| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arthur Henry Gibson | ||
| Date of birth | 18 July 1888 | ||
| Place of birth | Woolwich, England | ||
| Date of death | 8 April 1958 (aged 69) | ||
| Place of death | Ruislip, England | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Plumstead | |||
| 1911–1912 | Espanyol | ||
| 1912–1924 | Olympique Cettois | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1914–1924 | FC Cette | ||
| 1924–1925 | Montpellier | ||
| 1925–1929 | Marseille | ||
| 1929–1934 | Sochaux | ||
| 1934 | SC Bastidienne | ||
| 1934–1935 | Hispano-Bastidienne | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Arthur Henry Gibson, known as Victor Raine Gibson (18 July 1888 – 8 April 1958) was an English professional football player and coach active in Spain and France.
Arthur Henry Gibson was born in Woolwich in 1888.[1] He married in 1910 and had an infant daughter who died.[1] He divorced his English wife in 1938 and married a Frenchwoman in 1939, with whom he also had a daughter.[1]
Under the name 'Victor Raine Gibson' he toured Catalonia with Plumstead FC, and in a match against RCD Espanyol on 18 May 1911, he put up a great performance which impressed the Catalan club enough for them to sign him, along with Frank Allack and William Hodge.[2][3] After a year in Spain he moved to French side Olympique Cettois.[1]
Gibson coached the club sides of FC Cette,[4] Montpellier,[4] Marseille,[4] Sochaux,[5] SC Bastidienne and Hispano-Bastidienne.[6]
He guided FC Cette to the 1923 Coupe de France Final, which they lost 4–2 to Red Star Olympique.[7]
He also performed the functions of a coach with the Catalonia national team once, in what was the team's first-ever game recognized by FIFA on 20 February 1912, which ended in a 7–0 loss to France.[8]
He returned to England in the 1930s, working as a gardener or groundsman.[1] He divorced his English wife in 1938 and married a Frenchwoman in 1939, with whom he also had a daughter.[1] He died in Ruislip in 1958.[1]