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Gaby Robert
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Robert
Date of birth (1920-03-05)5 March 1920
Place of birth Belcodène, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Date of death 15 May 2003(2003-05-15) (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
Picture of Olympique Team France of soccer in 1948, before Olympic Games

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

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Robert played for Annecy in 1945–1946, Racing Club Paris in 1946–1947, Hyères FC and Sporting Club Toulon.[citation needed]

International career

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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

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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

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Robert was born in Belcodène on 5 March 1920.[10] He died in Hyères on 15 May 2003.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Les statistiques des joueurs de la FIFA: Gabriel ROBERT". Fr.fifa.com. 31 July 1948. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012.
  2. ^ "France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 May 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
  3. ^ a b "Olympedia Gabriel Robert". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  4. ^ "France in Football". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Tournoi Olympique de Football Londres 1948". FIFA.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Olympic Football Tournament Final 31 Jul 1948". FIFA.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Olympic Football Tournament Final 5 Aug 1948". FIFA.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  8. ^ "03 avril 1966 Italie Amateur-France Amateur". Selection A. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Olympic Football Tournament 26 Jul 1976". FIFA. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  10. ^ "La Fiche de Gabriel Robert". L’Equipe. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
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