Roger Piantoni
Appearance
![]() Piantoni in 1970 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 26 December 1931 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Étain, France | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 May 2018 (aged 86) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Ludres,[1] France | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Inside-forward | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1946–1950 | US Piennes | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1950–1957 | Nancy | 239 | (91) | |||||||||||
| 1957–1964 | Reims | 198 | (145) | |||||||||||
| 1964–1966 | Nice | 48 | (20) | |||||||||||
| Total | 485 | (256) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1952–1961 | France | 37 | (18) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Roger Piantoni (26 December 1931 – 26 May 2018) was a French footballer. He was born in Étain, Meause. He played for the French national team from 1952 to 1961. He also played for Nancy, Reims and Nice.
Piantoni died in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle on 26 May 2018 at the age of 86.[2]
Honours
[change | change source]Reims
- Division 1: 1957–58, 1959–60, 1961–62
- Coupe de France: 1957–58
- Coupe Mohamed V: 1962
- European Cup runner-up: 1958–59
France
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1958
Individual
References
[change | change source]Other websites
[change | change source]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roger Piantoni.
- Roger Piantoni at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Roger Piantoni at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
