Jules Theodorus Lagadeau (31 July 1939 – 27 August 2019) was a Surinamese football player and manager who played for

S.V. Transvaal Sport Vereniging Transvaal is a Surinamese association football club, which plays in the top of football in Suriname. They play their home games in Paramaribo at André Kamperveen Stadion to a capacity of 7,100. The team is one of Suriname's mos ...

in the

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and for the Suriname national team.

Club career

Lagadeau was born 1939 in

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. He grew up playing for the Benjamin Boys on the Mr. Bronsplein. As an admirer of local star Humphrey Mijnals, Lagadeau joined

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 ...

but parted ways with the club soon after his idol left to play professionally in the Netherlands, joining

shortly thereafter. In 1963 he went on a three-month trial period with

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club

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, and in 1965 he was on trial for three months with F.C. Dom Basil from

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. At Transvaal he was the team captain leading the club to five national championships in 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968. His final season as a player he led Transvaal to the final of the

1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup The 1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 4th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's f ...

after defeating

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from Guatemala. However after fans invaded the pitch, Transvaal were disqualified finishing as runner-up in the tournament and

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from Mexico winning the cup.

International career

Lagadeau made his debut for the Suriname national team at the age of 19 on 4 January 1959 in a friendly match against Swedish club

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. On 20 September 1959, he made his official debut in a friendly match against

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. The match ended in a 1–0 win at the

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. Another highlight of his first year with the national team was the 2–2 draw against the

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, which was the first time the national team did not lose when playing in

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. He was a part of the team that made a fourth place finish at the 1960 CCCF Championship in Cuba. Playing alongside

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, Leo Marcet and Siegfried Haltman, Lagadeau scored his first goals on 22 December 1968 against

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in a 4–1 win at home.

Managerial career

After his playing career Lagadeau took over as manager of

, seceding

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who had left to take over at

. Lagadeau successfully led Transvaal to four consecutive national titles. The 1973 season was his most successful as a manager, going undefeated in winning the national championship, while winning the

1973 CONCACAF Champions' Cup The 1973 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 9th edition of the top international club competition organized by CONCACAF for clubs from North America, Central America and the Caribbean, the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined the 1973 continental ...

, the first Continental title won by a club from Suriname.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Suriname' goal tally first.''

Honours

Player

S.V. Transvaal *

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: 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 *

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runner-up:

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

Suriname *

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fourth place:

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Manager

S.V. Transvaal *

: 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974 *

1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

References

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