René Llense
Appearance
![]() René Llense in 1935 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | René Vincent Philippe Llense [1] | ||
Date of birth | 14 July 1913 | ||
Place of birth | Collioure, Pyrénées-Orientales France | ||
Date of death | 12 March 2014 | (aged 100)||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1931–1938 | FC Sète | ||
1938–1943 | Saint-Étienne | ||
1943–1944 | EF Lyon - Lyonnais | ||
1944–1945 | Saint-Étienne | ||
1946–1947 | Toulon | ||
1947–1949 | Vichy | ||
International career | |||
1934–1939 | France | 11 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
René Vincent Philippe Llense (14 July 1913 – 12 March 2014) was a French football goalkeeper, who played for FC Sète and AS Saint-Étienne during his club career.[2] He was born in Collioure, Pyrénées-Orientales. He earned 11 caps for the France national football team from 1935 to 1939, and participated in the 1934 FIFA World Cup and the 1938 FIFA World Cup.[3][4] He was their last surviving player to have participated in any of the pre-war World Cups.[5] He turned 100 in July 2013[6] and died on 12 March 2014 from natural causes.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "René Llense".
- ^ René Llense, doyen des internationaux, s'est éteint (in French)
- ^ 1934 FIFA World Cup: France Squad FIFA. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- ^ 1938 FIFA World Cup: France Squad FIFA. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- ^ "Survivors of pre-war era and players who died in a War".
- ^ Galand, Hervé (2013-07-14). "René Llense fête ses 100 ans". Actus. French Football Federation. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
Categories:
- 1913 births
- 2014 deaths
- French centenarians
- Men centenarians
- Sportspeople from Pyrénées-Orientales
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- French men's footballers
- France men's international footballers
- 1934 FIFA World Cup players
- 1938 FIFA World Cup players
- FC Sète 34 players
- AS Saint-Étienne players
- Ligue 1 players
- AS Béziers Hérault (football) managers
- French football managers
- French football goalkeeper stubs