Julien Darui (16 February 1916 – 13 December 1987) was a French
football
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goalkeeper
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, who had stints as a coach after his playing career.
International career
Darui was born in
Luxembourg
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during World War I, to parents of Portuguese and Italian descent, and emigrated to France at a young age. Darui was capped 25 times for
France
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. In 1999, he was elected best French goalkeeper of the century by
L'Équipe
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.
Honours
Player
CO Roubaix-Tourcoing
Club Olympique de Roubaix-Tourcoing was a football club based in Roubaix, France. The team was founded in 1945 in a merge of three clubs: Excelsior AC Roubaix, RC Roubaix
Racing Club de Roubaix was a French association football team tha ...
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French championship
The French rugby league championship (french: Le Championnat de France de Rugby à XIII) has been the major rugby league tournament for semi-professional and professional clubs in France since the sport was introduced to the country in the 1930s.
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1947
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Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...
Red Star Olympique
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Coupe de France
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: 1942
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1916 births
1987 deaths
Sportspeople from Differdange
French men's footballers
France men's international footballers
Luxembourgian men's footballers
French people of Portuguese descent
French sportspeople of Italian descent
Luxembourgian people of Portuguese descent
Luxembourgian people of Italian descent
Luxembourgian emigrants to France
Men's association football goalkeepers
Red Star F.C. players
Lille OSC players
Montpellier HSC players
Ligue 1 players
French football managers
Montpellier HSC managers
Olympique Lyonnais managers
1938 FIFA World Cup players
CO Roubaix-Tourcoing managers
OFC Charleville players
CO Roubaix-Tourcoing players
Olympique Lillois players
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