Célestin Oliver (12 July 1930 – 5 June 2011) 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 lea ...
who played as a
striker. He was part of the
France national team during the
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland.
After Japan declared in ...
and the
1958 FIFA World Cup
The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the 6th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first and only FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country.
Br ...
tournaments.
In 1979, he created an education academy in
Marseille
Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...
, where he would train
Christophe Galtier
Christophe Galtier (; born 23 August 1966) is a French professional football manager and former player who recently was the head coach of Qatar Stars League club Al-Duhail. A defender, Galtier spent many of his 15 years as a player at Marseille ...
,
Eric Cantona
Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona (; ; born 24 May 1966) is a French former professional footballer who is currently an actor. In his football career Eric Cantona was a physically strong, hard-working and tenacious player. He combined technical skill a ...
,
Benjamin Gavanon, and
Cédric Carrasso.
Honours
Sedan
*
Coupe de France
The Coupe de France (), also known in English language, English as the French Cup or less commonly as the France Cup, is the premier Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in French football organised by the French Football Fed ...
:
1955–56
France
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FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internatio ...
: third place
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...
References
External links
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Player profile at the French Football Federation's official web site
1930 births
2011 deaths
French men's footballers
France men's international footballers
Men's association football forwards
Olympic footballers for France
Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
1958 FIFA World Cup players
CS Sedan Ardennes players
Angers SCO players
Olympique de Marseille players
SC Toulon players
Ligue 1 players
French football managers
Stade Malherbe Caen managers
Stade de Reims managers
US Boulogne managers
SC Toulon managers
Sportspeople from Mostaganem
Pieds-noirs
20th-century French sportsmen
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