Edmond Delfour (1 November 1907 – 19 December 1990) was a French international footballer who played as a

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. He played at the

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, the

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and the

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s. Even when he was still a player, he started his coaching career that spanned three decades.

Club career

Youth career

* 1918-1924 : Draveil * 1924-1927 : Étoile Juvisy-Viry

Senior career

* 1928-1929 :

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* 1929-1937 : RC Paris * 1938-1939 : RC Roubaix * 1939-1945 : FC Rouen * 1945-1946 :

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International career

For

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he got 41 caps and scored 2 goals between 1929 and 1938. His first cap was against

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on 09/05/1929. His first goal was against

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on 11/05/1930. His second and last goal was against

on 14/05/1931. He participated at three edition of

: in

, and

. He played the whole 6 France's games in the three tournaments. The

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quarter-final lost against

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on 12 June 1938 was his last cap. He was one of the 6 players to have appeared in all three of the pre-war World Cups. The other being teammates Étienne Mattler and Emile Veinante, Romanian

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, Belgian Bernard Voorhoof and Brazilian Patesko. He was the last surviving of those 6 players.

Honours

Player

RC Paris *

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: 1935-1936 *

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Coaching career

While he was still a player, he coached FC Rouen from 1940 to 1945, then

from 1945 to 1946 From 1946 to 1951 he coached Belgian club Gent. He then managed

from 1952 to December 1953. He then coached Le Havre AC from January 1954 to 1955. In 1956, he went back to Belgium to coach several clubs : Gent from 1956 to 1958, Cercle Brugge from 1958 to 1962, Union Saint-Gilloise from 1962 to 1964. From 1964 to 1965 he managed USC Corte. He then coached

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n side Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif from 1966 to 1969. He ended his career at

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from 1969 to December 1970

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Delfour, Edmond 1907 births 1990 deaths People from Ris-Orangis Footballers from Essonne Men's association football midfielders French men's footballers ES Viry-Châtillon players Stade Français (association football) players Racing Club de France Football players FC Rouen players Red Star FC players Ligue 1 players France men's international footballers 1930 FIFA World Cup players 1934 FIFA World Cup players 1938 FIFA World Cup players French football managers RC Roubaix players FC Rouen managers Red Star FC managers Le Havre AC managers Cercle Brugge K.S.V. managers CS Hammam-Lif managers SC Bastia managers Royale Union Saint-Gilloise managers K.A.A. Gent managers USC Corte managers 20th-century French sportsmen