AndrÃ© Guy

André Guy ( born March 3, 1941 in Bourg -en- Bresse ) is a former French footballer.

Club career

André Guy was an assertive, equipped with enormous firepower center forward, " shy, even sleepy and apathetic acted " outside the court. Although Guy almost throughout only played in teams that were to be found, at best, in mid-table, he stands with his total of 160 hits in Division 1 until now ranked 15 of the most successful league goal scorers of all time. He made it in seven consecutive seasons among the top ten scorers in 1969 even in the first place: 1963/64, 2nd 28, 1964/65 4th 17, 1965/66 third with 22, 1966/67, 3 20, 1967/68 6 with 16 in 1968/69 1 25 and 1969/70 7 with 17 hits. In addition, he made a lot of thought about his profession and took it not mince his words when he, for example, campaigned publicly for the abolition of lifelong player binding to their first professional club (1969 ) or the reasons for the crisis of French football in the early 1970s years expressed.

His professional career began in 1959 at the first division side FC Sochaux; there was initially the competition, so that André Guy in his first season came to attack the position of the leader in size ( Yvon Goujon and Victor Nurenberg ) only on a few missions. At the end of the club also rose from the second division, but returned to the top flight in 1961 promptly returned. As Sochaux again relegated a year later, he moved - especially since he also opposed the new Striker Bernard Bosquier not been able to prevail - for second division side AS Saint- Étienne. In the ASSE Guy managed the personal breakthrough: it has become a regular player and rose after a year in the Division 1. Only twelve months later, he won with the Greens - as "Green" have been and are Saint -Etienne player called because of their dress color - his first title when the Movers finished the season 1963/64, as French masters. Had formed for this team that coach Jean Snella from a successful mix of veterans ( Rachid Mekhloufi, René Ferrier, Robert Herbin, Jacques Foix and Aimé Jacquet ) and younger talents, the shock striker shot alone 28 of 71 ASSE - hit. The Association then undertook with François Heutte, Maryan Wisnieski and Hervé Revelli three other assailants; Guy, who had also become an international player in the first round (see below), although defended its place, but the offensive orientation of the team led 1964/65 not the hoped-for title defense; in the National Cup, the Greens reached at least the semi-finals, then failed but smooth on the eventual winner of the Coupe de France, Stade Rennes. Therefore, it could be sold to the OSC Lille at the end of this season together with Heutte.

Despite persistent Guys hit rate the Northern French were 1965/66 as table 18th the league hold only in that they prevailed in the Barrages; in the following year, she landed in the secure Midfield - and the striker is pulled back to home ground, this time to Olympique Lyon, the 1967/68 after wins again found himself in the European Cup Winners' Cup Aris Bonneweg and Tottenham Hotspur in the quarter-finals. In the first leg at the Stade Gerland against the Spurs Guy and his London opponent Alan Mullery were sent off in the 34th minute, but against Hamburger SV he was there again. According to 0:2, 2:0 N.V. and 0:2 ( decider again in Volksparkstadion ) Lyon missed the semi-finals. Even with OL coach (Louis Hon ) could further prolific striker ( Fleury Di Nallo and, from 1969, Serge Chiesa and Bernard Lacombe ) build; but from winning a national title, the elf was far away, although André Guy, in his spare time is a keen hunter 1969 even the scorer crown of Première Division won.

During the 1970/71 season on loan at Stade Rennes UC, he won under coach Jean Prouff finally the French Cup, which he had related content: in 7 stakes, he scored 6 goals, and the last was also the only goal of the final, which he achieved by means of a penalty kick - just against Olympique Lyon, except for the André Guy also Rennes ' goalkeeper Marcel Aubour had played before long. Here Guys decisive shot almost went over the crossbar, because of the previously self fouled striker more than stepped into the soil away from the ice machine and in his own words, according to had wobbly knees: "I hit the ball wrong, shot him with his head and saw he rose up. " Despite this success, he was wearing in the following season the dress of the second division club Sporting Toulon, after which the unterklassigen JGA Nevers, and then ended his active career. What then became of him, has not yet been determined.

Stations

FC Sochaux (1959-1962, of which 1960/61 in D2)
AS Saint- Étienne (1962-1965, of which 1962/63 in D2)
Lille Olympique SC (1965-1967)
Olympique Lyonnais (1967-1970)
Stade Rennais Université Club (1970 /71)
Sporting Club de Toulon ( 1971/72, in D2)
Jeune Garde Athlétique Nivernaise

In the National Team

Between October 1964 and November 1968 denied André Guy eight A- international matches for France; thereby pass him two hits. After four operations followed from the beginning of 1965, a two and a half years of interruption in his career as an international, so it was also not taken into account in the World Cup squad in 1966. That he did not bring it to the regulars, was partly due to the fact that he rarely exhibited his shown in the club qualities in the blue jersey proof, moreover also to the strong competition at his position ( in particular by Philippe Gondet, Fleury Di Nallo and Hervé Revelli ). After a home defeat against Norway, France cost to participate in the World Cup 1970 finals - L' Équipe headline the day after " Iversen buried the Blues on the Meinau " - he was not taken more.

Palmarčs

French Champion: 1964
French Cup Winners: 1971
271 games and 160 goals in Division 1, 6 /3 for Sochaux, 65/45 for Saint- Étienne, 76/43 for Lille 110/64 Lyon, 14/5 for Rennes
D1 - scorer in 1969
8 A- international matches (2 matches ) for France, of which 3/1 in his time at ACES, 1/ 0 at Lille and 4 /1 at Lyon
9 games and 3 goals in the European Cup competitions, including 2 /2 for ASSE and 7/1 for OL

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