) Diagne pictured in November 1938 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 November 1910 | ||
| Place of birth | Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana, France | ||
| Date of death | 12 November 2002 (aged 92) | ||
| Place of death | Créteil, France | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1930–1940 | RC Paris | ||
| 1940–1944 | Toulouse | ||
| 1944–1946 | FC Annecy[2] | ||
| National team | |||
| 1931–1940 | France | 18 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1960–1961 | Senegal | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Raoul Diagne (born 10 November 1910 – 12 November 2002) was a French footballer who played defender, and who had stints as a coach after his playing career.
Born in French Guiana, Diagne, son of politician Blaise Diagne, was the first black player to be selected for the France national football team.[3] He was of Senegalese descent and became the first coach of the Senegal national football team.[4]
Titles
- As a player
- French championship in 1936 with RC Paris
- Coupe de France 1936, 1939, 1940 with RC Paris
Footnotes
- ^ Auclair, Philippe (1 September 2011). "What Makes a Nation?". The Blizzard. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ Raoul Diagne Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Raoul Diagne est parti : Raoul Diagne est parti – Sénégal – Portrait – Afrique
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
References
- Profile
- An article by Juliet Jacques on the Diagne family and the footballing relationship between France and Senegal [1]