Raymond Wattine
 Wattine (on one knee, in the center) in 1923[1] | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raymond Jules Joseph Wattine | ||
| Date of birth | 23 August 1895 | ||
| Place of birth | Roncq, France | ||
| Date of death | 7 May 1937 (aged 41) | ||
| Place of death | Arbonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine France | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1920–1923 | RC Roubaix | ||
| International career | |||
| 1923 | France | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Raymond Jules Joseph Wattine (23 August 1895 – 7 May 1937) was a French footballer who played as a midfielder for RC Roubaix and the French national team in the early 1920s.[2][3][4][5]
One of his cousins, Louis-Marie Bossut, an officer who died during the First World War, now has a statue in his honor in Roubaix in the Barbieux park.[6]
Biography
[edit]Born in Roncq on 23 August 1895, Wattine played at RC Roubaix between 1920 and 1923,[2] and together with Georges Verriest, Gérard Isbecque, and Raymond Dubly, he helped Roubaix return to its pre-war glory by winning the Division d'Honneur of the 1922–23 Northern Football League,[7] doing so with 38 points, two more than runner-up Olympique Lillois.[8] All of the aforementioned players, including Wattine, spent their entire careers at Roubaix.[9]
On 25 February 1923, the 27-year-old Wattine earned his first (and only) international cap for France in a friendly match against Belgium at Forest, which ended in a 4–1 loss.[3][4][5] He played the entire match as a starter, alongside fellow club teammates Isbecque and Dubly, the latter being the team's captain.[10] In doing so, Wattine and Isbecque became only the fifth and sixth RC Roubaix players to represent the French national team, after Émile Sartorius, Maurice Vandendriessche, Dubly, and Emile Dusart.[11]
Wattine was a renowned industrialist and the honorary president of RC Roubaix. Wattine died in Arbonne on 7 May 1937, at the age of 41.[3]
He served as the model for the "Monument to the death of the Racing Club of Roubaix", near the Dubrulle-Verriest stadium.[12]
Honours
[edit]- DH Northern Football League:
- Champions (1): 1922–23
References
[edit]- ^ "4/11/23, stade de Paris, équipe [de football] du R.C. de Roubaix, [accroupi au centre] Raymond Wattine" [4/11/23, Stade de Paris, R.C. de Roubaix [football] team, [crouching in the center] Raymond Wattine]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). 4 November 1923. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Raymond Wattine". www.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ a b c "Raymond Wattine, international footballer". eu-football.info. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Raymond Wattine". www.fff.fr (in French). Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Raymond Wattine (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "Le commandant Louis BOSSUT" [The commander Louis BOSSUT]. cavaliers.blindes.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "Historique de Roubaix" [History of Roubaix]. racingstub.com (in French). Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "France - Division d'Honneur - Nord 1919-1932". RSSSF. 9 May 2004. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "Le plus vieux métier du monde" [The oldest profession in the world]. lafter.media (in French). 13 March 2024. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "Belgium vs France, 25 February 1923". eu-football.info. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "Roubaix et l'équipe de France de Football: une longue histoire..." [Roubaix and the French Football Team: a long history...]. www.roubaixxl.fr (in French). 28 June 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "Sommaire / Contents n° 437" [Summary / Contents n° 437]. cavaliers.blindes.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 18 December 2024.