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French footballer and manager (1907-1990)

Edmond Delfour
Personal information
Date of birth	(1907-11-01)1 November 1907
Place of birth	Ris-Orangis, France
Date of death	19 December 1990(1990-12-19) (aged 83)
Place of death	Corte, Corsica, France
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1918-1924	Draveil
1924-1927	Étoile Juvisy-Viry
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1928–1929	Stade Français
1929–1937	RC Paris
1937–1939	RC Roubaix
1939–1945	Rouen
1945–1946	Red Star
International career
1929–1938	France	41	(2)
Managerial career
1940–1945	Rouen
1945–1946	Red Star
1946–1951	Gent
1952/12-1953	Stade Français
1954–1955	Le Havre
1956–1958	Gent
1958–1962	Cercle Brugge
1962–1964	Union SG
1964–1965	US Corte
1966–1969	Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif
1969/12-1970	Bastia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edmond Delfour (1 November 1907 – 19 December 1990) was a French international footballer who played as a midfielder. He played at the 1930, the 1934 and the 1938 FIFA World Cups. Even when he was still a player, he started his coaching career that spanned three decades.

Club career

Youth career

1918-1924 : Draveil
1924-1927 : Étoile Juvisy-Viry

Senior career

1928-1929 : Stade Français
1929-1937 : RC Paris
1938-1939 : RC Roubaix
1939-1945 : FC Rouen
1945-1946 : Red Star

International career

For France national football team he got 41 caps and scored 2 goals between 1929 and 1938. His first cap was against England on 09/05/1929. His first goal was against Czechoslovakia on 11/05/1930. His second and last goal was against England on 14/05/1931.

He participated at three edition of FIFA World Cup : in 1930, 1934, and 1938. He played the whole 6 France's games in the three tournaments. The 1938 FIFA World Cup quarter-final lost against Italy on 12 June 1938 was his last cap.

He was one of the 6 players to have appeared in all three of the pre-war World Cups. The other being teammates Étienne Mattler and Emile Veinante, Romanian Nicolae Kovács, Belgian Bernard Voorhoof and Brazilian Patesko. He was the last surviving of those 6 players.

Honours

Player

RC Paris

Ligue 1 : 1935-1936
Coupe de France : 1936

Coaching career

While he was still a player, he coached FC Rouen from 1940 to 1945, then Red Star from 1945 to 1946

From 1946 to 1951 he coached Belgian club Gent. He then managed Stade Français from 1952 to December 1953. He then coached Le Havre AC from January 1954 to 1955.

In 1956, he went back to Belgium to coach several clubs : Gent from 1956 to 1958, Cercle Brugge from 1958 to 1962, Union Saint-Gilloise from 1962 to 1964.

From 1964 to 1965 he managed USC Corte. He then coached Tunisian side Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif from 1966 to 1969. He ended his career at SC Bastia from 1969 to December 1970

References

"Edmond Delfour". FFF Fédération Française de Football. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"1930 FIFA World Cup France's squad". FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"1934 FIFA World Cup France's squad". FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"1938 FIFA World Cup France's squad". FIFA. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"Le XI de l'équipe de France à la Coupe du Monde 1934". 90MIN. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
"C'est le Thierry Henry des années 1930". Le Parisien. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
"Stade Français Joueurs de A à Z". Monde Football. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
"Edmond Delfour". Football The Story. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
"Roubaix et l'équipe de France de Football : une longue histoire". Roubaix XL. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
"FC Rouen Players from A-Z". World Football. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
"Edmond Delfour". FFF Fédération Française de Football. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"Edmond Delfour". FFF Fédération Française de Football. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"1930 FIFA World Cup France's squad". FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"1934 FIFA World Cup France's squad". FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"1938 FIFA World Cup France's squad". FIFA. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"Edmond Delfour". FFF Fédération Française de Football. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"Edmond Delfour". FFF Fédération Française de Football. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"Entraîneurs et Présidents". FC Rouen. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"Red Star FC Histoire de l'entraineur". MondeFootball. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"KAA Gent Histoire de l'entraîneur". MondeFootball. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"Stade Francais histoire de l'entraîneur". MondeFootball. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"Havre AC Histoire de l'entraineur". MondeFootball. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"KAA Gent Histoire de l'entraîneur". MondeFootball. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"Cercle Brugge Histoire de l'entraîneur". MondeFootball. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"Union Saint-Gilloise Histoire de l'entraîneur". MondeFootball. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"USC Corte Histoire de l'entraîneur". MondeFootball. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"Entraîneurs". Hamhama. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
"SC Bastia Histoire de l'entraîneur". MondeFootball. Retrieved 6 June 2023.

External links

Edmond Delfour at the French Football Federation (in French)
Edmond Delfour at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)

France squads

v t e France squad – 1930 FIFA World Cup
GK Tassin GK Thépot DF Andoire DF Capelle DF Mattler MF Chantrel MF Delmer MF J. Laurent MF Pinel MF Villaplane FW Delfour FW Langiller FW L. Laurent FW Libérati FW Maschinot FW Veinante Coach: Caudron

v t e France squad – 1934 FIFA World Cup
GK Défossé GK Llense GK Thépot DF Gonzales DF Mairesse DF Mattler DF Vandooren MF Beaucourt MF Delfour MF Delmer MF Gabrillargues MF Liétaer MF Rio MF Verriest FW Alcazar FW Aston FW Courtois FW Keller FW Korb FW Laurent FW Nicolas FW Veinante Coach: Kimpton

v t e France squad – 1938 FIFA World Cup
GK Darui GK Di Lorto GK Llense DF Ben Bouali DF Cazenave DF Mattler DF Povolny DF Vandooren MF Bastien MF Bourbotte MF Diagne MF Jasseron MF Jordan FW Aston FW Brusseaux FW Courtois FW Delfour FW Heisserer FW Kowalczyk FW Nicolas FW Veinante FW Zatelli Coach: Barreau

Managerial positions

K.A.A. Gent – managers

Priem (1901–09)
Van Steenkiste (1909–10)
Horta (1910–12)
Bunyan (1912–22)
De Rijke (1922–31)
Pelsmaecker (1931–41)
Fenichel (1941–42)
Stejskal (1942–43)
Ferchyer (1943–45)
Delfour (1945–51)
Mütsch (1951–52)
Vandooren (1952–56)
Delfour (1956–59)
Favre (1959–60)
Verstraeten (1960–64)
Schirschin (1964–65)
Labot (1965–66)
Bigot (1966–67)
Vandooren (1967–71)
Sztani (1971–73)
Van Boxelaer (1973–74)
Orlans (1974–76)
Qvick (1976)
Storme (1976–77)
Höfling (1977–78)
Nollet (1978–80)
Grijzenhout (1980–81)
Goethals (1981–83)
Vandendaele (1983–84)
Grijzenhout (1984–87)
Bergholtz (1987–88)
Fafié (1988)
Vandendaele (1988–89)
Vandereycken (1989–93)
Dorjee (a.i.) (1993)
Meeuws (1993–94)
Clijsters (1994–97)
Boskamp (1997–99)
Sollied (1999–00)
Houwaart (2000)
Remy (2000–01)
Vermeulen (2001–02)
Olde Riekerink (2002–03)
Vermeulen (2003–04)
Leekens (2004–07)
Sollied (2007–08)
Preud'homme (2008–10)
Dury (2010–11)
Sollied (2011–12)
Peeters (2012–13)
Fernández (2013)
Rednic (2013–14)
Balette (a.i.) (2014)
Vanhaezebrouck (2014–17)
Balette (a.i.) (2017)
Vanderhaeghe (2017–18)
Thorup (2018–20)
Bölöni (2020)
De Decker (2020)
Vanhaezebrouck (2020–24)
Vrancken (2024–)

Le Havre AC – managers

Kimpton (1921–26)
Burgess (1934–35)
McLachlan (1935–36)
Schneider (1936–39)
Kimpton (1945–46)
Cornelli (1946–47)
Magnin (1948–49)
Bigot (1950–52)
Schwartz (1952–53)
Bihel (1953–54)
Delfour (1954–55)
Magnin (1955–56)
Bisson (1956–57)
Jasseron (1957–62)
Di Loreto (1962–63)
De Vroet (1963–64)
Villenave (1964–66)
Schirschin (1968–71)
Corlani (1971–72)
Garel (1972–73)
Lavagne (1973–74)
Baraffe (1974–76)
Lavagne (1976–82)
Herbet (1982–83)
Notheaux (1983–88)
Mankowski (1988–93)
David (1993–96)
Exbrayat (1996–97)
Troch (1997–98)
Beaujouan (1998–99)
Smerecki (1999–2000)
Beaujouan (2000)
Uvenard, Sence & Baronchelli (2000)
Domergue (2000–04)
Hinschberger (2004–05)
Uvenard (2005–07)
Nobilo (2007–08)
Hantz (2008–09)
Daury (2009–12)
Mombaerts (2012–14)
Goudet (2014–15)
Bradley (2015–16)
Tanchot (2016–19)
Le Guen (2019–22)
Elsner (2022–24)
Digard (2024–)

Cercle Brugge K.S.V. – managers

Dewulf (1910–14)
Saeys (1914–28)
Vanhalme (1928–37)
Maxwell (1937–38)
Fenichel (1938–40)
Vanhalme (1940–41)
Saeys (1941–42)
Stejskal (1942–44)
Baes (1944–46)
Deschepper (1946–48)
Baes (1948–50)
Vanden Bempt (1950–51)
Kennedy (1951–52)
Versyp (1952–1953)
Ruysschaert (1953–54)
Thys (1954–56)
Versyp (1956–57)
Delfour (1958–62)
Bigot (1962–63)
Meuris (1963–66)
Vandooren (1966–67)
Braems (1967–72)
Grijzenhout (1972–77)
Petropoulos (1977–78)
Masyn (1977–78)
Grijzenhout (1978–79)
Canjels (1979–82)
Grijzenhout (1982–83)
Houwaart (1983–84)
Van Kerkhof (1984)
Leekens (1984–87)
Taelman (1987–88)
Rotty (1988–89)
Grijzenhout (1988–91)
Lagrou (1990–91)
Houwaart (1991–94)
Leekens (1993–94)
Tipurić (1994–97)
Verkempinck (1997–98)
Desmedt (1998–99)
Van Wijk (1999–2002)
Tipurić (2002–04)
Van Veldhoven (2004–07)
De Boeck (2007–10)
Peeters (2010–12)
Booy (2012–13)
Staelens (2013–14)
Viðarsson (2014–15)
Van Wijk (2015)
Vanderbiest (2015–16)
Euvrard (2016)
Riga (2016–17)
Vercauteren (2017–18)
Guyot (2018–19)
Jeunechamps (2019)
Mercadal (2019)
Storck (2019–20)
Clement (2020–21)
De Wulf & Artz (2021)
Vanderhaeghe (2021)
Thalhammer (2021–22)
Muslic (2022–24)
De Wulf (2024)
Feldhofer (2024–)

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise – managers

Romdenne (1905–11)
Griffiths (1922–23)
Griffiths (1933–35)
Grumeau (1943–47)
Aitken (1947–48)
Vandewyer (1948–59)
Delfour (1962–64)
Vanden Eynde (1964–65)
Riou (1965–66)
Week (1967–68)
Thys (1969–73)
Heylens (1973–75)
De Temmerman (1988–92)
Thissen (a.i.) (1992)
Fazekas (1992–93)
Renders (1993–95)
Jagiello (1995–96)
Schmit (a.i.) (1996)
Van Ginderachter (1996–97)
Smets (1997–99)
Crahay (1999–2003)
Urbain (2003–05)
Tshupula (2005–06)
Czerniatynski (2006–07)
Mommaert (2007–08)
Urbain (2008–09)
Van den Bossche (a.i.) (2009)
Miceli (a.i.) (2009)
Landi (2009)
Kovács (2009–10)
Brogno (2010–12)
Oriolo (a.i.) (2012)
Wuyts (a.i.) (2012)
De Cock (2012)
Wouters (2012–13)
De Cock (2013)
Vande Velde (2013)
Vanmelkebeke (a.i.) (2013–14)
Urbain (a.i.) (2014)
Brnčić (2014–15)
Grosjean (2015–18)
Elsner (2018–19)
Christiansen (2019–20)
Mazzù (2020–22)
Geraerts (2022–23)
Blessin (2023–24)
Pocognoli (2024–)

SC Bastia – managers

Abderhamane (1957–61)
Fassone (1961–63)
Nagy (1963–64)
Strappe (1964–65)
Nagy (1965–66)
Jasseron (1966–69)
Mekhloufi (1969)
Delfour & Mekhloufi (1969–70)
Delfour (1970)
Nagy (1970)
Vincent (1970–71)
Cahuzac (1971–79)
Destrumelle (1979–80)
Redin (1980–85)
Moizan (1985–86)
Redin (1986)
Gransart (1986–91)
Exbrayat (1991–93)
Lavagne (1993–94)
Antonetti (1994–98)
Kasperczak (1998)
Fournier (1998–99)
Pasqualetti (1999)
Antonetti (1999–2001)
Nouzaret (2001–02)
Gili (2002–04)
Ciccolini (2004–05)
Padovani & Durand (2005)
Casoni (2005–09)
Anziani (2009)
Padovani (2009)
Hadžibegić (2009–10)
Hantz (2010–14)
Makélélé (2014)
Printant (2014–16)
Ciccolini (2016–17)
Almeida (2017)
Ray (2017)
Rossi (2017–19)
Née (2019)
Chabert (2019–21)
Jeunechamp & Zago (2021)
Brouard (2021–24)
Moretti (2024)
Tavenot (2024–)

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