Claude Brény

Claude Brény (born January 10, 1932 in Givonne ) is a former French football player and coach .

Player career

Brény was part of the UA Sedan-Torcy team during the 1952/53 season , which qualified for the second division by winning the French amateur championship and thus made the leap into professional football . From the summer of 1953, the 178 centimeter tall striker ran accordingly in the second division, whereby the then 21-year-old was allowed to take responsibility as a regular player at a time when substitutions and substitutions were not yet possible. He justified this in his first two professional years with 16 and 17 hits, which he also made his contribution to the promotion of the first division in 1955.

In the top French league, he retained his firm place in attack, even if he could not shine as before with eight goals in 1955/56; however, he was successful four times in the national cup and was involved in the finals of his team. In the 1956 final he was on the pitch and won the title with a 3-1 win against AS Troyes-Savinienne , even if he didn't score himself. Sedan-Torcy was able to establish itself in the league and Brény felt a similar situation personally, who achieved around ten goals per season in the late 1950s; a placement among the top goalscorers of the season never earned him this. In 1961 he took part in a cup final for the second time; thanks to a 3-1 win over Olympique Nîmes, it meant his second title in the competition, where, unlike five years earlier, he himself contributed one of the goals.

Although the player was allowed to make his debut on European turf in the 1961/62 season, participation in the European Champions Cup ended after the first round. With the third place in the table in 1963, he also achieved his best placement in the battle for the French championship. In the 1963/64 season, the then 31-year-old professional was largely ousted from the first team and couldn't get past sporadic missions. This continued at first, so that he missed the cup final in 1965 and had to accept a 3-1 defeat of his comrades against Stade Rennes without his own participation. Then Brény managed to return to the team again and even set his personal best in the first division with 13 goals in the course of the 1965/66 season. In 1966, the then 34-year-old attacking player ended his career after 285 first division games with 90 goals and 59 second division games with 33 goals, which he had completed exclusively in the Sedan-Torcy jersey. His 90 goals make him the most successful first division shooter in his club.

Coaching career

In 1975 Brény took over responsibility as a coach at his ex-club, which has now been renamed CS Sedan-Mouzon. He did not manage to keep him in the second division, but had to accept relegation despite having a tie with Stade Brest . The former player then no longer held another coaching position in professional football.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Janvier 1953, Sedan-Béthune , allezsedan.com
2. ↑ Claude BRENY , pari-et-gagne.com