Louis Hon

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Louis Hon in 1949

Louis Hon (born September 11, 1924 in Couches-les-Mines , Saône-et-Loire department , † January 5, 2008 in Saint-Raphaël ) was a French football player and coach .

Player career

The middle runner , who became regional champion in the shot put of the Drôme as a youth and only played football regularly at the age of 18, was the first French professional to join between 1950 and 1953 - six years before Raymond Kopa , but also before Real's international heights Real Madrid . Before and after he played for a total of seven seasons for Stade Français Paris , including five years in the top division , before ending his career at the lower-class Stade Raphaëlois on the Côte d'Azur . At Stade Français he made a total of 83 first division appearances from 1948 to 1950 and 1953/54. His best league placement with the capital club were two fifth places (1946/47 and 1947/48); in the state cup competition he reached the semi-finals there in 1949. He was not granted a title win in Madrid either.

Between November 1947 and December 1949 Hon was appointed to 12 international matches in the senior national team. In this circle, too, he was an excellent organizer of his defense, endowed with perseverance and game intelligence. After France had failed in qualifying for the 1950 World Cup in the decisive game that had become necessary with 2: 3 after extra time at the "feared opponent" Yugoslavia , he ended his career with the Équipe tricolore .

Player stations

  • Sentinelle de Brienon
  • Union Montilienne Sportive (UMS Montélimar)
  • La Vie au Grand Air Saint-Maur
  • Stade Français Paris (1946–1950)
  • Real Madrid (1950-1953)
  • Stade Français Paris (1953–1956, from 1954 in Division 2 )
  • Stade Raphaëlois (1956)

Coach time

He was more successful as a coach than during his playing days. In Spain he coached Real Celta de Vigo (1961/62), Betis Sevilla and in the 1965/66 season Real Saragossa . Two years at Olympique Lyon followed , with which he also won his only title: in 1967 he led OL to the French Cup final, in which his team, thanks to his brilliant striker Fleury Di Nallo, won 3-1 against FC Sochaux Prevailed. Lyon needed the luck of the draw in the semi-finals to prevail against second division AS Angoulême after three games, all of which ended in a draw despite extra time . In the subsequent European Cup Winners' Cup in 1967/68 , Hons Elf failed after victories over Aris Bonneweg and Tottenham Hotspur in the quarter-finals at Hamburger SV ; Here, too, a decision game had become necessary - and this took place in Hamburg 's Volksparkstadion after those responsible for Olympique had HSV buy the home rights from them.

This chance for bigger athletic laurels, which was lost for financial reasons, prompted Louis Hon to terminate his contract at the end of the season. In the following decade he was involved in SCO Angers (with whom he was immediately promoted to Division 1 in 1968/69 ), Olympique Avignon (1971/72), Paris FC (1972/73), AC Ajaccio (1973/74, in D2) and FC Lorient (1976/77). However, of these clubs only Paris FC was represented in the French premier league when Hon was working there.

Palmarès

Life after football

In 1978 Louis Hon settled in Saint-Raphaël , where he and his wife ran the restaurant L'Équipe . Shortly after New Year 2008, Hon died of heart failure there at the age of 84.

literature

  • Denis Chaumier: Les Bleus. Tous les joueurs de L'Équipe de France de 1904 à nos jours. Larousse, o. O. 2004 ISBN 2-03-505420-6

Remarks

  1. ↑ Chaumier, p. 160
  2. ↑ The first Frenchman ever at Real was René Petit , who played there as an amateur during the First World War.
  3. ↑ The number of missions before 1948 is not known; see. Stéphane Boisson / Raoul Vian: Il était une fois le Championnat de France de Football. Tous les joueurs de la première division de 1948/49 à 2003/04. Neofoot, Saint-Thibault o. J.
  4. ↑ Chaumier, p. 160
  5. ↑ At that time, home rights were drawn for playoffs in this competition; There were two balls in the UEFA lottery drum , each with “Hamburg” written on them; L'Équipe / Gérard Ejnès: 50 ans de Coupes d'Europe. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2005 ISBN 2-9519605-9-X , pp. 246f.
  6. ↑ Chaumier, p. 160
  7. ↑ Hon est mort , in L'Équipe, January 7th 2008, page 7  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.lequipe.fr  

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personal data
SURNAME Hon, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Couches-les-Mines , Saône-et-Loire department
DATE OF DEATH January 5, 2008
Place of death Saint-Raphaël