Georges Boulogne

Georges Boulogne (1 July 1917 – 24 August 1999)^[1] was a French football player and manager, better known for his stint as France national team manager.

Georges Boulogne

Personal information
Date of birth	(1917-07-01)1 July 1917
Place of birth	Haillicourt, France
Date of death	24 August 1999(1999-08-24) (aged 82)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	AC Amboise
	CO Saint-Dizier
Managerial career
1948–1950	CO Saint-Dizier
	Racing Club de Gand
	R.C.S. Verviétois
	CA Vitry
1955	Mulhouse
1969–1973	France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Haillicourt, Boulogne played amateur football for AC Amboise and CO Saint-Dizier, where he started his coaching career.

He then left France for Belgium, where he coached Racing Club de Gand and R.C.S. Verviétois.^[2] He came back to France and managed CA Vitry and Mulhouse.

He entered the FFF in 1958 as instructeur national (coaching professor) and became the national team's coach in 1969.^[3]

He gave his name to the city stadium of Amboise.^[4]

References

1. "matchID - Georges Boulogne". Fichier des décès (in French). Retrieved 25 February 2023.
2. Archived 29 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
3. Delanöe, Régis (1 July 2017). "Georges Boulogne, le chef instructeur du football français". So Foot (in French). Retrieved 19 December 2018.
4. "Stade Georges Boulogne (Amboise)". France.stades.free.fr. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.

External links

• Profile at FFF