| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gabriel Robert | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1920[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Belcodène, Bouches-du-Rhône, France[2] | ||
| Date of death | 15 May 2003 (aged 83)[3] | ||
| Place of death | Hyères, Var, France[4] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1945-1946 | FC Annecy | ||
| 1946-1947 | Racing Club de Paris | ||
| 1947-? | FC Hyères | ||
| 1953-1958 | SC Toulon | 58 | (15) |
| International career | |||
| 1948 | France Olympic | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 19??–1953 | Hyères | ||
| 1953–1959 | SC Toulon | ||
| 1959–1961 | Lyon | ||
| 1961–1966 | Hyères | ||
| 1966 | France Amateurs | ||
| 1966–1970 | Valenciennes | ||
| 1976 | France Olympic | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gabriel "Gaby" Robert (5 March 1920 – 15 May 2003[5]) was a French football player and coach. He played for the France Olympic team at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[6]
After his playing career, he became a coach with Hyères, Toulon, Lyon, Valenciennes[7] and coached France at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[8]
He played for FC Annecy in 1945-1946, Racing Club Paris in 1946-1947, FC Hyères and Sporting Club Toulon.[9]
He was selected in France Football squad for the 1948 Summer Olympics,[10][11] and played France two Games against India[12] and Great Britain,[13] as France were eliminated in the Quarterfinals. He never had a cap with France senior team.
In 1966 he coached France national Amateurs team.[14]
In 1976 he managed France at the 1976 Olympic Football Tournament, as France was eliminated in the quarterfinals by East Germany.[15]
He thus became the first French, and to date the only, to participate to the Olympic Football Tournament as both a player and a manager.
