Georges Moreel
Georges Moreel (born July 22, 1924 in Gennevilliers , † December 4, 2003 in Argenteuil ) was a French football player .
Club career
The 176 centimeter tall Moreel played in his youth for an amateur club called USA Clichy and competed in the jersey of the FEC Levallois in his youth , both clubs being located in the Paris area. In 1945 he succeeded in moving from Levallois to the second division CA Paris , which equated to the leap into professional football . He joined the capital club in 1945/46 for the first season after the end of World War II and became a regular player at the age of 21. He was usually at home in the center of the storm , even if he was later able to gain additional experience on the left wing . He immediately made a name for himself as a goalscorer and scored 13 goals in his first year as a professional, which enabled him to move to first division rivals Racing Paris in 1946 .
At Racing, at a time when substitutions and substitutions were not yet possible, he joined the first team from the start and was able to build on previous successes with 14 goals in his first first division year, although he was with the team against had to fight the descent. In the following seasons, however, the table situation of the Parisians stabilized and they were able to stay in midfield, while Moreel himself was one of the top goalscorers in France with 18 and 19 goals this season between 1947 and 1949, where he was eighth in 1948 and seventh in 1949 Statistics took. In addition, he and his team made it into the national cup final in 1949 , where he won the first title of his career thanks to a 5-2 win against OSC Lille despite his own goallessness . In 1950 the team could have won the trophy for the second time in a row, but this did not succeed due to a 2-0 defeat against Stade Reims ; although he continued to be on the field in the vast majority of games, Moreel missed this second final. Mainly due to tactical changes, through which he was called up on the left wing and in the attacking midfield, he lost his importance as a goalscorer from 1950 and then stayed below the mark of ten goals, while he had always exceeded this before. In 1952 he turned his back on Racing Paris after six years and signed with the southern French league rivals Olympique Marseille .
At Marseille, Moreel had to take a break for the entire fall of 1952, but from January 1953 he established himself as a regular in the team. This was short-lived because he played his last game in the top national league in a game against CO Roubaix-Tourcoing on May 17, 1953 and then had to end his career because of a persistent knee injury. The 28-year-old at the end of his career had played 178 first division games with 81 goals and 24 second division games with 13 goals.
National team
Moreel was 24 years old when he made his debut against England in the jersey of the French national team on May 22, 1949 . In the friendly match he was successful as a goalscorer in the first minute of the game, but he could not avert a 3-1 defeat of his team in the further course of the game. After that he was not considered for the national team again.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georges Moreel complete profile ( Memento from June 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), soccerdatabase.eu
- ↑ Georges Moreel - Fiche de stats du joueur de football , pari-et-gagne.com
- ↑ Georges MOREEL , omstatsclub.com
- ↑ Georges MOREEL , om1899.com
- ↑ Joueur - Georges Moreel , ff
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moreel, Georges |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gennevilliers , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 4, 2003 |
| Place of death | Argenteuil , France |