Louis Polonia

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Louis Polonia (born January 8, 1935 in Espalion , Aveyron department , † October 13, 2005 ) was a French football player .

Career

The 172-centimeter right-back ran for the amateur club Stade Rodez in the south of France from 1953 . The son of Italian immigrants remained loyal to this until he made the leap into professional football in 1959 and was signed by the first division club RC Lens . In the north of France, the then 24-year-old became a regular player despite his lack of experience in the top division and, in addition to a sixth place in the table, he won the Coupe Charles Drago .

After his rapid rise in club football, he was appointed to the squad of the French team for the 1960 Olympic football tournament. On August 26, 1960, he made his debut in a 2-1 his team against Peru on Olympic turf. He was used in all three group games, but had to accept the elimination after a 7-0 win against Hungary in the last preliminary round game on September 1; this was also his last encounter in the jersey of the French, as he never received an invitation to the senior national team.

Even the following years, Polonia remained undisputedly as a regular at Lens on the right. In addition to winning the Coupe Charles Drago again in 1965, the third place in the table achieved a year earlier meant his best position in the battle for the national championship, which he accordingly never got. The defensive player himself was extremely safe and had to wait until his seventh professional year before he scored a goal. At the end of the 1965/66 season, Polonia, who was firmly established until the end, turned his back on Lens after seven years.

He signed with the second division AS Béziers in 1966 and ran for this for a year before ending his professional career in 1967 at the age of 32 after 229 first division games with two goals for Lens and 23 second division games without a goal for Béziers. In the course of this, he was never promoted or relegated and had neither the championship nor the national cup competition. The father of two, who had studied during his football career, then stayed in Béziers and worked there as an auditor . In Rodez , a stadium that could hold a thousand spectators was named after the ex-professional who died in 2005.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Football: Louis Polonia , footballdatabase.eu
  2. ^ Louis Polonia complete profile ( memento from September 23, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), soccerdatabase.eu
  3. ^ Louis Polonia - Fiche et stats du joueur de football , pari-et-gagne.com
  4. ↑ Stade Louis Polonia , de.soccerway.com
personal data
SURNAME Polonia, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Espalion , Aveyron department
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 2005