Marcel Pujalte

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Marcel Pujalte (born December 27, 1920 in Tassin , today's Algeria , † January 23, 1986 in Aix-en-Provence ) was a French football player .

Career

The 1.76 meter tall Pujalte began playing football at the SC Sidi Bel Abbès club in Algeria, which was then occupied by the French. In 1940, however, he had to interrupt his career as an amateur player because he had to fight for France in World War II . From August 15, 1944, he took part in Operation Dragoon as a soldier and was one of the troops who initiated the complete liberation of France .

Following the war, Pujalte stayed in mainland France and continued playing football, where he was in the squad of the first division club Olympique Marseille from 1946 . For Marseille he made his debut on August 18, 1946 in a 1: 4 defeat against Stade Français in the top national league and thus in professional football. Then the player, who was mainly used in midfield , came to occasional missions at a time when substitutions and substitutions were not possible. In the course of the 1947/48 season he was not called up once and was not part of the championship team that brought the title to Marseille in 1948, despite being a permanent member of the club. After that, his situation changed and he was able to establish himself increasingly in the team, especially in the second half of 1948/49. On May 21, 1950, he played his last of 43 first division games for Marseille in a 3-2 victory against SO Montpellier .

In the summer of 1950 he moved to SO Montpellier, who had been relegated to the second class, and received a regular place there. In 1952 the club managed to return to the top division. Even if Pujalte continued to be among the top performers, he could not prevent Montpellier from being relegated again in 1953 as bottom of the table; this also meant the end of his career in the first division. Although he went into the second division, he decided against staying at Montpellier and switched to AS Aix . For the club from Aix he ran for two more years as a regular player and had a share in staying up before the then 34-year-old ended his professional career in 1955; In addition to 72 first division games with six goals, he had come to 130 second division games with two goals. Later, the footballer, who died in 1986, also ran for amateur teams from Saint-Rémy-de-Provence and Saint-Cannat .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marcel PUJALTE , omstatsclub.com
  2. ↑ Marcel PUJALTE , om1899.com
  3. ↑ Football: Marcel Pujalte , footballdatabase.eu
  4. ↑ Marcel Pujalte complete profile ( Memento from May 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), soccerdatabase.eu
personal data
SURNAME Pujalte, Marcel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Hassi Zahana , Algeria
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 1986
Place of death Aix-en-Provence , France