Raymond Kaelbel (31 January 1932 – 17 April 2007) was a French footballer who played as a
centre-back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
. He was part of
France national team during the
1958 FIFA World Cup
The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country.
Brazil be ...
. He was the member of The Board of directors of
RC Strasbourg
Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace (commonly known as RC Strasbourg, Racing Straßburg, RCSA, RCS, or simply Strasbourg; Alsatian: ''Füeßbàllmànnschàft Vu Stroßburri'') is a French association football club founded in 1906, based in the c ...
and resided in
Illkirch-Graffenstaden
Illkirch-Graffenstaden () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is the second-largest suburb of the city of Strasbourg, and is adjacent to it on the south-southwest. Illkirch-Graffenstaden is one of the ...
before his death.
Honours
Monaco
*
Division 1:
1960–61
*
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 ...
:
1959–60
Strasbourg
*Coupe de France:
1965–66
External links
Profile on French federation official siteProfileProfile
1932 births
2007 deaths
French people of German descent
Sportspeople from Colmar
French men's footballers
Footballers from Haut-Rhin
Men's association football defenders
France men's international footballers
1954 FIFA World Cup players
1958 FIFA World Cup players
Ligue 1 players
RC Strasbourg Alsace players
AS Monaco FC players
Le Havre AC players
Stade de Reims players
French football managers
AS Pierrots Vauban Strasbourg managers
French expatriate men's footballers
French expatriate sportspeople in Monaco
Expatriate men's footballers in Monaco
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