Charles Fosset

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Fosset (bottom left) with FC Metz in March 1933

Charles Fosset (born February 25, 1910 in Montigny-lès-Metz , † November 30, 1989 ) was a French football player who denied his entire career for FC Metz and then worked there as a coach .

Club career

Pre-war years as a player

The midfielder Fosset came from the immediate vicinity of the Lorraine capital Metz, whose local soccer club FC Metz had qualified in 1932 for the first division of Division 1 as a professional league throughout France . Like many of his teammates, he himself was not a pure professional footballer, but pursued another career with his job as a mechanic at the Metz-Frescaty military airfield . When the first day of the new league was played on September 11, 1932, he made his debut in a 2-1 defeat at Stade Rennes UC . In the following time he was unchallenged and did not miss a match in the further course of the season; Substitutions and substitutions were not possible at the time, which is why he never missed a minute of the game. As penultimate in the table there was relegation to the second division in 1933, which was founded nationwide one year after the highest class and in which Metz was also one of the founding members. There, too, Fosset took part in the premiere when he was on the pitch on September 3, 1933 in a 0: 1 against the US Tourcoing . Although he contributed eleven hits in the course of the 1933/34 season, he missed promotion with his team. This succeeded, however, in 1935, when the briefly renamed CS Metz (1934-1936) club was also second division champions.

In the second attempt the Lorraine were able to establish themselves in the first class and always maintain a certain distance to the relegation ranks, whereby Fosset kept his regular place and played for many years alongside players such as Albert Rohrbacher , Marcel Marchal and Charles Zehren . This solid team, which remained inconspicuous in the league, made it to the national cup final in 1938 . The final opponent was the second in the league, Olympique Marseille , who initially did not live up to their role as favorites and did not make it past 1-1 until well into extra time. It was only in the 118th minute that Olympiques striker Emmanuel Aznar overcame Metz goalkeeper Charles Kappé , but Fosset was able to knock the ball away while standing on the line. It was not possible to determine with certainty whether the ball had already passed the line, but after a long hesitation the referee decided on goal and triggered violent protests from the Metzers and the audience. After an interruption, the game was played to the end and Metz missed the possible title win. After the 1938/39 season, which went well for FC Metz and ended in eighth place, the beginning of the Second World War caused regular play to be stopped and soon afterwards Fosset's home region was incorporated into Germany. After 114 first division games with seven goals and 49 second division games with 14 goals, this meant the end of his professional career for the then 29-year-old.

Coaching career

After the liberation of the city by the Allies, the club structures were rebuilt in Metz from the end of 1944 and Fosset served briefly as a trainer in the beginning. A little later, however, he was replaced by the Dutchman Beb Bakhuys and as a result there were further coach changes. In the run-up to the 1947/48 season, Fosset received this post again and fought with the first division team to stay in class. This was only just achieved by FC Metz in 1949, which also ended his term of office. He did not take on any further duties in professional football and died in November 1989 at the age of 79.

National team

Fosset was 27 years old and already had several years of first division experience when he was first considered for the French national team on October 31, 1937 and was involved in a 3-2 win over the Netherlands. His second and last international appearance took place on December 5th of the same year in a 0-0 win against Italy. Both games were friendly.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1932-1937: Grenat et blanc, la naissance d'un club , fcmetz.com
  2. ^ A b La fiche de Charles Fosset ( Memento of December 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), fcmetz.com
  3. ↑ a b c Charles Fosset - Fiche de stats du joueur de football , pari-et-gagne.com
  4. ^ Coupe de France 1938: Metz - Marseille , fcmetz.com
  5. ↑ 1944-1946: La résurrection du FC Metz après la guerre , fcmetz.com
  6. ^ Charles Fosset , national-football-teams.com
  7. ↑ Joueur - Charles FOSSET , fff.fr
personal data
SURNAME Fosset, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Montigny-lès-Metz , France
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 1989