Yvon Douis
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 16 May 1935 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Les Andelys, France | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 28 January 2021 | (aged 85)|||||||||||||
Place of death | Nice, France | |||||||||||||
Position(s) |
Striker | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
1948–1949 | Brignoles | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1953–1959 | Lille | 172 | (62) | |||||||||||
1959–1961 | Le Havre | 71 | (28) | |||||||||||
1961–1967 |
Monaco | 167 | (62) | |||||||||||
1967–1969 | Cannes | 81 | (26) | |||||||||||
Total | 491 | (178) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1957–1965 | France | 20 | (4) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Yvon Douis (16 May 1935 – 28 January 2021) was a French professional
striker
.
Career
Douis was born in
AS Monaco (1961–67) and AS Cannes (1967–69). He earned 20 caps and scored 4 goals for the France national football team between 1957 and 1965, and played in the 1958 FIFA World Cup
, in which France finished third. Douis scored in the third place play off against West Germany at Sweden 1958.
Personal life
Yvon was the older brother of Jean-François, who was also a footballer.[1]
Death
Douis died of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[2]
References
- ^ "Douis Jean-François". Paris.canal-historique (in French). 1 April 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ Disparition d'Yvon Douis, membre de l'équipe de France 1958 (in French)
External links
- Yvon Douis at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Yvon Douis at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)