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François Hugues
François Hugues (13 August 1896 – 13 December 1965) was a France international football player mostly known for his international career and his time at Red Star FC, which included two stints spanning over 14 years. With Red Star, Hugues won two Coupe de France titles in 1921 and 1923. He also played for Rennes, FC Lyon, and Suisse Paris. During his time as an international, Hugues was considered one of the best French players of his generation. Biography Born in Paris, François Hugues spent most of his football career in the French capital. In his youth, he played football in Montmartre, with US de l'Est and US Auteuil. In 1913, he joined Red Star, a club in which he remained for thirteen seasons, and with whom he realized his main achievements. At 22, on March 9, 1919, Hugues made his debut for the French team, in a friendly match against Belgium in Brussels. He subsequently became a regular with the Blues, being selected 24 times between 1919 and 1927. In the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
