Noël Liétaer (17 November 1908 – 21 February 1941) was a French

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

er. He played for U.S. Tourcoing and

Excelsior AC Roubaix Excelsior Athlétic Club was a French association football team playing in the city of Roubaix, Nord. History The team was founded in 1928 in a merger between Football Club de Roubaix and Excelsior Club de Tourcoing. In 1932, the team turn ...

, and earned 7 caps for the

France national football team The France national football team (french: Équipe de France de football) represents France in men's international football matches. It is governed by the French Football Federation (FFF; ), the governing body for football in France. It is ...

, and played in the

1934 FIFA World Cup The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the second edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It took place in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934. The 1934 World Cup was the first in w ...

. A soldier in the French Army's 100th Infantry Regiment, he died of an illness in Rostock as a prisoner of war in 1941.
Memoire des Hommes, Noel Lietaer (French language).

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* 1908 births 1941 deaths French men's footballers France men's international footballers 1934 FIFA World Cup players US Tourquennoise players Excelsior AC (France) players French Army personnel of World War II French prisoners of war in World War II World War II prisoners of war held by Germany Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Nord (French department) French military personnel killed in World War II {{France-footy-midfielder-stub