Gaston Cypr̬s (19 November 1884 Р17 August 1925) was a French
footballer
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.
At club level, he played as
midfielder
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for
CA Paris.
He participated as
striker in the
inaugural match of the
France national team
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against
Belgium
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on 1 May 1904, becoming one of the first three French players to ever score a goal for the team.
In his six matches with ''Les Bleus'', he scored twice (in France's first two matches).
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1884 births
1925 deaths
Footballers from Maine-et-Loire
French men's footballers
France men's international footballers
Men's association football forwards
CA Paris-Charenton players
Olympic footballers for France
Footballers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
20th-century French sportsmen
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