Jacques Borel (soccer player)

Jacques Borel (born November 21, 1959 in Carpentras , † July 1, 1980 ) was a French football player .

Career

Hopeful career start at Saint-Étienne (1976–1980)

Borel grew up in Carpentras, near Avignon , in the south of France , where he started playing football and was noticed by the talent scouts of the professional club AS Saint-Étienne as a teenager . In 1976, the 171 centimeter tall midfielder moved to his junior performance center and shortly thereafter was accepted into the third-rate reserve team. He quickly fought for a regular place and was thus part of a team that became third division champions in 1977. At the beginning of the following season he received the trust of coach Robert Herbin and came on August 30, 1977 in a 1-1 draw against the US Valenciennes-Anzin at the age of 17 to his first division debut, where he was part of the starting eleven.

Following his professional debut, he returned to the second team, but was called back to the first division team for occasional missions. At the beginning of the 1978/79 season he moved up firmly to the first team and took on a role in this as a supplementary player, as which he usually only came to match practice through substitutions. On September 19, 1979 he replaced Gérard Farison in a 2-1 away defeat against Widzew Łódź at halftime , making his debut in the UEFA Cup . His last first division match he played in November of the same year in a 4-2 win against OGC Nice and in the following time he had to be content with a membership in the reserve eleven, with which he was again third division champions in 1980. Borel ran a total of 22 times in the top national league and remained without a goal.

Sudden Death (1980)

Borel died on July 1, 1980 at the age of only 20 from the consequences of a serious car accident. Later, a square in Saint-Étienne was named Place Jacques Borel in his honor .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Borel Jacques , anciensverts.com
2. ↑ Jacques Borel , asse-stats.com