Émile Zermani

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Émile Zermani (born September 25, 1910 in Algiers , † May 10, 1983 ) was a French football player .

Club career

Zermani played for the local club CA Gombertois from the city of Marseille in the south of France , before moving to the first division for city rivals Olympique Marseille in 1933 , making the leap into professional football . The offensive midfielder made his debut on September 3, 1933 in a 4-0 victory for his team against OGC Nice and was able to contribute his first goal. He then ran regularly for the team with which he made it to the cup final in 1934 ; Zermani put Marseille in the lead in the second minute, but in the end was still defeated 1: 2 to FC Sète and thus missed a possible first title win.

In the course of the 1934/35 season, with eleven goals in the league, he not only achieved the best goal count in a year of this competition, but also made it to the cup final once more . Although he did not score there unlike last year, he won a title for the first time thanks to a 3-0 victory for his team against Stade Rennes . Within the team, Zermani maintained his regular place in the following years and was one of the top performers when Olympique was able to secure the first championship title in the club's history in the 1936/37 season . The player, who completed his entire professional career at Marseille, failed with the club the following year to defend his title. Zermani played his last game in the top division on April 30, 1939 in a 2-0 draw against Le Havre AC ; He no longer took part in the war championships , which lasted from 1939 to 1944 , but ended his career in the summer of 1939 at the age of 28. In total, he was in 138 first division games on the field and scored 42 goals.

National team

The player made his debut for the French national team when he was called up on October 27, 1935 in a 1: 2 defeat against Switzerland ; he remained without a goal. However, Zermani did not make another appearance in the jersey of the French.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Football: Emile Zermani , footballdatabase.eu
  2. ↑ Émile Zermani , national-football-teams.com
  3. ↑ Emile ZERMANI , omstatsclub.com
  4. ↑ Emile ZERMANI , ff
personal data
SURNAME Zermani, Émile
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Algiers , Algeria
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 1983