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Pierre Geoffroy
Personal information
Date of birth (1939-02-27)27 February 1939
Place of birth Reims, France
Date of death October 14, 1994(1994-10-14) (aged 55)
Managerial career
Years Team
1968-1980 Reims
1971-1978 France

Pierre Geoffroy (September 5, 1939 – October 14, 1994) was a French sports journalist and coach.

Biography

Pierre Geoffroy was a sports journalist for L'Union, who placed an advertisement in July 1968, looking for female football players to organize a football match as part of the newspaper fair. This section led to formation of Stade de Reims Féminines. He was the first France women's national football team coach in the first FIFA sanctioned women's international against the Netherlands on April 17, 1971. He coached France at the 1971 Women's World Cup.

Personal life

Geoffroy was married to French footballer Maryse Lesieur.

References

  1. "FOOTBALL - MAGAZINE. Les Pionnières de Reims ou les débuts du foot féminin en France". www.dna.fr.
  2. "VIDÉO. Coupe du monde féminine de football : au temps glorieux des Pionnières de Reims". www.lunion.fr. June 7, 2019.
  3. "MAGAZINE. Les Pionnières de Reims ou les débuts du foot féminin en France". www.leprogres.fr.
  4. "17 avril 1971 : Il était une fois les Bleues". www.fifa.com.
  5. "GRAND FORMAT. "Qui va gagner : les blondes ou les brunes ?" Entre machisme et débrouille, la drôle de Coupe du monde féminine 1971". Franceinfo. June 6, 2019.
  6. "À jamais les premières". SOFOOT.com. 5 February 2018.
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