Lucien Laurent

Lucien Laurent (1936 )

Lucien Laurent ( born December 10, 1907 in Saint- Maur- des-Fosses, † April 12, 2005 in Besançon) was a French football player.

The trained auto mechanic Laurent went down in football history when he, on July 13, 1930 in Uruguay, the first scorer of the first Football World Cup was. After 19 minutes, he shot in Montevideo after a presentation by Marcel Langiller 1-0 to France in the match against Mexico. The game ended 4-1 for France. The historical significance of his only World Cup goal was not aware Laurent and later said:

"Of course we were happy all over this hit, but [ ... ] no one had realized that I had made ​​history. A brief handshake, that's it, and already it went on. "

Overall, Laurent played ten caps for France, scoring two goals. Also at the World Cup in Italy in 1934, he was in the French squad, but was not used. In the French professional league, together with his brother Jean and Marcel Langiller played at CA Paris become large Lucien Laurent for FC Sochaux- Montbeliard.

Lucien Laurent died at the age of 97 years at the hospital of Besançon.