Gaston Cypr̬s (19 November 1884 Р17 August 1925) was a French
international
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football
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player.
At club level he played as
midfielder
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in
CA Paris.
He participated as
striker in the
inaugurational match of the
France national team against
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on 1 May 1904. He was also one of the first three French to score a goal in the tricolour jersey (white at that time), with his equalizer in the 87th minute (3–3),
thereby also setting the end score of the international friendly. In his six selections with ''Les Bleus'', he scored twice (in France's first two matches).
In 1908 during the only match he played with a French team at the
Summer Olympics
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, he and his team suffered a 1–17 defeat against
Denmark
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1884 births
1925 deaths
French footballers
Sportspeople from Maine-et-Loire
CA Paris-Charenton players
Olympic footballers of France
Footballers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
France international footballers
Association football forwards
Footballers from Pays de la Loire
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