Gaby Robert

Gabriel "Gaby" Robert (5 March 1920 – 15 May 2003) was a French football player and coach. He played for the France Olympic team at the 1948 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Gaby Robert

Personal information
Full name	Gabriel Robert
Date of birth	(1920-03-05)5 March 1920
Place of birth	Belcodène, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Date of death	15 May 2003(2003-05-15) (aged 83)
Place of death	Hyères, Var, France
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1945–1946	Annecy
1946–1947	Racing Club de Paris
1947–1953	Hyères FC
1953–1958	Toulon	58	(15)
International career
1948	France Olympic	2	(0)
Managerial career
19??–1953	Hyères FC
1953–1959	Toulon
1959–1961	Lyon
1961–1966	Hyères FC
1966	France Amateurs
1966–1970	Valenciennes
1976	France Olympic
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Picture of Olympique Team France of soccer in 1948, before Olympic Games

After his playing career, he became a coach with Hyères FC, Toulon, Lyon, Valenciennes^[2] and coached France at the 1976 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Club career

Robert played for Annecy in 1945–1946, Racing Club Paris in 1946–1947, Hyères FC and Sporting Club Toulon.^{[citation needed]}

International career

Robert was selected in France Football squad for the 1948 Summer Olympics,^[4][5] and played France two games against India^[6] and Great Britain,^[7] as France were eliminated in the Quarterfinals. He never had a cap with France senior team.

Coaching career

In 1966 Robert coached France national Amateurs team.^[8]

In 1976 he managed France at the 1976 Olympic Football Tournament, as France was eliminated in the quarterfinals by East Germany.^[9]

He thus became the first French, and to date the only, to participate to the Olympic Football Tournament as both a player and a manager.

Personal life and death

Robert was born in Belcodène on 5 March 1920.^[10] He died in Hyères on 15 May 2003.^[3]