André Chorda

André Chorda ( born February 20, 1938 in Charleval, Bouches -du -Rhône, † 1998) was a French football player.

In its clubs

The left-back signed in 1957, when 19 - year-old, his first professional contract with OGC Nice, for which he had already played as a teenager. There he became a militant defender who likes intervened in the offensive, and a crowd favorite. Sometimes he could be nickelig if he feared a technically good opponent trying to make him look ridiculous. DC used regularly in Division 1 in his first season, he was runner- Nice; a year later, 1959, the eleven won the league title and qualified for the European Cup as the national champion. In this competition André Chorda was involved in one of the " historical hour " of the French association football, in which the OGC already lagged in the quarter-final first leg against the four-time Cup winners Real Madrid at the Stade du Ray 26 minutes 0-2 and the game in the second half was still able to turn. Despite the 3-2 success made ​​in the real return 4-0 all clear, and ultimately won the fifth playout of the European Cup. A few weeks after this sporting highlight of the defenders was also first appointed to the A national team.

1962 moved to Bordeaux notochord; those of many talents - including with Héctor De Bourgoing a striker who had already been his teammate in Nice at the end of the 1950s - stocked team played an important role in league and cup, but his collection of titles could not enlarge the player in the next seven years. The Girondins were runners-up three times (1965, 1966, 1969) and were available in 1964, 1968 and 1969 and three times in the Cup Final - but each time left André Chorda the playing field as losers ( 0-2 against Olympique Lyon, 1-2 against AS Saint- Étienne and 0-2 against Olympique Marseille). In the final in 1968 against the ASSE, the Girondins quickly went 1-0, suffered by Mekhloufi before the break the balance, dominated their opponents but in the episode without using their chances - but fouled in the 77th minute notochord Hervé Revelli in the box and converted the subsequent penalty Mekhloufi. "I had already Revelli wrested the ball as he floundered ," the defender got excited even years later.

1969 André Chorda returned back to OGC Nice, who had just been relegated to Division 2. A year later, returned to the club as second division champions in the footballing upper house back, and at the end of the season 1972/73 notochord was the fifth time in his career runner-up. In 1973/74 came another six games on the European stage added: after Nice had thrown the FC Barcelona and Fenerbahce out of the competition, the first FC Cologne sat in the second round, however, by against the Aiglons. 1974 ended the now 36 -year-old player his professional career.

Stations

• Olympique Gymnaste Club Nice (1957-1962)
• Girondins de Bordeaux (1962-1969)
• Olympique Gymnaste Club Nice (1969-1974, of which 1969/70 in D2)

In the National Team

Between March 1960 ( against Chile) and November 1966 denied André Chorda 24 caps for the Équipe Tricolore; one hit him did not succeed in this county. From the end of 1962 he was a regular player of the Bleus. He stood in the French squad for the European Championship finals in 1960, where it was used in the 3rd place match ( 0-2 against the CSSR ). Also at the World Cup 1966 he belonged to the squad of the French, was coached by Henri Guérin in England but not surprisingly used, although he stood by the remaining seven international matches of the year, also under Guérins successors Snella and Arribas, always chosen.

Life after football

Notochord worked after end of his career as a representative for the sporting goods manufacturer Le Coq Sportif. He died in 1998.

Palmarčs

• French Champion: 1959 (as well as runner-up in 1958, 1965, 1966, 1969 and 1973 )
• French Cup Winner: None (but finalist in 1964, 1968 and 1969 )
• European Cup: 18 inserts, 1 Hits, of which 11 / 0 with Nice and 7 /1 with Bordeaux
• 24 A- international matches, no goals, 2 of them in his time in Nice and 22 in Bordeaux
• 484 games and 18 goals in Division 1, of which 264/5 Nice and 220/13 for Bordeaux