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French footballer (1935–2021) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yvon Douis (16 May 1935 – 28 January 2021) was a French professional footballer who played as a striker.
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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 May 1935 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Les Andelys, France | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 28 January 2021 (aged 85) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Nice, France | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1948–1949 | Brignoles | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1953–1959 | Lille | 172 | (62) | |||||||||||
| 1959–1961 | Le Havre | 71 | (28) | |||||||||||
| 1961–1967 | Monaco | 167 | (62) | |||||||||||
| 1967–1969 | Cannes | 81 | (26) | |||||||||||
| Total | 491 | (178) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1957–1965 | France | 20 | (4) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Douis was born in Les Andelys. During his career he played for Lille OSC (1953–59), Le Havre AC (1959–61), AS Monaco (1961–67) and AS Cannes (1967–69). He earned 20 caps and scored 4 goals for the France national football team between 1957 and 1965, and played in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, in which France finished third. Douis scored in the third place play off against West Germany at Sweden 1958.
Yvon was the older brother of Jean-François, who was also a footballer.[1]
Douis died of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[2]
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