Jules Dewaquez

Jules Dewaquez (1920)

Jules Dewaquez (born March 9, 1899 in Paris , † June 12, 1971 in Lyon ) was a French football player and coach .

The club career

The only 1.69 meter tall winger with a mustache, usually called "Julot", played for US Saint-Denis until the middle of the First World War and then moved to Olympique de Pantin in his native city. At this club he developed the characteristics that made him one of the most successful players in France during the 1920s : he was an agile and fast dribbler, had a "good shot" and was - unusual for someone of his size and playing position - too extraordinarily strong at the head. Dewaquez worked as a technical draftsman during the day in his learned profession, so he was a real amateur, but already won a national title at the age of 18: with Pantin he won the French Cup in its very first draw in 1918 , and made it to the cup final again in 1919 and 1921 . He also became a national player early on.

In 1924 he was committed to Olympique Marseille , where he won two more cups in 1926 and 1927. A national championship was only carried out by the French FFF from 1932, so Dewaquez did not win an official championship. Unofficially, however, he succeeded when Marseille took first place in the highest category in the country ( Championnat de France par Catégories ) in 1929 . In Marseille he also became a "secret professional"; H. the club supported him financially in building an existence in retail and is also said to have paid monthly accrual bonuses . In 1930 the winger moved to OGC Nice , for which he also played for a year (1932/33) under professional conditions and reached 7th place with his club in Division 1 (Group B). He ended his active career the following year at AS Biterroise , where he was already growing into his new role off the sidelines as a player-coach.

Stations

• US Saint-Denis (1915-1917)
• Olympique de Pantin, renamed Olympique de Paris in 1918/19 (1917–1924)
• Olympique Marseille (1924-1930)
• OGC Nice (1930-1933)
• AS Biterroise Béziers (1933/34, as player-coach)

The national player

Between January 1920 and May 1929, Jules Dewaquez played a total of 41 times in the Équipe Tricolore (22 for Paris, 19 for Marseille), including four games as team captain, and scored 12 goals in the national team. The "wing pliers" Dewaquez / Dubly belonged to the best in Europe until 1925. He also represented France in three Olympic football tournaments ( 1920 in Antwerp , 1924 in Paris and 1928 in Amsterdam ). Until Étienne Mattler surpassed him in 1938, he was also the French record international player .

Life after the active time

Before the Second World War , he trained his last club in Béziers for many years , which had a professional statute, but never made it into the top division (Division 1) during this time . After 1945 he coached FC Grenoble , Olympique Marseille (1946/47), AS Aix and Lyon OU before retiring from football in the early 1950s and working in Lyon as a department manager at a large car dealership .

Palmarès as a player

• French champion : nil, but unofficial champion 1929 (with Marseille)
• French cup winner : 1918 (with Pantin), 1926, 1927 (each with Marseille); also finalist in 1919, 1921 (with Paris), scored three goals in the five finals
• 41 senior internationals, 12 goals