Émile Antonio
Personal information
Date of birth (1928-04-22)22 April 1928
Place of birth Auzat-la-Combelle, France
Date of death 20 September 2022(2022-09-20) (aged 94)
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
–1946 La Combelle CCA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1950 La Combelle CCA
1950–1953 FC Sète[1] 89 (18)
1953–1954 Nice 28 (3)
1954–1961 Lyon 184 (23)
1961–1963 Montferrand
1963–1972 La Combelle CCA
International career
France amateur
France B 4 (0)
Managerial career
1963–1975 La Combelle CCA
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Émile Antonio (22 April 1928 – 20 September 2022) was a French footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Born in Auzat-la-Combelle in 1928 to emigrants,[2] Antonio became a French citizen in 1931.[3] Having made his debut at his local club, La Combelle CCA,[4] Antonio joined Sète.

Antonio spent the 1953–54 season at Nice, making 28 appearances scoring 3 goals.[3] With Nice, he also won the 1953–54 Coupe de France thanks to a 2–1 win in the final against Marseille, before moving to Olympique Lyonnais.[3]

He stayed at Lyon for seven seasons. He played 183 matches (of which 160 were league games) and scored 23 goals. He is still a well-renowned player at Gerland.

In 1961, he finished his professional career. He played at Montferrand, before returning to his first club, La Combelle CCA.[3] He coached this club between 1963 and 1975.

Later life and death

In June 2022 Antonio's hometown Auzat-la-Combelle named its stadium after him as a tribute.[5]

Antonio died on 20 September 2022, at the age of 94.[3]

Honours

Nice

References

  1. ↑ Émile Antonio at FootballDatabase.eu
  2. ↑ OGN Nice says "Spanish", francetvinfo says "Portuguese"
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Émile Antonio s'est éteint" [Émile Antonio passed away]. OGC Nice (in French). 20 September 2022. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Les Anciennes Gloires (suite 1) - club de football La Combelle Charbonnier Association Breuil". Footeo (in French). Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  5. ↑ Genet, Cyrille (19 June 2022). "Qui est Emile Antonio, doyen des footballeurs auvergnats" [Who is Emile Antonio, dean of Auvergne footballers]. france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.


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