Edouard Crut

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Édouard Crut (born April 16, 1901 in Neuilly-sur-Seine , † October 24, 1974 in Marseille ) was a French football player .

Club career

The 177 centimeter tall striker Crut spent part of his youth in Geneva, Switzerland , where he started playing football for Étoile Carouge FC . In 1921 he returned to France and played for a club from Saint-Mandé near the capital Paris , before moving to the Gallia Club from Lunel in the south of France in 1922 . In 1923 he succeeded at the same time as his future national team colleague Jean Boyer , who became one of his strike partners, the inclusion in the squad of the well-known club Olympique Marseille . At a time when nobody in France was officially allowed to get money for playing football, OM "Doudou" Crut - like Boyer - got a job as a representative of the dried fruit trading company Le Cesne .

Even if there was no nationwide league at the time, he got the chance of winning a national title a little later when he made it to the national cup final in 1924 . With a 3-2 win against FC Cette , to which he contributed two goals, including the 3-2 one, he was able to take advantage of this opportunity. In the following years, the team retained their importance and qualified for the Cup final in 1926 , in which Crut won the trophy for the second time thanks to a 4-1 win against AS Valentigney . The 1927 cup final meant defending the title with a 3-0 win over US Quevilly , although the striker was not successful as a scorer in the last two finals, unlike in the first. In a playful way, he drew attention to himself primarily with a good overview of the game and as a strong free-kick taker.

In 1927 he left Marseille and found in the OGC Nice an employer who also had national importance and with whom he twice reached the cup semi-finals, but without winning a title. In parallel to his role as a player, he also played the role of coach in the team. When in 1932 a national top division in the form of a professional league was created with Division 1 , he moved to AS Cannes, as well as Nice for these qualified local rivals . On September 11, 1932, he made his professional debut in the opening game and scored the first goal for his club in its first division history in a 5-5 win against SC Fives . At Cannes he was a regular player and in 1933 made it into the final for the championship in the only league that was held in two groups in the opening year. It was just that, however, 3: 4 against Olympique Lille and Crut returned to Nice that same year, but played only a minor role in the team there. In 1935, Olympique Marseille was another ex-club that accepted him. In the first team, however, he played virtually no role and played on January 1, 1936 in a 2-1 win against SC Fives, his only first division game for Marseille, which was also his last appearance in the division; the then 34-year-old then ended his active career after 22 top division games with seven goals and previous career years in which he was three times cup winner.

National team

Crut was appointed in the run-up to the 1924 Olympic Games in the squad of the French national team to contest the tournament with them. The matches on the Olympic pitch were still recognized as official internationals at that time, so that the player made his debut in the national shirt in the 7-0 win against Latvia on May 27, 1924 and scored three goals at the same time. On June 1, a 5-1 defeat against Uruguay put an end to their dreams of the title. He was then taken into account again in some friendlies and played on March 16, 1927 in a 4-0 draw against Portugal, the last of eight games, in the course of which he was able to score a total of six goals.

From a purely sporting point of view, the striker could have played more international matches, but this was allegedly prevented by an incident in 1927. In the run-up to the national cup final, the teams were presented at a reception by President Gaston Doumergue , with Crut telling Doumergue to straighten his tie ( French : Arrangez-vous la cravate ). This happened due to a bet with teammate Jules Dewaquez and is considered to be the likely cause of not being considered for further missions in the national team.

Next life

Even during his playing career, Crut was considered difficult in character and often had problems with his superiors. After his active time he opened a pub in Marseille and worked as a truck driver, but he did not find permanent professional stability. Ultimately, he ran into financial problems, which is why he was impoverished at the time of his death in 1974. In addition, he had lost such public importance that hardly any previous football companion was present at his funeral.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alfred Wahl / Pierre Lanfranchi : Les footballeurs professionnels des années trente à nos jours. Hachette, Paris 1995, ISBN 978-2-0123-5098-4 , p. 37
  2. ↑ Edouard Crut , om1899.com
  3. ^ Edouard Crut - Fiche de stats du joueur de football , pari-et-gagne.com
  4. ↑ a b c Edouard Crut , hutotor.free.fr
  5. ↑ Joueur - Edouard Crut , fff.fr
  6. ^ A b Edouard Crut complete profile , soccerdatabase.eu
  7. ^ Alfred Wahl / Pierre Lanfranchi: Les footballeurs professionnels des années trente à nos jours. Hachette, Paris 1995, ISBN 978-2-0123-5098-4 , p. 99
personal data
SURNAME Crut, Édouard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuilly-sur-Seine , France
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 1974
Place of death Marseille , France