Albert Rénier
Albert Rénier
Personal information
Date of birth (1896-05-08)8 May 1896
Place of birth Le Havre, France
Date of death 5 April 1948(1948-04-05) (aged 51)
Place of death Le Havre, France
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1919–1925 Le Havre
International career
1919 France military 4 (5)
1920–1924 France 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Rénier (8 May 1896 – 5 April 1948) was a French footballer who played all of his career for Le Havre.[1] He played in four matches for the France national football team between 1920 and 1924, netting once.[2]…

Club career

He played his entire career with Le Havre Athletic Club, thus being part of the so-called one-club men group. With his club, he reached the 1920 Coupe de France Final after beating AS Cannes after extra-time in the semi-finals. Albert Rénier could not play in the final and without him, the club lost to Cercle Athlétique de Paris (1–2).[3]

International career

He earned four caps for the France national team between 1920 and 1924, and scored a goal in France's 2–0 victory over Belgium on 13 January 1924 at the Stade Buffalo,[4] netting with a diving header by taking over a cross from Gérard Isbecque. In 1924, he was a member of the French squad for the football tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[1]

In 1919, he took part in the Inter-Allied Games in Paris, a large sports competition organized in celebration of the Allied victory in World War I. However, the matches of the tournament are not included in the official FIFA register.[5] Rénier helped France win Group A with one goal against Romania (4–0) and a hat-trick against Greece (11–0). Rénier also scored in the final to give his side a 2–0 lead over Czechoslovakia, but his team ended up losing 3–2.[6]

Honours

Club

Le Havre

International

France

References

  1. 1 2 "Albert Rénier". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Albert Rénier". National Football Teams. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "France - Cup History". RSSSF. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Albert Rénier". Eu-football.info. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Soccer at the Inter-Allied Games of 1919: Top Stars". soccerhistoryusa.org. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Interallied Games 1919". RSSSF. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
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