René Fatoux

René Fatoux (2 December 1935 – 30 October 2022) was a French footballer who played as a forward.^[1]

René Fatoux

Fatoux with Lille
Personal information
Date of birth	(1935-12-02)2 December 1935
Place of birth	Dainville, France
Date of death	30 October 2022(2022-10-30) (aged 86)
Place of death	Warlus, Pas-de-Calais, France
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1962	Lille	131	(68)
1963–1964	Red Star	2	(2)
1964–1965	RC Arras
1965–1966	SO Chambéry
1966–1967	Marignane
1966–1967	Grenoble
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

Fatoux's club career began when he was aged 13 in Péronne. He then began training in Lens before joining Reims, where he played alongside Raymond Kopa and Albert Batteux.^[2] From 1956 to 1958, he was a part of the Bataillon de Joinville, where he won the Kentish Challenge Cup [fr] multiple times.

In his professional career, Fatoux played for Lille, Red Star, RC Arras, SO Chambéry, and Grenoble.^{[citation needed]} He finished his career with Boiry as a player-coach when he was 50 years old.^[3] In addition to his football career, he was a physical education teacher. He received the Bronze Medal of Youth, Sports and Community Involvement [fr] in 2010.^[4] That year, he began coaching the youth team of AC Cambrai.

René Fatoux died in Warlus, Pas-de-Calais on 30 October 2022, at the age of 86.^[5]