Louis Hon
Louis Hon ( born September 11, 1924 in Couches -les -Mines, Saône -et -Loire, † January 5, 2008 in Saint- Raphaël ) was a French football player and coach.
- 2.1 Palmarčs
Playing career
The center-half, who had become a teenager Drôme Regional champion in the shot put and ever played football regularly until the age of 18, was 1950-1953 - and six years before Raymond Kopa, but also before Reals international level flight - the first French professional at Real Madrid. Before and after he played a total of seven seasons long for Stade Français Paris, including five years in the top division, before he trailed off his career at Stade unterklassigen Raphaëlois on the Côte d' Azur. At Stade Français, he brought it from 1948 to 1950 as well as 1953/54, a total of 83 Erstligaeinsätze. His best league placing with the capital club were two ranks fifth ( 1946/47 and 1947 /48); in the country's cup competition he reached the semi-finals there in 1949. In Madrid he is not winning the title was granted.
Between November 1947 and December 1949 Hon was appointed to 12 international matches in the A- national team. Also in this county he was an excellent organizer equipped his defense with perseverance and game intelligence. After France failed to qualify for the World Cup 1950 has become necessary for decision-making with 2:3 after extra time in the " nemesis " of Yugoslavia, he finished his career on his own in the Équipe Tricolore.
Playing Career
- Sentinelle de Brienon
- Union Sportive Montilienne (UMS Montelimar )
- La Vie au Grand Air Saint -Maur
- Stade Français Paris (1946-1950)
- Real Madrid (1950-1953)
- Stade Français Paris (1953-1956, from 1954 in the Division 2 )
- Stade Raphaëlois (1956 )
Trainer time
Successful as a player during his time he was as a coach. In Spain, he coached Real Celta de Vigo (1961 /62), Real Betis and in the 1965/66 season Real Zaragoza. It was followed by two years at Olympique Lyon, with whom he won his only title in 1967, he led OL in the final of the French Cup, where his team thanks to his dazzling launched Sturmfuhrer Fleury Di Nallo against FC Sochaux 3-1 upper hand kept. This Lyon had needed in the semifinals, the luck of the draw order to prevail after three games, despite the extension ended all with a draw against the Zweitdivisionär AS Angoulême. In the subsequent European Cup Winners' Cup 1967/68 Elf Hons failed after wins over Aris Bonneweg and Tottenham Hotspur in the quarter-finals at Hamburg SV; also in this case a playoff was necessary - and this took place in Hamburg Volksparkstadion after the leaders Olympique itself could buy the home right from HSV.
This playful financial reasons chance of greater sporting laurel prompted Louis Hon to terminate his contract at season's end. In the following decade, commitments included in SCO Angers ( with him in 1968/69 the immediate promotion back to Division 1 succeeded ), Olympique Avignon (1971 /72), Paris FC (1972 /73), AC Ajaccio (1973 /74 in D2) and FC Lorient ( to 1976/77 ). However, it was only the Paris FC represented by these clubs in the French top, Hon worked there.
Palmarčs
- French Cup Winners 1967
Life after football
1978 settled in Saint -Raphael Louis Hon, where he met his wife, the restaurant L' Equipe ran together. Shortly after New Year in 2008 Hon died there in his 84th year of life of heart failure.