Emmanuel Aznar
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 23 December 1915 | ||
Place of birth | Sidi Bel Abbès, French Algeria | ||
Date of death | 4 October 1970 | (aged 54)||
Place of death | Marseille, France | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Wing half, forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1930–1936 |
SC Bel-Abbès | ? | (?) |
1936–1943 | Marseille | 114 | (92) |
1943–1944 | EF Marseille-Provence | 14 | (4) |
1944–1952 | Marseille | 40 | (21) |
International career | |||
1938 | France | 1 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Emmanuel Aznar (23 December 1915 – 4 October 1970) was a French footballer.
Career
Anzar, a left-footed
He won the Coupe de France with Marseille in 1938 and as captain in 1943, and the French championship in 1937 and 1948. On 22 May 1943, during the cup final against Bordeaux, Aznar scored a 31st-minute goal which made a hole in the netting (which he claimed was more a sign of the poor equipment available at that time, rather than the power of his shot).
On 4 October 1942, Aznar set an unofficial record by scoring 9 goals in one match against
Manu, whose career like many others, was upset by the war, had also suffered from a lack of international recognition, playing just one friendly for France in a 6–1 defeat against Bulgaria on 24 March 1938.[1]
After the war he became only a supplement player for Marseille, but contributed to the 1947–48 league campaign with 6 goals in only 8 matches, helping them to win the French championship again.
He died of a heart attack during a Marseille veterans football match at the age of 54 on 4 October 1970, twenty-eight years to the day after his memorable feat against Avignon. He was wearing the Marseille football shirt.
Honours
Marseille
- Ligue 1: 1937, 1948
- Coupe de France: 1938, 1943
References
External links
- biography at om1899.football.fr (French)
- Player card at om-passion.com
- Emmanuel Aznar at National-Football-Teams.com
- Emmanuel Aznar at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Emmanuel Aznar at the French Football Federation (archived 2016-03-03) (in French)