Pierre Sinibaldi

Pierre Sinibaldi (29 February 1924 – 24 January 2012) was a French football player, who played as a striker. His career as manager spanned a quarter of a century.^[1]

Pierre Sinibaldi

Sinibaldi in 1948
Personal information
Date of birth	(1924-02-29)29 February 1924
Place of birth	Montemaggiore, France
Date of death	24 January 2012(2012-01-24) (aged 87)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1942–1944	Troyes
1944–1953	Reims
1953–1954	Nantes
1954–1955	Lyon
1955–1956	Perpignan
International career
1946–1948	France	2	(0)
Managerial career
1956–1959	Perpignan
1959–1960	Luxembourg
1960–1966	Anderlecht
1966–1968	Monaco
1969–1971	Anderlecht
1971–1975	Las Palmas
1975–1976	Sporting de Gijón
1979–1980	Toulon
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

In the 1960s and again in the early 1970s, he coached R.S.C. Anderlecht with whom he previously won four Belgian Championships between 1962 and 1966. As a player for Stade de Reims (1944–1953), he won two French Championships (1949, 1953) and the French Cup (1950); in 1947, he was the top scorer in the Division 1 with 33 goals. Sinibaldi, whose brothers Paul (goalkeeper) and Noël also played in Reims, was selected twice for the France national team, the first time for a 2–1 win against England in 1946.

Honours

Player

Reims

• Ligue 1: 1948–49, 1952–53

Manager

Anderlecht

• Belgian First Division: 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66
• Belgian Cup: 1964–65
• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: runner-up 1969-70

Individual

Reims

• Ligue 1 top scorer: 1946–47 (33 goals)