 Albert Rénier | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1896-05-08)8 May 1896 | ||
| Place of birth | Le Havre, France | ||
| Date of death | 5 April 1948(1948-04-05) (aged 51) | ||
| Place of death | Le Havre, France | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1919–1925 | Le Havre | ||
| International career | |||
| 1919 | France military | 4 | (5) |
| 1920–1924 | France | 4 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Albert Rénier (8 May 1896 – 5 April 1948) was a Frenchfootballer who played all of his career forLe Havre.[1] He played in four matches for theFrance national football team between 1920 and 1924, netting once.[2]
He played his entire career withLe Havre Athletic Club, thus being part of the so-calledone-club men group. With his club, he reached the1920 Coupe de France Final after beatingAS Cannes afterextra-time in the semi-finals. Albert Rénier could not play in the final and without him, the club lost toCercle Athlétique de Paris (1–2).[3]
He earned four caps for theFrance national team between 1920 and 1924, and scored a goal in France's 2–0 victory overBelgium on 13 January 1924 at theStade Buffalo,[4] netting with a diving header by taking over a cross fromGérard Isbecque. In 1924, he was a member of theFrench squad for thefootball tournament at the1924 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[1]
In 1919, he took part in theInter-Allied Games inParis, a large sports competition organized in celebration of the Allied victory inWorld War I. However, the matches of the tournament are not included in the officialFIFA register.[5] Rénier helped France win Group A with one goal againstRomania (4–0) and ahat-trick againstGreece (11–0). Rénier also scored in thefinal to give his side a 2–0 lead overCzechoslovakia, but his team ended up losing 3–2.[6]
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