Marcel Langiller

Marcel Langiller (2 June 1908 – 25 December 1980)^[3] was a French footballer and is an Olympian. He played in a striker role, and was nicknamed "La Caille". He was part of France’s squad for the 1930 FIFA World Cup^[4]

Marcel Langiller

Personal information
Date of birth	(1908-06-02)2 June 1908[1]
Place of birth	Paris, France
Date of death	25 December 1980(1980-12-25) (aged 72)[2]
Place of death	Paris, France
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1923–1928	CA Paris
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1928–1933	Excelsior Roubaix
1933–1934	Red Star
1935-1937	Saint-Étienne
1937–1939	CA Paris
International career
1927–1937	France	30	(7)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Langiller was born in Charenton-le-Pont, Val-de-Marne. His youth club was CA Paris^[5] from 1923 to 1928.

He started his senior career at Excelsior Athlétic Club de Roubaix^[6] in 1928. From 1933 to 1934 he played for Red Star.^[7] In 1935, he went to AS Saint-Étienne.^[8] In 1937, he went back to his youth club, CA Paris, ending his career in 1939.^[9]

International career

His first cap with France was against Spain on 22/05/1927. He scored his first goal against England on 17/05/1928.^[10]

He was in the 1928 Olympics French Football team^[11] and played France only match in the tournament, a 3-4 defeat against Italy on 29/05/1928^[12]

He was part of France’s squad at the 1930 FIFA World Cup,^[13] playing France’s all 3 matches in the group stage,^[14] and scoring 1 goal against Mexico. This was the third goal of the history of the FIFA World Cup, 20 minutes after his teammate Lucien Laurent scored the first one, and the second one from American player Bart McGhee, came in minute 23, the same-time match between United States and Belgium, at Group 4.^[15]

His last cap was against Italy on 05/12/1937.^[16] He had 30 caps with France, scoring 7 goals.^[17]

International goals

Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Langiller goal.

List of international goals scored by Marcel Langiller

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	17 May 1928	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France	England	1–0	1–5	Friendly
2.	13 June 1930	Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo, Uruguay	Mexico	2–0	4–1	1930 FIFA World Cup
3.	15 February 1931	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France	Czechoslovakia	1–1	1–2	Friendly
4.	14 May 1931	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France	England	3–1	5–2	Friendly
5.	8 May 1932	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France	Scotland	1–3	1–3	Friendly
6.	26 March 1933	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France	Belgium	2–0	3–0	Friendly
7.	31 October 1937	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Netherlands	2–0	3–2	Friendly

Honours

• Coupe de France in 1933 with Excelsior Roubaix^[18]