Jules Theodorus Lagadeau (born 31 July 1939 & deceased 27 August 2019), was a Surinamese football player and manager who has played for S.V. Transvaal in the

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and for the Suriname national team.

Career

Lagadeau was born 1939 in

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. He grew up playing for the Benjamin Boys on the

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. As an admirer of local star

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, Lagadeau joined S.V. Robinhood but parted ways with the club soon after his idol left to play professionally in the Netherlands, joining S.V. Transvaal shortly thereafter. In 1963 he went on a 3 month trial period with Dutch

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club

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, and in 1965 he was on trial for 3 months with F.C. Dom Basil from

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. At Transvaal he was the team captain leading the club to five national championships in 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968. His final season as a player he led Transvaal to the final of the

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after defeating Aurora F.C. from Guatemala. However after fans invaded the pitch, Transvaal were disqualified finishing as runner-up in the tournament and

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from

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winning the cup.

International career

Lagadeau made his debut for the Suriname national team at the age of 19 on 4 January 1959 in a friendly match against

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. On 20 September 1959 he made his official debut in a friendly match against

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. The match ended in a 1–0 win at the

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. Another highlight of his first year with the national team was the 2–2 draw against the Netherlands Antilles, which was the first time the national team did not lose when playing in

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. He was a part of the team that made a fourth place finish at the

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. Playing alongside Gerrit Niekoop, Leo Marcet and Siegfried Haltman, Lagadeau scored his first goals on 22 December 1968 against

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in a 4–1 win at home.

Managerial career

After his playing career Lagadeau took over as manager of S.V. Transvaal, seceding Ronald Kolf who had left to take over at S.V. Robinhood. Lagadeau successfully led Transvaal to four consecutive national titles. The 1973 season was his most successful as a manager, going undefeated in winning the national championship, while winning the 1973 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, the first Continental title won by a club from Suriname.

Career statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list Suriname' goal tally first.''

Honours

Player

Club

;S.V. Transvaal * SVB Hoofdklasse (5): 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 *

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Runner-up:

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International

;Suriname * CCCF Championship Fourth place:

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Manager

;S.V. Transvaal * SVB Hoofdklasse (4): 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974 *

(1):

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lagadeau, Jules Living people 1939 births Sportspeople from Paramaribo Surinamese footballers Suriname international footballers S.V. Transvaal players SVB Eerste Divisie players Surinamese expatriate footballers Surinamese expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Surinamese emigrants to the Netherlands Association football forwards Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands