Jean Laurent (footballer)

Jean Laurent
Laurent in 1935
Personal information
Full name Jean Prosper Laurent[1]
Date of birth (1906-12-30)30 December 1906[2]
Place of birth Maisons-Alfort,[2] Val-de-Marne, France
Date of death 14 May 1995(1995-05-14) (aged 88)[3]
Place of death Bourbon-l'Archambault,[1] Allier, France
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1921–1930 CA Paris
1930–1932 Sochaux
1932–1933 Club français
1933–1934 Saint-Malo
1934–1937 Stade Rennais
1937–1938 Toulouse
1938–1939 Montpellier
International career
1930–1932 France 8 (0)
Managerial career
1945–1946 CA Paris
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jean Prosper Laurent (30 December 1906 – 14 May 1995) was a French international footballer. He played as a defender or midfielder. He was the elder brother of Lucien Laurent, and they both took part at the 1930 FIFA World Cup[4]

Club career

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Laurent started his career at CA Paris in 1921.[3] In 1930, he went to FC Sochaux.[5] He then played for Club français for the 1932-1933 season.[6] Jean Laurent then went to US Saint-Malo for one year, in 1933-1934.[7] From 1934 to 1937, he played for Stade Rennais.[8] He went to Toulouse FC (1937) in its beginning year, 1937-1938.[9] His last club was Montpellier in 1938-1939.[10]

International career

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Laurent got his first cap on 11 May 1930 against Czechoslovakia.[3] He was part of France's squad for the 1930 FIFA World Cup,[11] but did not play any match of the tournament.[3] He got his eighth and last cap on 12 June 1932 against Romania.[3]

Coaching career

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He only had one short stint as a coach, managing his youth club CA Paris for one year, from 1945 to 1946.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Fichier des décès – années 1990 à 1999" [Death file – years 1990 to 1999] (in French). INSEE. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Jean Laurent". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Jean Laurent" (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  4. ^ "1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay". FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Ils ont joué au FCSM et Équipe de France". FC Sochaux. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Jean Laurent". Football Database. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Jean Laurent". Le Ballon Rond. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Grandes Équipes Stade Rennais". Pari et Gagne. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Jean Laurent". L’Equipe. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  10. ^ "SO Montpellier 1938-1939". Football Database. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  11. ^ "1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay". FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  12. ^ "CA Paris 1945/1946". Football Database. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
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