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

Gabriel "Gaby" Robert (5 March 1920 – 15 May 2003) was a French football player and coach. He played for the France Olympic team at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]
After his playing career, he became a coach with Hyères FC, Toulon, Lyon, Valenciennes[2] and coached France at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[3]
Club career
[edit]Robert played for Annecy in 1945–1946, Racing Club Paris in 1946–1947, Hyères FC and Sporting Club Toulon.[citation needed]
International career
[edit]Robert was selected in France Football squad for the 1948 Summer Olympics,[4][5] and played France two games against India[6] and Great Britain,[7] as France were eliminated in the Quarterfinals. He never had a cap with France senior team.
Coaching career
[edit]In 1966 Robert coached France national Amateurs team.[8]
In 1976 he managed France at the 1976 Olympic Football Tournament, as France was eliminated in the quarterfinals by East Germany.[9]
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.
Personal life and death
[edit]Robert was born in Belcodène on 5 March 1920.[10] He died in Hyères on 15 May 2003.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Les statistiques des joueurs de la FIFA: Gabriel ROBERT". Fr.fifa.com. 31 July 1948. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012.
- ^ "France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 May 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
- ^ a b "Olympedia Gabriel Robert". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "France in Football". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Tournoi Olympique de Football Londres 1948". FIFA.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Olympic Football Tournament Final 31 Jul 1948". FIFA.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Olympic Football Tournament Final 5 Aug 1948". FIFA.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "03 avril 1966 Italie Amateur-France Amateur". Selection A. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "Olympic Football Tournament 26 Jul 1976". FIFA. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "La Fiche de Gabriel Robert". L’Equipe. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
External links
[edit]- Gaby Robert at WorldFootball.net
- Gaby Robert at Olympedia
- 1920 births
- 2003 deaths
- French men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Olympic footballers for France
- Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- FC Annecy players
- Racing Club de France Football players
- Hyères FC players
- SC Toulon players
- French football managers
- SC Toulon managers
- Ligue 1 managers
- Olympique Lyonnais managers
- Valenciennes FC managers
- 20th-century French sportsmen
- French football defender stubs