Michel Leblond (10 May 1932 – 17 December 2009) was a French
football midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
who was a member of the
French squad at
FIFA World Cup 1954
The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerla ...
and a main player of great
Stade de Reims in the 1950s. He also holds the honour of being the first person to score in a European Champions' Cup Final. He also played for France at the
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...
.
Honours
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Division 1: 1953, 1955, 1958, 1960
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Coupe de France
The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and profession ...
: 1958
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European Cup: Runner-up 1956, 1960
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ProfileProfile
1932 births
2009 deaths
Sportspeople from Reims
French footballers
France international footballers
Association football midfielders
Stade de Reims players
RC Strasbourg Alsace players
Olympic footballers of France
Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
1954 FIFA World Cup players
French football managers
Stade de Reims managers
Footballers from Grand Est
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