French footballer and manager
Edmond Delfour (1 November 1907 – 19 December 1990)[1] was a French international footballer who played as a midfielder. He played at the 1930,[2] the 1934[3] and the 1938[4] FIFA World Cups. Even when he was still a player, he started his coaching career that spanned three decades.
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.[12]
He participated at three edition of FIFA World Cup : in 1930,[13] 1934,[14] and 1938.[15] 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.[16]
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.
Coaching career
While he was still a player, he coached FC Rouen from 1940 to 1945,[18] then Red Star from 1945 to 1946[19]
From 1946 to 1951 he coached Belgian club Gent.[20]
He then managed Stade Français from 1952 to December 1953.[21] He then coached Le Havre AC from January 1954 to 1955.[22]
In 1956, he went back to Belgium to coach several clubs : Gent from 1956 to 1958,[23] Cercle Brugge from 1958 to 1962,[24] Union Saint-Gilloise from 1962 to 1964.[25]
From 1964 to 1965 he managed USC Corte.[26] He then coached Tunisian side Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif from 1966 to 1969.[27] He ended his career at SC Bastia from 1969 to December 1970[28]
