André Fefeu

Fefeu 1968 in the Saint-Étienne jersey

André Fefeu (born August 25, 1938 in Saint-Mars-d'Outillé , Département Sarthe ) is a former French football player .

Career

The 168 centimeter tall winger , who was mostly called up on the right side, played in his youth for various clubs in his home region in the west of France. He was discovered by talent scouts from the first division club Stade Français and signed his first professional contract there in 1960. At a time when substitutions and substitutions were not possible, he had to wait some time for his breakthrough, but received the trust of coach Joseph Mercier during his first season at the Paris club . In the following years he became the undisputed regular player in a team that had to fight relegation every year, although it was able to master this task again and again. As a goal scorer, the attacking player was moderately successful for the capital city club and during his time at the Stade Français kept a constant level of six to eight goals per season. Despite the placements in the back of the table, Fefeu and his team were allowed to compete in the Messestädte-Pokal from 1964 , which brought his debut at European level with it. In 1966 he turned his back on the Stade Français after six years and signed with league rivals AS Saint-Étienne .

At Saint-Étienne, where he was to replace the former French international Maryan Wisnieski , he took a permanent place in the first team from the start and was part of the team that became French champions in 1967. This earned him his first participation in the European Cup ; As before with the Stade Français, he could not achieve any significant successes in Europe with Saint-Étienne. Although the engagement of the new coach Albert Batteux brought about a change in the tactical system, Fefeu was able to maintain his position in the team and also defended the championship title in 1968. In addition to this success, Saint-Étienne made it into the national cup final in 1968; the player was on the field in the 2-1 win against Girondins Bordeaux and thus secured this trophy for the only time in his career. In 1969 he became French champions for the third time in a row.

Immediately after winning the championship again, he turned his back on Saint-Étienne in 1969 and moved to the Corsica-based league rivals AC Ajaccio . After years at the top of the league, he had to face the relegation battle, which was narrowly passed at the end of the season in 1970. At the same time, the then 31-year-old ended his professional career after 254 first division games with 70 goals and as the best first division scorer in the history of the Stade Français. He switched to AJ Auxerre , who had been promoted to the third division, and fought with the for promotion to the second division. However, he failed several times before he finally ended his career in 1973. The player was never accepted into the national team of his country.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Andre Fefeu , afterfooot.fr
2. ↑ Football: André Fefeu , footballdatabase.eu
3. ^ André Fefeu - Fiche de stats du joueur de football , pari-et-gagne.com