Raymond Marie Sentubéry (21 November 1901 – 4 July 1981) was a French

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who played as a forward for

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, and the France national team in the 1920s.

Playing career

Club career

Born in the

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on 21 November 1901, Sentubéry began his football career in 1920, aged 19, at his hometown club Étoile des Deux Lacs, from which he joined

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's Red Star. Together with Pierre Chayriguès, Lucien Gamblin, and

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, he played a crucial role in helping the Red Star team win back-to-back

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titles in

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and

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, starting in both finals as his side defeated

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(2–0) and

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(4–2), respectively. In the former final, he netted his side's second goal with a header in the 87th minute. On 12 February 1922, he started in the final of the 1922 Ligue de Paris against Olympique, scoring his side's third goal to seal a 3–0 victory with a "shot from 15 meters into the corner of the goal". Despite all his success at Red Star, Sentubéry left the club in 1923, and after a brief stint at

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(1923–24), he joined

, with whom he played for nearly a decade, from 1924 until 1933. After leaving CF, he played one season each in

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(1934–35), and

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, where he retired in 1936, aged 35.

International career

On 11 November 1924, the 22-year-old Sentubéry made his international debut for France in a friendly against

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, which ended in a 3–0 loss. The following day, the journalists of the French newspaper ''L'Auto'' (the future ''

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'') stated that he "only played properly at the end of the match". In total, he earned three international

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s for France, with the next two both coming in 1926, in friendlies against Belgium (4–3) and

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(1–4).

Death

Sentubéry died in

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, on 4 July 1981, at the age of 79.

Honours

;Red Star *

: **Champions (2): 1921–22, and 1922–23 * Ligue de Paris **Champions (1): 1922

Notes

References

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