René Gardien
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 10 February 1928 | ||
Place of birth | Chambéry, Savoie, France | ||
Date of death | 1 February 2006 | (aged 77)||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1947–1959 | Sochaux | ||
1959–1960 | Lille | ||
1960–1961 |
Besançon | ||
International career | |||
1953 | France | 2 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
1962–1969 | Thiers | ||
1969–1970 | Grenoble | ||
1970–1973 | Lille | ||
1974–1983 |
Montluçon | ||
1988–1990 | Clermont | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
René Auguste Gardien (10 February 1928 – 1 February 2006) was a French
FC Sochaux, and scored 122 league goals and 2 international goals. He later became a manager
.
Playing career
Gardien played for Sochaux from July 1947 to June 1959, and then one season each at
Besançon. He played for the France national team
in two friendlies in 1953, scoring 2 goals in the first, against Wales.
Managerial career
From 1962 to 1969, Gardien was a manager at
Montluçon from 1974 to 1983, and Clermont
from 1988 to 1990.
Honours
Sochaux
- Coupe de France: finalist 1959
External links
- René Gardien at the French Football Federation (in French)
- René Gardien at FootballDatabase.eu