Noël Liétaer (17 November 1908 – 21 February 1941) was a French

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

er. He played for U.S. Tourcoing and

Excelsior AC Roubaix Excelsior Athlétic Club was a French association football team playing in the city of Roubaix, Nord. History The team was founded in 1928 in a merger between Football Club de Roubaix and Excelsior Club de Tourcoing. In 1932, the team turne ...

, and earned 7 caps for the

France national football team The France national football team () represents France in men's international Association football, football. It is controlled by the French Football Federation (FFF; ), the governing body for football in France. It is a member of UEFA in Euro ...

, and played in the

1934 FIFA World Cup The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the 2nd edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, senior men's national teams. It took place in Kin ...

. A soldier in the French Army's 100th Infantry Regiment, he died of an illness in Rostock as a prisoner of war in 1941.
Memoire des Hommes, Noel Lietaer (French language).

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* 1908 births 1941 deaths French men's footballers France men's international footballers 1934 FIFA World Cup players US Tourquennoise players Excelsior AC (France) players French Army personnel killed in World War II French prisoners of war in World War II World War II prisoners of war held by Germany Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Nord (French department) 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-midfielder-1900s-stub