic Football Tournament Final 31 Jul 1948". FIFA.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Olympic Football Tournament Final 5 Aug 1948". FIFA.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  14. ^ "03 avril 1966 Italie Amateur-France Amateur". Selection A. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Olympic Football Tournament 26 Jul 1976". FIFA. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
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