Alex Thépot

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Alex Thépot
Personal information
Full name Alexis Thépot
Date of birth July 30, 1906
Place of birth    Brest, France
Date of death    February 21, 1989
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth clubs
1922-1927 Armoricaine Brest
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1927-28
1928-1935
1935-1936		 FEC Levallois
Red Star FC
USL Dunkerque		    
National team
1927 - 1935 France 31 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Alexis ("Alex") Thépot (July 30, 1906 – February 21, 1989) was a French football player. He was the goalkeeper of the French national team in the first two World Cups, 1930 and 1934.

Thépot, born in Brest, Finistère, played for the clubs Armoricaine de Brest (1922-1927), FEC Levallois (1927-28), Red Star FC (1928-1935), and USL Dunkerque (1935-1936). After a good year with Levallois, he was selected to play his first international match against England in 1927.[1]

From 1927 to 1935, Thépot played in 31 international matches, conceding 77 goals, and was the captain 13 times.[2] He played France's only match at the 1928 Olympic Games, a 3-4 loss to Italy.

Thépot appeared in France's first ever World Cup match against Mexico in 1930, although he had to abandon the match during the first half due to an injury, being replaced in goal by half Augustin Chantrel. Thépot would come back and play in the next two matches, but his team was unable to go past the group stage, losing to Argentina 1-0 on a late goal, and 1-0 to Chile, after having saved a penalty kick when the match was still 0-0.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Source: (French) AllezRedStar.com. Alex Thépot. AllezRedStar.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-03.
  2. ^ (French) www.fff.fr. Player profile and cap summary. French Football Federation. Retrieved on 2007-01-03.
  3. ^ Naskrent, Gwidon S. et al. World Cup 1930. RSSSF. Retrieved on 2007-01-03.

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France squad - 1930 FIFA World Cup
DF Andoire • DF Capelle • MF Chantrel • FW Delfour • MF Delmer • FW Langiller • MF J. Laurent • FW L. Laurent • FW Libérati • FW Maschinot • DF Mattler • MF Pinel • GK Tassin • GK Thépot • FW Veinante • MF Villaplane • Coach: Caudron
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France squad - 1934 FIFA World Cup
FW Alcazar • FW Aston • MF Beaucourt • FW Courtois • GK Défossé • MF Delfour • MF Delmer • MF Gabrillargues • DF Gonzales • FW Keller • FW Korb • FW Laurent • MF Lietaer • GK Llense • DF Mairesse • DF Mattler • FW Nicolas • MF Rio • GK Thépot • DF Vandooren • FW Veinante • MF Verriest • Coach: Kimpton
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