Maurice Lafont

Maurice Lafont (* September 13, 1927 in Villeneuve -Saint -Georges, Val- de -Marne, † April 8, 2005 ) was a French football player and coach.

In the club

The center-half, whose parents had moved during the German occupation of southern France, played in the youth and young-adult than for the CS Cheminots, a railway workers' sports club in Nimes. In 1950 he moved to local rivals Nîmes Olympique, for whom he played his first game in Division 1 in April 1950. A year later he was loaned to second division side FC Grenoble, in 1952 but brought back from the Languedoc, quickly established himself as a regular player and contributed greatly to that Olympique developed into one of the strongest French teams of the 1950s. For a championship but it arrived just as for a cup victory: 1958 and 1959 Maurice Lafont was with his team each runner-up, 1958 lost Nîmes Olympique also the final against Stade Reims Doublé winner with 1:3. The defender, however, was awarded with the Etoile d'Or in 1957/58.

After a total of 230 first division matches in which he also eight hits were successful, but he moved in 1959 to league rivals SC Toulon, where he 14 more point games with two Torerfolgen posted on the side of his temporary team-mate Jean -Jacques Marcel, the relegation of the club does not prevent could. After Toulon failed the immediate resurgence, Lafont returned in 1961 in the Division 1 back; However, he was no longer employed at Stade Olympique Montpelliérain in Ligaelf and therefore finished as 34 -year-old his playing career.

Stations

  • CS Cheminots Nîmois ( until early 1950)
  • Nîmes Olympique (1950 /51)
  • FC de Grenoble (1951 /52)
  • Nîmes Olympique (1952-1959)
  • SC Toulon (1959-1961)
  • Stade Olympique Montpelliérain (1961 /62)

National players

Maurice Lafont it took from June to October 1958, only four appearances in the French national team, because his playing position during the 1950s was firmly occupied with the Rheims Robert Jonquet. He belonged to the French squad at the World Championships in Sweden and made his debut there due to the serious injury suffered in the semifinals Jonquets in the final 6-3 against Germany, France secured the third place. Four months later, his career ended at the Bleus, and again was the opponent Germany ( 2:2 in Colombes ).

After playing career

After the end of his active career Maurice Lafont trained, among others, LB Châteauroux and AS Cherbourg, before he returned to Nîmes; there he operated a café and in addition during the summer months a beach in Le Grau- du- Roi.

Villeneuve-Saint-Georges Grenoble Foot 38 Double (association football) Jean-Jacques Marcel Montpellier HSC Le Grau-du-Roi 1956–57 French Division 1 Kees Rijvers 1957–58 French Division 1 1958–59 French Division 1 1959–60 French Division 1 1960–61 French Division 1 1961–62 French Division 1 1962–63 French Division 1 1963–64 French Division 1 1964–65 French Division 1 Robert Herbin 1965–66 French Division 1 Roger Lemerre 1966–67 French Division 1 1967–68 French Division 1 1968–69 French Division 1 1969–70 French Division 1 Bernard Bosquier Mohamed Salem 1970–71 French Division 1 1971–72 French Division 1 1972–73 French Division 1 1973–74 French Division 1 Jean-Marc Guillou 1974–75 French Division 1 1975–76 French Division 1 1976–77 French Division 1 1977–78 French Division 1 Maxime Bossis 1978–79 French Division 1 1979–80 French Division 1 1980–81 French Division 1 Dominique Dropsy 1981–82 French Division 1 1982–83 French Division 1 1983–84 French Division 1 1984–85 French Division 1 1985–86 French Division 1 1986–87 French Division 1 1987–88 French Division 1 Bernard Pardo 1988–89 French Division 1 Basile Boli 1989–90 French Division 1 1990–91 French Division 1 1991–92 French Division 1 1993–94 French Division 1 1994–95 French Division 1 Jean-Guy Wallemme 1995–96 French Division 1 Sonny Anderson 1996–97 French Division 1 Ali Benarbia 1997–98 French Division 1 Fabien Barthez 1998–99 French Division 1 Alexander Vencel (footballer born 1967) 1999–2000 French Division 1 Bernard Lama 2000–01 French Division 1 Pascal Cygan 2001–02 French Division 1 2002–03 Ligue 1 2003–04 Ligue 1 2004–05 Ligue 1 Cris (footballer) 2005–06 Ligue 1 2006–07 Ligue 1 2007–08 Ligue 1 Hugo Lloris 2008–09 Ligue 1 2009–10 Ligue 1 2010–11 Ligue 1 Eden Hazard 2011–12 Ligue 1 2012–13 Ligue 1
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