Georges Sesia
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 8 July 1924 | ||
Place of birth | Villerupt, France | ||
Date of death | 12 May 2016 | (aged 91)||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1943–1944 | Nancy-Lorraine | ||
1944–1948 | FC Nancy | 92 | (36) |
1948–1951 | Stade Français Paris | 100 | (30) |
1951–1952 | Roubaix-Tourcoing | 29 | (13) |
1952–1955 | Strasbourg | 91 | (38) |
1955–1957 | Béziers | 62 | (23) |
1961–1962 | Merlebach | ||
Total | 374 | (140) | |
International career | |||
1948 | France | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Georges Sesia (8 July 1924 – 12 May 2016) was a French footballer who played as a striker.
Career
[edit]Born in Villerupt, Sesia played for Nancy-Lorraine, FC Nancy, Stade Français Paris, Roubaix-Tourcoing, Strasbourg, Béziers, and Merlebach.[1]
He also made one appearance for the France national team in 1948.[1] At the time of his death on 12 May 2016, aged 91, he was the oldest living former French international player.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Georges Sesia". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
- ^ "Georges Sesia, doyen des Bleus, est décédé" (in French). L'Equipe. 17 May 2016. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
Categories:
- 1924 births
- 2016 deaths
- French men's footballers
- France men's international footballers
- FC Nancy players
- Stade Français (association football) players
- CO Roubaix-Tourcoing players
- RC Strasbourg Alsace players
- AS Béziers Hérault (football) players
- SO Merlebach players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Men's association football forwards
- ÉF Nancy-Lorraine players
- Footballers from Meurthe-et-Moselle
- 20th-century French sportsmen
- French football forward stubs