Georges Boulogne
Personal information
Date of birth (1917-07-01)1 July 1917
Place of birth Haillicourt, France
Date of death 24 August 1999(1999-08-24) (aged 82)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
AC Amboise
CO Saint-Dizier
Managerial career
1948–1950 CO Saint-Dizier
Racing Club de Gand
R.C.S. Verviétois
CA Vitry
1955 Mulhouse
1969–1973 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Georges Boulogne (1 July 1917 – 24 August 1999)[1] was a French football player and manager, better known for his stint as France national team manager.

Career

born in Haillicourt, Boulogne played amateur football for AC Amboise and CO Saint-Dizier, where he started his coaching career.

He then left France for Belgium, where he coached Racing Club de Gand and R.C.S. Verviétois.[2] He came back to France and managed CA Vitry and Mulhouse.

He entered the FFF in 1958 as instructeur national (coaching professor) and became the national team's coach in 1969.[3]

He gave his name to the city stadium of Amboise.[4]

References

  1. ^ "matchID - Georges Boulogne". Fichier des décès (in French). Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  2. ^ [1] Archived 29 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Delanöe, Régis (1 July 2017). "Georges Boulogne, le chef instructeur du football français". So Foot (in French). Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Stade Georges Boulogne (Amboise)". France.stades.free.fr. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.

External links


France national football team – managers
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