Raoul Diagne

Raoul Diagne
Personal information
Date of birth10 November 1910
Place of birthSaint-Laurent-du-Maroni,
French Guyana, France
Date of death12 November 2002(2002-11-12) (aged 92)
Place of deathCréteil, France
Playing positionDefender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1930–1940RC Paris
1940–1944Toulouse FC
1944–1946FC Annecy[1]
National team
1931–1940France18(0)
Teams managed
1960–1961Senegal
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Raoul Diagne (born 10 November 1910 – 12 November 2002) was a French footballer who played defender, and who had stints as a coach after his playing career.

Born in French Guyana, Diagne, son of politician Blaise Diagne was the first black player to be selected for the France national football team.[2] He was of Senegalese descent and became the first coach of the Senegal national football team.[3]

Titles

As a player

Footnotes

References

  • Profile
  • An article by Juliet Jacques on the Diagne family and the footballing relationship between France and Senegal [1]
  • Diagne (1960–61)
  • Vandooren (1961–63)
  • Pfister (1979–82)
  • Diop (1982–86)
  • Wade (1986–89)
  • Le Roy (1989–92)
  • Dieng (1992–93)
  • Boubacar (1993–94)
  • Bocandé & Boubacar (1994–95)
  • Schnittger (1995–00)
  • Metsu (2000–02)
  • Stephan (2002–05)
  • Sarr (2005–06)
  • Kasperczak (2006–08)
  • N'Diaye (2008)
  • Fall (2009c)
  • Traoré (2009–12)
  • Diouf & Cissé (2012c)
  • Koto (2012c)
  • Mar (2012c–13)
  • Giresse (2013–)



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