Lucien Leduc ( fr. Lucien Leduc ; December 30, 1918 , Boulogne-sur-Mer - July 17, 2004 ) - French footballer and coach who entered the history of the French club Monaco , under the leadership of Leduc the club for the first time in its history became the champion of France in 1961 year In 1963 and 1978 , Leduc also led the team to a champion title, and in 1960 and 1963 Monaco won the French Cup .
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| Was born | Boulogne-sur-Mer , France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citizenship |  France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Leduc was born on December 30, 1918 in the city of Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France. Leduc began his football career at the Boulogne Club. Lucien was the first French football player to make a name for himself as a midfielder , becoming popular. He became the champion of France in 1947 as part of the “ Excelsior Roubet ” and in 1949 as a player of the RFK Paris . For the French team, Leduc debuted on April 7, 1946 in a match against the Czechoslovak national team , ending with a French victory with a score of 3: 0.
Leduc's career began too late, he became famous at the age of 30, Lucien had to wait until the end of World War II , before he was the first footballer in the history of French football to cross the French border and go to Italy to play for Venice . Lucien also played for the French clubs Montpellier , Set , Clermont Foot , Red Star , Rube-Torkuen , Saint-Etienne and Annecy .
Leduc's coaching career began at the time of his performance for Annecy in 1951, he served as playing coach, and finally ended his career as a player Lucien in 1959. Later, Leduc trained the Italian “Venice”, the French “Monaco”, the Swiss “ Servette ”, the national team of Algeria , “ Angers ”, the “ Olympic ” from Marseille (with whom he became the champion of France of the season 1970/1971 ), “ Reims ”, the Belgian “ Standard ” and the Moroccan Vidad from Casablanca . It was with Monaco from 1958 to 1963, and from 1976 to 1979, Leduc achieved the highest success.
The first trophy won as a coach for Leduc was the French Cup in 1960, won with Monaco, for Monaco he was also the first official trophy. In 1976, when Monaco left the first league, Lediuk was invited to return to his former club for the post of head coach. Returning to the club, Ledyuk was able to do an incredible, bring Monaco back to the first league, and a year later win the French champion title. After winning the championship, Leduc described the victory of Monaco in the national championship in the following way: “This is a joke”. A year later, in 1979, he announced the completion of his coaching career. But after 4 years he returned to coaching again, heading the capital "PSG" , which resulted in the 1983/1984 season in fourth place in the French Championship.
On July 17, 2004, Lucien Leduc, after a long illness, died at the age of 85.
National team performances
As part of the French team, Leduc spent 4 matches in which he scored 1 ball.
- April 7, 1946 ; Team France - Team Czechoslovakia 3: 0
- April 14, 1946; Portugal national team - France national team 2: 1
- May 5, 1946; France team - Austria team 3: 1
- May 19, 1946; France squad - England squad 2: 1
Achievements
Club
- Champion of France : 1947
- France Cup Winner: 1949
Coaching
- Champion of France: 1961, 1963, 1971, 1978
- France Cup Winner: 1960, 1963
- Champion of the second French league: 1977
Notes
- ↑ Transfermarkt.com - 2000.