Jean Fidon
 Fidon in 1927 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jean Georges Fidon | ||
| Date of birth | 1 June 1906 | ||
| Place of birth | Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France | ||
| Date of death | 16 August 1992 (aged 86) | ||
| Place of death | Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1926–1934 | CA Paris | ||
| 1934–1935 | Amiens | ||
| International career | |||
| 1927 | France | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jean Georges Fidon (1 June 1906 – 16 August 1992) was a French footballer who played as a midfielder for CA Paris and the French national team in the late 1920s.
Playing career
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Born in the Seine-et-Marne town of Meaux on 1 June 1906, Fidon began his football career at CA Paris in 1926, aged 18.[1] Together with René Quentier, Marcel Langiller, and the Laurent brothers (Jean and Lucien), he was a member of the CA Paris team that reached the 1928 Coupe de France final at Colombes on 6 May, which ended in a 3–1 loss to Red Star.[2][3] On the following day, the journalists of the French newspaper Le Miroir des sports stated that "Fidon has the fault of not lasting ninety minutes, with his fatigue explaining why he let Brouzes' dribble past him without opposing it", simply "remaining in front of him as if paralyzed", which allowed Brouzes to score Red Star's third goal.[4]
The previous year, on 12 June 1927, the 21-year-old Fidon earned his first (and only) international cap for France in a friendly match against Hungary at Budapest, coming off the bench to replace André Rollet in the 28th minute, when France was already 3–0; at half-time, Fidon was moved to center-half, but France still lost 13–1.[5][6][7] He remained loyal to CA Paris until 1934, when he left for Amiens, where he retired in 1935, aged 29.[8][1]
Death
[edit]Fidon died in Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 16 August 1992, at the age of 86.[9]
Honours
[edit]- CA Paris
- Coupe de France:
- Runner-up: 1928
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Jean Fidon". www.fff.fr (in French). Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ "Grandes Equipes del CA Paris" [Great teams of CA Paris]. www.pari-et-gagne.com (in French). Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ "Saison 1927-1928 Red Star Vainqueur" [1927-1928 Season Red Star Winner]. www.om4ever.com (in French). Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ "Le Red Star gagne, devant 25.000 spectateurs, la Coupe de France sur le C.A. Paris, très malchanceux" [Red Star wins the French Cup in front of 25,000 spectators against the very unlucky CA Paris]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Le Miroir des sports. 8 May 1928. p. 8. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ "Jean Fidon, international footballer". eu-football.info. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ "Voici des précisions sur le désastre de notre «onze» à Budapest" [Here are some details about the disaster of our "eleven" in Budapest]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Écho des sports. 14 June 1927. p. 1. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ "Les matchs shutdown: c'est ici qu'on se quitte" [The shutdown matches: this is where we leave each other]. www.chroniquesbleues.fr (in French). 9 June 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ "Jean Fidon (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ "Notice de personne "Fidon, Jean (1906-1992)"" [Personal information "Fidon, Jean (1906-1992)"]. catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 21 April 2025.
External links
[edit]- Jean Fidon at National-Football-Teams.com
- Jean Fidon at WorldFootball.net