Raymond Kaelbel

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Raymond Kaelbel (born January 31, 1932 in Colmar / Haut-Rhin , † April 17, 2007 in Strasbourg ) was a French football player .

The club career

Raymond Kaelbel first played in his hometown for SR Colmar and, at the age of 18, moved to Division 1 for the Alsatian "flagship" Racing Strasbourg . In his first year there (1950/51), the team won the French Cup , but the right full-back was slowly introduced to the league eleven by his coach and was also not placed in the cup final. A year later he rose with Strasbourg in the second division and in 1953 immediately back on. But it wasn't enough to get more than midfield in the top division. Personally, however, things went much better for Kaelbel: in 1954 he became a national player .

In 1956 he left Strasbourg to play at AS Monaco at a higher level. He actually succeeded in doing this after several unsuccessful attempts by the Monegas in 1960 (in the cup) and 1961 (in the championship ). In the years on the Côte d'Azur , Kaelbel was moved from the defender to the center runner position , but before 1960 only in the club - in the national team, however, Robert Jonquet was set in this position , his club Stade Reims in the league mostly before Monaco was placed.

The cup win, to which Raymond Kaelbel had also actively contributed to the final this time, was followed by two club changes (1961 to Le Havre AC , 1962 to Stade de Reims, which had just won its sixth league title), both of which ended anything but successful: 1962 rose Le Havre, 1964 Reims from the first division. Then Kaelbel returned to Strasbourg at the age of 32 , played there for five years and won the Coupe de France again in 1966 (incidentally positioned as the left runner in the final ).

A particular specialty Kaelbels were his huge throw-ins , which he could easily significantly to address more than 30 yards on a team-mate.

Stations

  • Sports Réunis Colmar (until 1950)
  • Racing Club Strasbourg (1950–1956, including 1952/53 in Division 2)
  • Association Sportive Monaco (1956–1961)
  • Le Havre Athletic Club (1961/62)
  • Stade de Reims (1962–1964)
  • Racing Club Strasbourg (1964–1969)

The national player

Raymond Kaelbel played a total of 35 international matches for les Bleus between June 1954 and September 1960 and scored one goal (1960 6-0 against Chile ), including the encounter against the "Heroes of Bern" , which France played in October 1954 in Hanover Won 3-1. He took part in two world championships ( 1954 and 1958 ), played all eight games of the Equipe Tricolore there and was one of the players who achieved France's greatest success until then, a third place (6: 3 against Germany).

Life after the active time

Then Kaelbel tried his hand at coaching (among others with the Pierrots Vauban Strasbourg ) and worked for the sporting goods manufacturer Le Coq Sportif . He has also been a regular at the Stade de la Meinau for many years to support the club for which he played for eleven years; Until his death in April 2007 he was also a member of the Administrative Board of Racing Strasbourg.

Palmarès

literature

  • Jean Cornu: Les grandes equipes françaises de football. Famot, Genève 1978
  • Pascal Grégoire-Boutreau / Tony Verbicaro: Stade de Reims - une histoire sans fin. Cahiers intempestifs, Saint-Étienne 2001 ISBN 2-911698-21-5
  • Michel Hubert / Jacques Pernet: Stade de Reims. Sa legend. Atelier Graphique, Reims 1992 ISBN 2-9506272-2-6
  • L'Équipe (ed.): Stade de Reims. Un club à la Une. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2006 ISBN 2-915535-41-8
  • Lucien Perpère / Victor Sinet / Louis Tanguy: Reims de nos amours. 1931/1981 - 50 ans de Stade de Reims. Alphabet Cube, Reims 1981
  • Jacques and Thomas Poncelet: Supporters du Stade de Reims 1935-2005. Self-published, Reims 2005 ISBN 2-9525704-0-X
personal data
SURNAME Kaelbel, Raymond
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Colmar , Haut-Rhin department
DATE OF DEATH April 17, 2007
Place of death Strasbourg