Raoul Diagne
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 November 1910 | ||
| Place of birth |
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guyana, France | ||
| Date of death | 12 November 2002 (aged 92) | ||
| Place of death | Créteil, France | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1930–1940 | RC Paris | ||
| 1940–1944 | Toulouse | ||
| 1944–1946 | FC Annecy[1] | ||
| National team | |||
| 1931–1940 | France | 18 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1960–1961 | Senegal | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Raoul Diagne (born 10 November 1910 – 12 November 2002) was a French footballer who played defender, and who had stints as a coach after his playing career.
Born in French Guyana, Diagne, son of politician Blaise Diagne was the first black player to be selected for the France national football team.[2] He was of Senegalese descent and became the first coach of the Senegal national football team.[3]
Titles
- As a player
- French championship in 1936 with RC Paris
- Coupe de France 1936, 1939, 1940 with RC Paris
Footnotes
References
- Profile
- An article by Juliet Jacques on the Diagne family and the footballing relationship between France and Senegal
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