Félix Louis Gines Pozo (9 January 1899 – 28 May 1967) was a French

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who played as a

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for

Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France. It is in the prefecture of Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one ...

and the French national team in the mid-1920s.

Career

Born in

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on 9 January 1899, Pozo began his football career playing for a modest hometown club, from which he joined Rouen in 1924, aged 25. Together with Jacques Canthelou, André Blaizot, and

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, he was a member of the Rouen team that reached the

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, which ended in a 3–2 loss to

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. The following day, the journalists of the French newspaper ''Le Miroir des sports'' stated that he was a "prey to events that tossed them around". On 22 March 1925, a few weeks before the Cup final, the 26-year-old Pozo earned his first (and only) international

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in a

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against

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, which ended in a resounding 0–7 loss. The following day, the journalists of ''L'Auto'' (currently known as ''

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''), described his performance as "poor, hesitant, and uncertain; in his defense, he rarely had the ball".

Death

Pozo died on 28 May 1967, at the age of 68.

Honours

;Rouen *

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: **Runner-up:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pozo, Felix 1899 births 1967 deaths Sportspeople from Sidi Bel Abbès French men's footballers France men's international footballers Men's association football forwards FC Rouen players 20th-century French sportsmen