Raymond Hild
Raymond Hild (born December 4, 1932 in Weyersheim ; † March 26, 2014 ) was a French football player , coach and official.
Athletic career
Hild began playing soccer in his hometown with the SS Weyersheim . In 1951 he moved from the Strasbourg suburb to RC Strasbourg in Division 1 . At the end of his first season with the new club, on the one hand, he was relegated to the second division, but also won the Alsatian Cup. After the direct rise from Division 2 , he was still in the squad of RC Strasbourg until 1956, then he moved to the amateur camp. First he played one season for FC Bischwiller in the then third-class CFA before he joined FC Wittisheim . With the amateur club he rose three times in a row and in 1960 also reached the CFA. In 1962 he moved to fourth division AS Mutzig , with whom he also rose to the highest national amateur class.
In 1966 Hild ended his active career and switched to the coaching bench at AS Mutzig. In 1970 the team around Libero Arsène Wenger qualified under his leadership for the newly founded " Division 3 ", which is now the highest amateur league. In 1971 he won the Alsatian Cup with a 4-0 final win over FC Strasbourg-Koenigshoffen 06 . In addition, AS Mutzig reached the sixteenth finals in the national cup in 1973 , in which they were eliminated with a 0-1 defeat against Stade Reims . In 1974 Hild took over the training at the lower-class Strasbourg amateur club AS Pierrots Vauban , for which the former French international Gérard Hausser and Arsène Wenger played among others . From 1977 he briefly coached the second division club FC Haguenau , but with the newcomer to the league he went straight back to the amateur field.
In 1978, Gilbert Gress brought Hild back to RC Strasbourg, where he took over the management of the youth department. After Gress' release in September 1980, he took over the post of head coach. With the team he was seventh in the championship, in the cup competition he reached the semi-finals in 1981 . In November 1981 he was replaced by Roger Lemerre and returned to the head of the youth department, while "foster son" Wenger - who had followed him from Pierrots Vauban to RC Strasbourg in 1978 and thus became a professional footballer at the age of 28 - on his recommendation Reserve team took over.
In 1984 Hild moved to the second division club FC Mulhouse as a functionary . With coach Georges Prost , the club rose to Division 1 in 1989. After the direct relegation, however, there was a rift within the sports management, whereupon Hild hired again as sports director at RC Strasbourg. In 1997 he resigned from his position for reasons of age and retired after winning the Coupe de la Ligue .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hild, Raymond |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French soccer player, coach and official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th December 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weyersheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 26, 2014 |