Paul Sauvage (17 March 1939 – 17 December 2019) was a French
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
.
During his club career he played for
Limoges FC
Limoges Football Club, founded in 1947, were a French association football team based in Limoges, France, last played in the sixth tier of the French football league system. They played at the Stade Saint-Lazare, which can hold 3,000 fans.
Th ...
(1957–1960, 1970–1972),
Stade de Reims (1960–1964),
US Valenciennes Anzin (1964–1967), and Castets-en-Dorthes (1967–1970), and won the French championship with Reims in 1962. He earned 6 caps for the
France national football team
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from 1961 to 1965, and was part of the squad that competed in the
1960 European Nations' Cup
The 1960 European Nations' Cup was the first edition of the UEFA European Championship, held every four years and organised by UEFA. The first tournament was held in France. It was won by the Soviet Union, who beat Yugoslavia 2–1 in Paris afte ...
.
Personal life
Sauvage died in
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefect ...
on 17 December 2019 at the age of 80.
References
External links
FFF Profile*
1939 births
2019 deaths
French footballers
France international footballers
1960 European Nations' Cup players
Stade de Reims players
Valenciennes FC players
Limoges FC players
Ligue 1 players
Association football forwards
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