François Marie Barat (10 February 1889 – unknown) was a French
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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for
''AS Bon Conseil'' and the
French national team between 1908 and 1910.
Early life
Born in
Saint-Brisson
Saint-Brisson () is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.
Points of interest
* Herbularium du Morvan
See also
*Communes of the Nièvre department
*Parc naturel régional du Morvan
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,
Nièvre
Nièvre () is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, central-east France. Named after the river Nièvre, it had a population of 204,452 in 2019.[Gymnastic and Sports Federation of French Patronages
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(FGSPF), then presided by
Charles Simon.
He had a younger brother, Elie Barat, and both resided at the in the
7th arrondissement of Paris
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, where the ''AS Bon Conseil'' club is still located today.
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On 28 May 1905, the 16-year-old Barat engaged in a ]shot put
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competition at the patronage championships, in which his fellow international Ernest Tossier
Ernest Tossier (20 June 1888 – 19 December 1948) was a French footballer who played as a defender for Patronage Olier and the French national team between 1908 and 1913.
Playing career
Ernest Tossier was born in Vitry-sur-Seine on 20 June 18 ...
, only a year younger, also participated.[
]
Playing career
Barat was playing in Conseil's football team as early as January 1906. On 20 January 1907, Barat played for an FGSPF team made up of the best players from the patronages in a friendly match against the English club North London
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AFC, helping his side to a 4–2 win.[ Despite being one of the best players from the patronages around 1906–08, Barat was not called up for the French national team because the national coach of the time, the northerner André Billy of ]USFSA
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, preferred players from the Nord
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.[ When the USFSA was replaced by Simon's CFI, however, he was immediately called up for the first two matches of the CFI reign,][ both in May 1909, in friendlies against ]Belgium
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in Brussels
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and England amateurs in Gentilly, losing on both occasions.L'Équipe
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'') stated that "Barat was good". He remains one of only three players of ''Bon Conseil'' to have represented the French national team, the other two being Félix Julien
Félix Jean-Baptiste Julien (20 July 1884 – 12 October 1936) was a French footballer who played as a forward for ''AS Bon Conseil'' and the French national team in 1909.
Career
Born on 20 July 1884 in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, Julien ...
and goalkeeper
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Louis Tessier
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* Louis (coin), a French coin
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
* ...
.
Like many French internationals from the start of the 20th century, Barat was the victim of mistakes by historians, being initially confused with a certain Jean-Marie Barat born in Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
on 1 August 1892,[ which led many historians to wrongly claim that he was the youngest French international in history, at the age of 16 years and 9 months during his international debut in May 1909, as well as one of only two players to have represented the ''"Bleus"'' before his 17th birthday, alongside ]Jules Verbrugge
Jules Louis Adrien Verbrugge (27 October 1886 — 22 February 1921) was a French footballer who played as a forward for Red Star and the French national team.
Early life
Jules Adrien Verbrugge was born in Paris on 27 October 1886, as the son of ...
, who was also the victim of a mistake in his civil status; the youngest French international is actually Félix Vial
Félix Vial (14 August 1894 – 25 January 1915) was a French footballer who played as a left winger for CA Vitry and the French national team in the early 1910s. Even though he had an ephemeral life, which ended at the hands of the First World W ...
, aged 17 years and 4 months.[
]
Later life
A carpenter by profession, Barat was mobilized at the outbreak of the First World War
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in August 1914, becoming a sergeant of the 168th Infantry Regiment, and being seriously wounded during the Bois-le-Prêtre fighting
The Bois-le-Prêtre fighting (Priest's Wood, in German) was an engagement in the First World War between September 1914 and July 1915 involving the French 73rd Division and the 128th Division (the Wolves of Bois-le-Prêtre) and the German 121st I ...
in June 1915.[
]
References
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1889 births
Year of death missing
Footballers from Nièvre
French men's footballers
France men's international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
20th-century French sportsmen
French military personnel of World War I