| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gabriel Robert | ||
| Date of birth | (1920-03-05)5 March 1920 | ||
| Place of birth | Belcodène,Bouches-du-Rhône, France | ||
| Date of death | 15 May 2003(2003-05-15) (aged 83) | ||
| Place of death | Hyères,Var, France | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1945–1946 | Annecy | ||
| 1946–1947 | Racing Club de Paris | ||
| 1947–1953 | Hyères FC | ||
| 1953–1958 | Toulon | 58 | (15) |
| International career | |||
| 1948 | France Olympic | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 19??–1953 | Hyères FC | ||
| 1953–1959 | Toulon | ||
| 1959–1961 | Lyon | ||
| 1961–1966 | Hyères FC | ||
| 1966 | France Amateurs | ||
| 1966–1970 | Valenciennes | ||
| 1976 | France Olympic | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gabriel "Gaby" Robert (5 March 1920 – 15 May 2003) was a Frenchfootball player and coach. He played for theFrance Olympic team at the1948 Summer Olympics.[1]
After his playing career, he became a coach withHyères FC,Toulon,Lyon,Valenciennes[2] and coachedFrance at the1976 Summer Olympics.[3]
Robert played forAnnecy in 1945–1946,Racing Club Paris in 1946–1947,Hyères FC andSporting Club Toulon.[citation needed]
Robert was selected inFranceFootball squad for the1948 Summer Olympics,[4][5] and played France two games againstIndia[6] andGreat Britain,[7] asFrance were eliminated in the Quarterfinals.He never had a cap withFrance senior team.
In 1966 Robert coachedFrance national Amateurs team.[8]
In 1976 he managedFrance at the1976 Olympic Football Tournament, as France was eliminated in the quarterfinals byEast Germany.[9]
He thus became the first French, and to date the only, to participate to theOlympic Football Tournament as both a player and a manager.
Robert was born inBelcodène on 5 March 1920.[10] He died inHyères on 15 May 2003.[3]
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