Raymond Gigot
Raymond Gigot (born May 11, 1885 in Perpignan , † September 25, 1915 in Neuville-Saint-Vaast ) was a French football player .
life and career
The defender Gigot wore the jersey of the French capital club Club Français Paris in the early years of the 20th century . He performed so well that shortly before his 20th birthday he was considered for one of the first international matches in the history of the French national team . On May 7, 1905, he ran on the side of his club colleagues Fernand Canelle and Georges Garnier for France and suffered a 7-0 defeat against Belgium. He was not considered for further missions. In the summer of 1905 he moved from Club Français to city rivals Stade Français . He had to take part in the First World War as a soldier and fell in September 1915 at the age of 30 in an offensive by the French army in Artois . He is one of four national players in the country who suffered this fate.
Web links
- Raymond Gigot in the database of weltfussball.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Football: Raymond Gigot , footballdatabase.eu
- ↑ Joueur - GIGOT R. , fff.fr
- ^ Raymond Gigot , national-football-teams.com
- ↑ Les "Bleus" morts pendant la Guerre 1914-1918 (suite) ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , uneautrehistoiredufoot.blogs.lequipe.fr
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gigot, Raymond |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Perpignan , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 25, 1915 |
| Place of death | Neuville-Saint-Vaast , France |