Eric Edwige

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Éric Edwige (born May 28, 1945 in Cayenne ) is a former French football player .

Club career

The 168 centimeter offensive midfielder Edwige, who comes from French Guiana and was born there, played as a young adult in the AS Mutzig jersey . For this he started in 1964 in the then third-class Championnat de France Amateur before he was committed in 1966 by the first division club SCO Angers . Initially he was a member of the reserve team, but was able to make his first appearances in the top division of the country during the 1966/67 season. In 1968 he had to witness the relegation to the second division and was then called up more regularly. He justified this with 12 goals that he contributed to the second division championship in 1969 and the associated direct resurgence. After rising again, he became an indispensable high performer, which is why he did not miss a single encounter during the 1970/71 season, and his team mostly took positions in the upper middle of the table. Fourth place in 1972 even made it possible to participate in the 1972/73 UEFA Cup and Edwige was involved on September 13, 1972 in a 1-1 draw against BFC Dynamo in the first European Cup game in the club's history from Angers. The 1: 2 defeat in the second leg ended his only season in Europe. Nevertheless, the team kept their position among the best teams in France and the player achieved his best goal yield with 18 goals in 1973/74, while he again finished fourth with his team from western France.

The successful period for Angers in 1975 was directly followed by the fall into the second division, which was followed in 1976 by winning the second division championship and immediate promotion. Then Edwige was transferred to the captaincy of Angers for the 1976/77 season and he led the team in a year that brought the relegation again with it. He then decided in 1977 after eleven years to leave Angers when he moved to third division PSC Montpellier . At Angers he was remembered with 324 league games played as the second most called-up player behind his temporary team-mate Pierre Bourdel .

With Montpellier, Edwige made promotion to the second division in 1978 and initially remained an integral part of the team, before he actually played no role in the 1979/80 season and did not go beyond a single mission. This was followed by his move to neighboring league rivals AS Béziers in 1980 , where he was given a regular place. In 1983, in the year of his 38th birthday, he ended his professional career after 263 first division games with 65 goals and 177 second division games with 35 goals. After the end of his career he lived again in French Guiana and worked temporarily as a coach for an amateur club from Roura, which is located there.

National team

The player was used for the U-23 national team in his country. In the jersey of the French national team , however, he was never able to play a game.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Les legendes du SCO Angers , scoangers.blogspot.de
  2. ↑ a b Eric Edwige ( Memento from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), sco1919.com
  3. ↑ Eric Edwige - Fiche de stats du joueur de football , pari-et-gagne.com
  4. ↑ La gloire et le déclin (1965-1981) ( Memento of January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), angerssco.fr
personal data
SURNAME Edwige, Eric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Cayenne , France