Gaby Robert

Gaby Robert
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Robert
Date of birth (1920-03-05)5 March 1920
Place of birth Belcodène, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Date of death 15 May 2003(2003-05-15) (aged 83)
Place of death Hyères, Var, France
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945–1946 Annecy
1946–1947 Racing Club de Paris
1947–1953 Hyères FC
1953–1958 Toulon 58 (15)
International career
1948 France Olympic 2 (0)
Managerial career
19??–1953 Hyères FC
1953–1959 Toulon
1959–1961 Lyon
1961–1966 Hyères FC
1966 France Amateurs
1966–1970 Valenciennes
1976 France Olympic
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Picture of Olympique Team France of soccer in 1948, before Olympic Games

Gabriel "Gaby" Robert (5 March 1920 – 15 May 2003) was a French football player and coach. He played for the France Olympic team at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

After his playing career, he became a coach with Hyères FC, Toulon, Lyon, Valenciennes and coached France at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Club career

Robert played for Annecy in 1945–1946, Racing Club Paris in 1946–1947, Hyères FC and Sporting Club Toulon.[citation needed]

International career

Robert was selected in France Football squad for the 1948 Summer Olympics, and played France two games against India and Great Britain, as France were eliminated in the Quarterfinals. He never had a cap with France senior team.

Coaching career

In 1966 Robert coached France national Amateurs team.

In 1976 he managed France at the 1976 Olympic Football Tournament, as France was eliminated in the quarterfinals by East Germany.

He thus became the first French, and to date the only, to participate to the Olympic Football Tournament as both a player and a manager.

Personal life and death

Robert was born in Belcodène on 5 March 1920. He died in Hyères on 15 May 2003.

References

  1. ↑ "Les statistiques des joueurs de la FIFA: Gabriel ROBERT". Fr.fifa.com. 31 July 1948.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ "France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 May 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
  3. 1 2 "Olympedia Gabriel Robert". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "France in Football". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Tournoi Olympique de Football Londres 1948". FIFA.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournament Final 31 Jul 1948". FIFA.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournament Final 5 Aug 1948". FIFA.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "03 avril 1966 Italie Amateur-France Amateur". Selection A. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournament 26 Jul 1976". FIFA. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "La Fiche de Gabriel Robert". L’Equipe. Retrieved 18 September 2023.