Eugène "Michey" Proust (8 January 1921 – November 1989) was a French

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who was born in

Paizay-le-Tort Paizay-le-Tort () is a former commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Melle.Deux-Sèvres Deux-Sèvres (, Poitevin-Saintongese: ''Deùs Saevres'') is a French department. ''Deux-Sèvres'' literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise are two rivers which have their sources in the department. It had a ...

Career

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, Proust began his playing career at

Cercle Athlétique de Paris Cercle Athlétique de Paris Charenton is a French football club which plays in the cities of Charenton-le-Pont and Maisons-Alfort, Val-de-Marne. The team is a merger between CA Paris (founded in 1892) and SO Charentonnais (founded in 1904). The ...

, later AS Pathé Cinéma Paris before moving to

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in 1946, to

RC Strasbourg Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace, commonly known as RC Strasbourg (, ; RCS) or simply just Racing, is a French professional association football club founded in 1906 and based in the city of Strasbourg, Alsace. It became a professional club in ...

in 1948, and to

Amiens SC Amiens Sporting Club (; commonly referred to as Amiens SC or simply Amiens) is a French association football club based in the northern city of Amiens in the Hauts-de-France region. The club was formed in 1901 and play in Ligue 2, the second d ...

in 1949. He retired from football after one last season at Red Star in 1952–53, as player-manager. He took over as manager of

Stade Malherbe Caen Stade Malherbe Caen (; commonly known as SM Caen, Malherbe, or simply Caen) is a Football in France, French professional football team, based in the city of Caen in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy, that competes in the Championnat Na ...

from 1953 to 1955, and at

from 1959 to 1961 and at

JGA Nevers Football Club Nevers 58, also known simply as Nevers, is an association football club based in the town of Nevers, France. The club was founded in 1948 and their home stadium is the Stade des Senets, with a capacity of 1,500. As of the 2010–11 ...

from 1961 to 1975.

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1921 births 1989 deaths Men's association football midfielders French men's footballers CA Paris-Charenton players Red Star FC players RC Strasbourg Alsace players Amiens SC players French football managers CA Paris-Charenton managers Red Star FC managers Stade Malherbe Caen managers 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-midfielder-1920s-stub