Célestin Oliver

Célestin Oliver
Personal information
Full name	Célestin Oliver
Date of birth	12 July 1930
Place of birth	Mostaganem, French Algeria
Date of death	5 June 2011 (aged 80)
Place of death	Marseille, France
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1950–1953
1953–1958	Sedan
1958–1960	Marseille
1960–1962	Angers
1962–1964	Toulon
National team
1953–1958	France
Teams managed
1966–1967	Miramas
1967–1972	Caen
1972–1973	Reims
1974–1975	Boulogne
1978–1979	Toulon
Honours
Representing France
FIFA World Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Célestin Oliver (12 July 1930 – 5 June 2011) was a French footballer who played as a striker. He was part of the France national team during the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1958 FIFA World Cup tournaments.^[1]

In 1979, he created an education academy in Marseille, where he would train Christophe Galtier, Eric Cantona, Benjamin Gavanon, and Cédric Carrasso.^[2]

Honours[]

Sedan

France

^ "Célestin Oliver". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ Razgallah, Clément (6 June 2011). "Célestin Oliver, coéquipier de Kopa et mentor d'Eric Cantona, est décédé" [Célestin Oliver, Kopa's teammate and Eric Cantona's mentor, has passed away]. Purepeople (in French). Retrieved 2 September 2021.

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