Daniel Horlaville (22 September 1945 – 28 April 2019) was a French
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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. He was the only post-
World War II
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amateur player to be capped for
France
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.
Personal life
He was the father of former professional footballer
Christophe Horlaville
Christophe Horlaville (born 1 March 1969) is a French former professional footballer who had a 13-year career with Oissel, Rouen, Cannes, Guingamp, Le Havre, Port Vale (England), Metz, and Caen.
Whilst with Guingamp, he won the UEFA Intertoto ...
.
And grandfather of Marko Kovacevic Horlaville, tennis player.
Horlaville died on 28 April 2019.
[Ancienne légende de Quevilly et du FC Rouen, Daniel Horlaville est mort]
External links
Profile on French federation official site
1945 births
2019 deaths
French men's footballers
France men's international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Paris Saint-Germain FC players
Paris FC players
FC Rouen players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for France
Competitors at the 1967 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
US Quevilly-Rouen Métropole players
Footballers from Seine-Maritime
Mediterranean Games medalists in football
20th-century French sportsmen
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