André Louis Strappe (23 February 1928 – 10 February 2006) was a French professional footballer who played as a forward, and later served as a manager.[3]

André Strappe
Strappe in 1955
Personal information
Full name André Louis Strappe[1]
Date of birth (1928-02-23)23 February 1928[2]
Place of birth Bully-les-Mines,[2] Pas-de-Calais, France
Date of death 10 February 2006(2006-02-10) (aged 77)[1]
Place of death Le Havre,[1] Seine-Maritime, France
Position(s) Forward[2]
Youth career
1945–1948 ES Bully
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948–1958 Lille 310 (110)
1958–1961 Le Havre 93 (26)
1961–1963 Nantes 49 (7)
1963–1965 Bastia
1966–1970 Tavaux-Damparis
1970–1971 Châteauroux 10 (2)
Total 465+ (145+)
International career
1948 France Olympic 2 (0)
1949–1954 France 23 (4)
Managerial career
1964–1965 Bastia
1966–1970 Tavaux-Damparis
1970–1971 Châteauroux
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Strappe was a player for Lille, Le Havre, and Nantes, and then a player-manager for Bastia, Tavaux-Damparis, and Châteauroux. He scored 112 goals in the French Division 1 and won the league tournament in 1953–54 with Lille. He also won the Coupe de France in 1953 and 1955 with Lille, and again with Le Havre in 1959.[citation needed]

International career

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He also played 23 matches and scored 4 goals for France.[4] He participated at the 1948 Summer Olympics[5] and in the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland.[citation needed]

Honours

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Lille

Le Havre

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Fichier des décès – années 2000 à 2009" [Death file – years 2000 to 2009] (in French). INSEE. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "André Strappe". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  3. ^ "France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSF.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2002. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  4. ^ André Strappe at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. ^ "André Strappe". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
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