.jpg')) Albert Batteux as France player, in April 1949 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Batteux | ||
| Date of birth | 2 July 1919 | ||
| Place of birth | Reims, France | ||
| Date of death | 28 February 2003 (aged 83) | ||
| Place of death | Meylan, France | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1930–1937 | Stade Portelois | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1937–1950 | Reims | 287 | (35) |
| National team | |||
| 1948–1949 | France | 8 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1950–1963 | Reims | ||
| 1955–1962 | France | ||
| 1963–1967 | Grenoble | ||
| 1967–1972 | Saint-Étienne | ||
| 1976–1977 | Avignon Foot 84 | ||
| 1979 | Nice | ||
| 1980–1981 | Marseille | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Albert Batteux (2 July 1919 – 28 February 2003) was a French football midfielder and a manager. He is the most successful manager in the history of Ligue 1 having won eight domestic titles, twice reaching the European Cup final and a third-place finish at the 1958 World Cup.
Honours
Player
Reims
- Division 1: 1948–49
- Coupe de France: 1950
Manager
Reims
- Division 1: 1952–53, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1961–62
- Coupe de France: 1958
- Latin Cup: 1953
- European Cup runner-up: 1956, 1959
France
- 1958 FIFA World Cup: third place
- 1960 European Nations' Cup: fourth place
Saint-Étienne
- Division 1: 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70
- Coupe de France: 1968, 1970