René Gardien
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 10 February 1928 | ||
Place of birth | Chambéry, Savoie, France | ||
Date of death | 1 February 2006 | (aged 77)||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1947–1959 | Sochaux | ||
1959–1960 | Lille | ||
1960–1961 | Besançon | ||
National team | |||
1953 | France | 2 | (2) |
Teams managed | |||
1962–1969 | Thiers | ||
1969–1970 | Grenoble | ||
1970–1973 | Lille | ||
1974–1983 | Montluçon | ||
1988–1990 | Clermont | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
René Auguste Gardien (10 February 1928 – 1 February 2006) was a French footballer who played as a forward, most notably at FC Sochaux, and scored 122 league goals and 2 international goals. He later became a manager.
Playing career[]
Gardien played for Sochaux from July 1947 to June 1959, and then one season each at Lille and Besançon. He played for the French national team in two friendlies in 1953, scoring 2 goals in the first, against Wales.
Managing career[]
From 1962 to 1969, Gardien was a manager at Thiers. After one season managing at Grenoble, he managed Lille from 1970 to 1973, Montluçon from 1974 to 1983, and Clermont from 1988 to 1990.
Honours[]
Sochaux
- Coupe de France: finalist 1959
External links[]
- Player profile at FFF
- Manager profile at Footballdatabase.eu
Categories:
- French footballers
- France international footballers
- Racing Besançon players
- Lille OSC players
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
- Ligue 1 players
- French football managers
- Grenoble Foot 38 managers
- Lille OSC managers
- Clermont Foot managers
- 1928 births
- 2006 deaths
- Sportspeople from Chambéry
- Association football forwards
- French football forward stubs