Raymond Abad

Raymond Abad
Personal information
Full name	Raymond Abad
Date of birth	17 December 1930
Place of birth	Marrakech, French Morocco
Date of death	24 August 2018 (aged 87)
Place of death	Cholet, France
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1957–1959	Limoges
1959–1964	Grenoble
Managerial career
1967–1969	Grenoble
1969–1971	Niort
1971–1976	Cholet
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raymond Abad (17 December 1930 – 24 August 2018) was a French football player and manager. He was born in

Marrakech, French Morocco

.

Career

During his playing career, Abad played as a goalkeeper in the French Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 for Limoges and Grenoble.

After retiring from playing, Abad became a manager. First he managed

Chamois Niortais. In his first season, 1969–1970 the club gained promotion to Division 3. Following his successful spell with Chamois Niortais, Abad had a five-year tenure at Cholet, where the team won promotion to Division 2

in 1975.