Robert Mercier

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Cup winners from 1931; Mercier leans on a teammate in the front right.

Robert Mercier , actually Robert Furois (born October 14, 1909 in Paris , † September 15, 1958 ), was a French football player .

Club career

The center forward began his career in the 1920s at Club Français Paris ; With this traditional club Robert Mercier won the cup in 1931 and was also a national player in the same year. When a professional league was introduced in France in 1932 , he was there with Club Français, and it was quite successful: at the end of the first season of Division 1 , Mercier won the top scorer's crown together with Walter Kaiser from Stade Rennais UC , in a maximum of 18 games Had scored 15 hits. His club, however, rose due to a downsizing of the league to the second division and withdrew completely from paid football in 1934.

Mercier then moved to local rivals Racing Paris ; in the 1935/36 season he was involved in winning the doublé , was with the team French champions (18 point games and eight hits) and again cup winner , although he was not used in the final. In the following season he was also part of the team, even made 26 league games, but only scored one goal. A complicated broken leg that he suffered in a friendly with Racing Paris ended his career abruptly. In this respect, it remains unclear whether he was still used in the 1937/38 season, when, according to the website of the French association, he was under contract with Racing Arras . The same applies to his subsequent employment at Stade Rennais UC and FC Dieppe (as a coach ).

National player

Between May 1931 and November 1935 Robert Mercier played seven full international matches for France , scoring three goals, two of them on his debut against England . For the World Cup in Italy in 1934 , however, he was not taken into account in France's squad because the competition in his attacking position with Jean Nicolas and Roger Courtois was very strong.

Palmarès

  • French champion: 1936
  • French cup winners: 1931, 1936 (not played in the final)
  • 7 international matches, 3 goals
  • League player king: 1933

literature

  • Denis Chaumier: Les Bleus. Tous les joueurs de l'équipe de France de 1904 à nos jours. Larousse, o. O. 2004, ISBN 2-03-505420-6 .

Web links

Supporting documents and comments

  1. ↑ According to Chaumier, p. 213, Mercier did not die until September 23, 1958.
  2. ↑ The exact number of league games that Mercier played in 1932/33 cannot yet be determined.
  3. ↑ Almanach du football éd. 1935/36. Paris 1936, p. 46
  4. ↑ Almanach du football éd. 1936/37. Paris 1937, p. 45
  5. ↑ Chaumier, pp. 213/214
personal data
SURNAME Mercier, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Furois, Robert (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH September 15, 1958 or September 23, 1958