Jules Gersie (13 October 1917 – 23 September 2005) was a

Suriname Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It is a developing country with a Human Development Index, high level of human development; i ...

se football manager, who managed

S.V. Robinhood Sport Vereniging Robinhood is a Surinamese professional association football, football club based in Paramaribo that competes in the highest level of football in Suriname. Founded on 6 February 1945, Robinhood is the SVB Eerste Divisie, most su ...

in the Surinamese

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from 1952 to 1957.

Career

Born 13 October 1917

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, Surinam, Gersie managed S.V. Robinhood in the

starting in 1952, finishing as runner-up to S.V. Transvaal after the clubs' first season at the top flight. The following season saw Robinhood join Transvaal as tenants of the newly built

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, where Gersie won his first national championship with Robinhood. He went on to win three more titles before ceding the managerial position to Humphrey Mac Nac.

Honours

Manager

;S.V. Robinhood *

(4): 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gersie, Jules 1917 births 2005 deaths Sportspeople from Paramaribo Surinamese football managers S.V. Robinhood managers SVB Eerste Divisie managers