Guy Hatchi

Guy Hatchi
Personal information
Full name Guy Georges Hatchi
Date of birth (1934-03-18)18 March 1934
Place of birth Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, France
Date of death 7 July 2017(2017-07-07) (aged 83)
Place of death Sarlat-la-Canéda, France
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1960 Limoges 77+ (16+)
1960–1961 Sedan-Torcy 48 (4)
1961–1965 Lyon 111 (14)
1965–1966 Marseille 30 (4)
1967 Nîmes 17 (0)
International career
1961 France B 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Guy Georges Hatchi (18 March 1934 – 7 July 2017) was a French footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Guadeloupe, Hatchi began playing football in Pointe-à-Pitre. In 1954, he left his hometown of Basse-Terre and moved to mainland France, he was given a trial at Championnat de France Amateur side Limoges, who he signed for. In 1960, he joined Sedan-Torcy, where he won the 1960–61 Coupe de France, beating Nîmes Olympique 3–1 in the final. In total, he played 56 matches for Sedan, including 48 in the French Division 1, scoring four goals.

In November 1961, Hatchi joined Olympique Lyonnais, where he reached another two Coupe de France finals, losing to Monaco in 1963, before beating Bordeaux the following year. In 1965, he joined French Division 2 side Marseille, where he played a key role in the club's promotion during the 1965–66 season. Shortly after, he joined Nîmes Olympique, where he later retired.

Following his retirement from football, Hatchi played tennis in Sarlat-la-Canéda.

International career

In 1961, Hatchi made an appearance for the France national B team in a match against Belgium's B team.

Personal life and death

Hatchi was married, and had a daughter. During his career, he was subjected to racist abuse by people who mistook him for being from North Africa, with a journalist even mistakenly labelling him "the Algerian".

He died in Sarlat-la-Canéda on 7 July 2017, at the age of 83, following a heart attack.

Honours

Sedan

Lyon

Marseille

References

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  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lambert, Claude (11 July 2017). "Guy Hatchi nous a quittés ..." [Guy Hatchi has left us...]. allezsedan.com (in French). Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Dumas, Thierry (12 March 2013). "Sarlat : le bénévole du club de tennis est un ancien footballeur de haut niveau" [Sarlat: the tennis club volunteer is a former top-level footballer]. Sud Ouest (in French). Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Le Guadeloupéen Guy Hatchi, ancienne gloire de l'Olympique de Marseille est décédé vendredi d'un malaise cardiaque" [Guy Hatchi, a Guadeloupean and former star of Olympique de Marseille, died on Friday of a heart attack.]. Guadeloupe La Première (in French). 10 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2026.