René Fatoux (2 December 1935 – 30 October 2022) was a French footballer who played as a

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Biography

Fatoux's club career began when he was aged 13 in Péronne. He then began training in

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before joining

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, where he played alongside

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and Albert Batteux. From 1956 to 1958, he was a part of the

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, where he won the multiple times. In his professional career, Fatoux played for

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, RC Arras, SO Chambéry, and

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. He finished his career with Boiry as a player-coach when he was 50 years old. In addition to his football career, he was a physical education teacher. He received the Bronze in 2010. That year, he began coaching the youth team of

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. René Fatoux died in Warlus, Pas-de-Calais on 30 October 2022, at the age of 86.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fatoux, René 1935 births 2022 deaths French men's footballers Men's association football forwards Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Lille OSC players Red Star FC players Arras FA players Chambéry SF players Grenoble Foot 38 players Footballers from Pas-de-Calais 20th-century French sportsmen