André Louis Maschinot (28 June 1903 – 10 March 1963) was a French

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. He played for

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, and played for the

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in the

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. He scored two goals in the first ever World Cup match, against

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, becoming the first player to score a brace in the

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Club career

He started his career at US Belfort in 1922. In 1927, he joined

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where he spent 2 years, until 1929. He then stayed 8 years, from 1929 to 1937, at

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Football Club Sochaux-Montbéliard (; commonly referred to as FCSM or simply Sochaux) is a Football in France, French association football club based in the city of Montbéliard. The club was founded in 1928 and currently plays in Championnat N ...

, where he ended his career.

International career

He got his first cap on 24/04/1927 against

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. He was in the France squad for the

. He played the first game against

and scored 2 goals, thus becoming the first player in the history of the

to score a brace. Those were his only two goals for

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. The second game against

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was his fifth and last cap.

International goals

France's goal tally first

Honours

* French championship in

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with

Sochaux Sochaux () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Geography Sochaux lies east of Montbéliard, and southeast of Paris. Population Inhabitants are known as ''Sochaliens''. Economy ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maschinot, Andre 1903 births 1930 FIFA World Cup players 1963 deaths French men's footballers France men's international footballers FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players Ligue 1 players Men's association football forwards People from the Territoire de Belfort 20th-century French sportsmen