Jump to content

Robert Jonquet: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Addbot (talk | contribs)
Bots
2,838,809 edits
m Bot: Migrating 11 interwiki links, now provided by Wikidata on d:q708974 (Report Errors)
 
(41 intermediate revisions by 28 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|French footballer (1925–2008)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}

{{Infobox football biography
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Robert Jonquet
| name = Robert Jonquet
| image =
| image = Robert Jonquet (1949).png
| fullname = Robert Jonquet
| caption = Jonquet in 1949
| full_name = Robert Henri Jonquet
| height = {{height|m=1.76|precision=0}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|5|3|df=yes}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|5|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Paris, France
| birth_place = [[Paris]], France
| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|12|18|1925|5|3|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|12|17|1925|5|3|df=y}}
| death_place =
| death_place = [[Reims]], France
| currentclub =
| height = 1.76 m
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1937–1941
| position = [[Defender (football)|Defender]]
| youthclubs1 = Robinson
| youthyears1 = 1937–1941
| youthyears2 = 1941–1942
| youthyears2 = 1941–1942
| youthclubs2 = Châtenay-Malabry
| youthyears3 = 1941–1942
| youthyears3 = 1941–1942
| youthclubs3 = SS Voltaire de Paris
| youthyears4 = 1942–1945
| youthyears4 = 1942–1945
| youthclubs4 = [[Stade de Reims|Reims]]
| youthclubs1 = Robinson
| years1 = 1945–1960
| youthclubs2 = Châtenay-Malabry
| youthclubs3 = SS Voltaire de Paris
| clubs1 = [[Stade de Reims|Reims]]
| caps1 = 502
| youthclubs4 = [[Stade de Reims]]
| years1 = 1945–1960
| goals1 = 9
| years2 = 1960–1962
| years2 = 1960–1962
| clubs1 = [[Stade de Reims]]
| clubs2 = [[RC Strasbourg|Strasbourg]]
| caps2 = 55
| clubs2 = [[RC Strasbourg]]
| caps1 = 502
| goals2 = 3
| caps2 = 55
| totalcaps = 557
| goals1 = 9
| totalgoals = 12
| goals2 = 3
| nationalyears1 = 1948–1960
| nationalyears1 = 1948–1960
| nationalteam1 = {{flagicon|France}} [[France national football team|France]]
| nationalteam1 = [[France national football team|France]]
| nationalcaps1 = 58
| nationalcaps1 = 58
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1961–1964
| manageryears1 = 1961–1964
| managerclubs1 = [[RC Strasbourg|Strasbourg]]
| manageryears2 = 1964–1967
| manageryears2 = 1964–1967
| managerclubs2 = [[Stade de Reims|Reims]]
| manageryears3 =
| manageryears3 =
| managerclubs3 = [[Romilly-sur-Seine]]
| manageryears4 =
| manageryears4 =
| managerclubs4 = [[RC Épernay|Épernay]]
| manageryears5 = 1978–1980
| manageryears5 = 1978–1980
| managerclubs5 = [[CO Châlons|Châlons-sur-Marne]]
| manageryears6 = 1980–1981
| manageryears6 = 1980–1981
| managerclubs1 = [[RC Strasbourg]]
| managerclubs6 = [[Stade de Reims|Reims]]
| medaltemplates =
| managerclubs2 = [[Stade de Reims]]
{{MedalCountry|{{FRA}}}}
| managerclubs3 = [[Romilly-sur-Seine]]
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
| managerclubs4 = [[RC Épernay|Épernay]]
{{Medal|3rd|[[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]|}}
| managerclubs5 = [[CO Châlons|Châlons-sur-Marne]]
| managerclubs6 = [[Stade de Reims]]
| pcupdate =
| ntupdate =
}}
}}
'''Robert Jonquet''' (3 May 1925 – 18 December 2008) was a French former [[association football|football]] [[defender (football)|defender]]. He played the majority of his professional career for the club [[Stade de Reims]], winning five [[Ligue 1|French championship]]s and appearing in two [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] finals. He is considered as one of the best central defender of his time.<ref>http://www.eurosport.fr/football/robert-jonquet-est-mort_sto1788217/story.shtml</ref>
'''Robert Henri Jonquet''' (3 May 1925 – 17 December 2008) was a French [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[defender (association football)|defender]]. He played the majority of his professional career for the club [[Stade de Reims|Reims]], winning five [[Ligue 1|French championship]]s and appearing in two [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] finals. He is considered one of the best central defenders of his time.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.eurosport.fr/football/robert-jonquet-est-mort_sto1788217/story.shtml | title=Robert Jonquet est mort | date=19 December 2008 }}</ref>


Nicknamed "The Hero of [[Arsenal Stadium|Highbury]]" after an outstanding individual performance against [[England national football team|England]] in London in 1951, Jonquet was integral to the [[France national football team|French national teams]] of the 1950s, playing at the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] finals of [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]] and [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]].
Nicknamed "The Hero of [[Arsenal Stadium|Highbury]]" after an outstanding individual performance against [[England national football team|England]] in London in 1951, Jonquet was integral to the [[France national football team|France national team]] of the 1950s, playing at the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] finals of [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]] and [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]].

==Early life==
Robert Henri Jonquet was born on 3 May 1925 in the [[14th arrondissement of Paris]].<ref name="NISES">{{cite web |url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/4769950/deces-2000-2009-csv.zip |title=Fichier des décès – années 2000 à 2009 |trans-title=Death file – years 2000 to 2009 |publisher=INSEE |access-date=12 March 2022 |language=fr}}</ref>


==Playing career==
==Playing career==
===1946–1956===
===1946–1956===
During his youth, Jonquet played in the surrounding countryside of southern Paris in [[Châtenay-Malabry]], and afterwards for the ''Société Sportive Voltaire''. In 1946–47, he played his first season at [[Stade de Reims|Reims]] in the [[Ligue 1|division 1]]. He became a first-team player, and in the spring 1947, he was called up for the first time to the [[France national football team|France national team]]. Jonquet was relatively short (1.76 m) for his playing position, but as a ''[[Libero (football)|libero]]'', played with elegance and talent in the number 5 shirt, rather than in the mould of a typical centre-back "destroyer".


In the 1948–49 season he won his first [[Ligue 1|French championship]], 1950 the [[Coupe de France]], followed in 1953 by his second French championship and the [[Latin Cup]]. In the year after he participated with ''Les Bleus'' in its first World Cup finals in Switzerland; in 1955 he won the French championship again, the French Supercup, was finalist in the Latin Cup and the following year (1956) reached with Reims the final of the newly born [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]], losing to [[Real Madrid]] 4–3. Two further high points of these years took place on international fields: in October 1951 with France he played in London against [[England national football team|England]] (which included [[Alf Ramsey]] and [[Billy Wright (footballer born 1924)|Billy Wright]]). Jonquet's superb game helped France obtain a 2–2 draw, and on the next morning a newspaper headline referred to him as "The Hero of Highbury".<ref>[http://www.fff.fr/cgi-bin/historique/hist_detail.pl?nomatch=195 FFF : Equipe de France de Football, football, fiche, Bleus, actualité, vidéo, reportage, photo<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051202120456/http://www.fff.fr/cgi-bin/historique/hist_detail.pl?nomatch=195 |date=2 December 2005 }}</ref> The "hero" also played in a European selection which defeated England in a friendly match in 1955.
During his youth, Jonquet played in the surrounding countryside of southern Paris in [[Châtenay-Malabry]], and afterwards for the ''Société Sportive Voltaire''. In 1946/47, he played his first season at [[Stade de Reims]] in the [[Ligue 1|division 1]]. He became a first-team player, and in the spring 1947, he was called up for the first time to the [[French national football team|French national team]]. Jonquet was relatively short (1.76 m) for his playing position, but as a ''[[Libero (football)|libero]]'', played with elegance and talent in the number 5 shirt, rather than in the mould of a typical centre-back "destroyer".

In the 1948/49 season he won his first [[Ligue 1|French championship]], 1950 the [[Coupe de France]], followed in 1953 by his second [[Ligue 1|French championship]] and the [[Latin Cup]]. In the year after he participated with [[France national football team|Les Bleus]] in its first World Cup finals in Switzerland; in 1955 he won the [[Ligue 1|French championship]] again, the French Supercup, was finalist in the [[Latin Cup]] and the following year (1956) reached with [[Stade Reims]] the final of the newly born [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]], losing to [[Real Madrid]] 3:4. Two further high points of these years took place on international fields: in October 1951 with the [[French national football team|France]] he played in London against [[England national football team|England]] (which included [[Alf Ramsey]] and [[Billy Wright (footballer born 1924)|Billy Wright]]). Jonquet's superb game helped France obtain a 2:2 draw, and on the next morning a newspaper headline referred to him as the "The Hero of Highbury".<ref>[http://www.fff.fr/cgi-bin/historique/hist_detail.pl?nomatch=195 FFF : Equipe de France de Football, football, fiche, Bleus, actualité, vidéo, reportage, photo<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The "hero" also played in a European selection which defeated England in a friendly match in 1955.


===A main player in one of the best teams of Europe===
===A main player in one of the best teams of Europe===
Robert Jonquet's fellow players with Reims reads like a Who's Who of French football during the 1950s: between goalkeeper ([[Dominique Colonna]]) and offensive forces ([[Raymond Kopa]], [[Michel Hidalgo]], [[Léon Glovacki]], [[Jean Vincent (footballer)|Jean Vincent]], [[Just Fontaine]], [[Roger Piantoni]], [[René Bliard]]) stood safe defensive players such as [[Roger Marche]], [[Armand Penverne]], [[Albert Batteux]], [[Michel Leblond]], [[Jean Wendling]] – and evenly over one decade for Jonquet, who is the only players who played in two finals of the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] as well as two finals of the [[Latin Cup]]. [[Albert Batteux]] by the way accompanied and supported Jonquet career over this time in three different ways: as a fellow players (until 1950), as a manager (1950–1959) and as France national football team coach (starting from 1955).

Robert Jonquet's fellow players with Reims reads like a Who's Who of French football during the 1950s: between goalkeeper ([[Dominique Colonna]]) and offensive forces ([[Raymond Kopa]], [[Michel Hidalgo]], [[Léon Glovacki]], [[Jean Vincent (footballer)|Jean Vincent]], [[Just Fontaine]], [[Roger Piantoni]], [[René Bliard]]) stood safe defensive players such as [[Roger Marche]], [[Armand Penverne]], [[Albert Batteux]], [[Michel Leblond]], [[Jean Wendling]] – and evenly over one decade for Jonquet, which is the only players who played in all four final of [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]. [[Albert Batteux]] by the way accompanied and supported Jonquet career over this time in three different ways: as a fellow players (until 1950), as a manager (1950–1959) and as French national football coach (starting from 1955).


===1957–1961===
===1957–1961===
The 1957–58 season held further titles but also included probably the blackest hour for Jonquet. With Reims he won the treble of the French Championships Cup and Super Cup. In addition he participated in its second soccer world championship, at [[1958 FIFA World Cup]] in Sweden where [[France national football team|France]] finished third. However its misfortune in the semi-final (see below) prevented Jonquet's participation in the match for third place (6–3 against Germany).<ref>[http://www.fff.fr/cgi-bin/historique/hist_detail.pl?nomatch=246 FFF : Equipe de France de Football, football, fiche, Bleus, actualité, vidéo, reportage, photo<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


After the second European Cup final against rival [[Real Madrid]] (1959, 2–0 loss) [[Raymond Kopa]] returned from ''Los Merengues'' to Reims – and Jonquet won his fifth French championship in 1960 and his third Super Cup. In this summer he retired at age 35 from France and moved to [[Racing Strasbourg]] in the second division, helping them to promote to the top division [[Ligue 1|division 1]] in 1961 – his final success as a player.
The 1957/58 season held further titles but also included probably the blackest hour for Jonquet. With Reims he won the treble of the French Championships Cup and Super Cup. In addition he participated in its second soccer world championship, at [[1958 FIFA World Cup]] in Sweden where [[France national football team|France]] finished third. However its misfortune in the semi-final (see below) prevented Jonquet's participation in the match for third place (6: 3 against Germany).<ref>[http://www.fff.fr/cgi-bin/historique/hist_detail.pl?nomatch=246 FFF : Equipe de France de Football, football, fiche, Bleus, actualité, vidéo, reportage, photo<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

After the second European Cup final against rival [[Real Madrid]] (1959, 0:2) [[Raymond Kopa]] returned from ''Los Merengues'' to Reims – and Jonquet won his fifth French championship in 1960 and his third Super Cup. In this summer he retired at age 35 from [[France national football team|France]] and moved to [[Racing Strasbourg]] in the second division, helping them to promote to the top division [[Ligue 1|division 1]] in 1961 – his final success as a player.


===International career===
===International career===
Between April 1948 and July 1960 Robert Jonquet played 58 matches for [[France national football team|France]] and captained them. He participated [[1954 FIFA World Cup]] (one match) and [[1958 FIFA World Cup]] (five matches as the team captain). In Sweden his injury in the semi-final against Brazil after 35 minutes, following an impact with [[Vavá]], all but incapacitated him. In the half-time break – substitutes at that time not yet permitted – the team physician injected a pain-satisfying syringe, and Jonquet was able to stand on two legs. He spent the second half more or less useless and hobbling on the left wing. Indeed, he had broken its [[fibula]].<ref>[http://www.fff.fr/cgi-bin/historique/hist_detail.pl?nomatch=245 FFF : Equipe de France de Football, football, fiche, Bleus, actualité, vidéo, reportage, photo<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208013642/http://www.fff.fr/cgi-bin/historique/hist_detail.pl?nomatch=245 |date=8 December 2006 }}</ref><ref>''Fabuleuses histoires de l'équipe de France'', les dossiers [[Ouest France]], 1998</ref> But five months later he came back in the national team.<ref>[http://www.fff.fr/cgi-bin/historique/hist_detail.pl?nomatch=250 FFF : Equipe de France de Football, football, fiche, Bleus, actualité, vidéo, reportage, photo<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208150645/http://www.fff.fr/cgi-bin/historique/hist_detail.pl?nomatch=250 |date=8 December 2006 }}</ref>


Between April 1948 and July 1960 Robert Jonquet played 58 matches for [[France national football team|France]] and captained them. He participated [[1954 FIFA World Cup]] (one match) and [[1958 FIFA World Cup]] (five matches as the team captain). In Sweden his injury in the semi-final against Brazil after 35 minutes, following an impact with [[Vavá]], all but incapacitated him. In the half-time break – substitutes at that time not yet permitted – the team physician injected a pain-satisfying syringe, and Jonquet was able to stand on two legs. He spent the second half more or less useless and hobbling on the left wing. Indeed, he had broken its [[fibula]].<ref>[http://www.fff.fr/cgi-bin/historique/hist_detail.pl?nomatch=245 FFF : Equipe de France de Football, football, fiche, Bleus, actualité, vidéo, reportage, photo<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>''Fabuleuses histoires de l'équipe de France'', les dossiers [[Ouest France]], 1998</ref> But five months later he came back in the national team.<ref>[http://www.fff.fr/cgi-bin/historique/hist_detail.pl?nomatch=250 FFF : Equipe de France de Football, football, fiche, Bleus, actualité, vidéo, reportage, photo<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
He played his last match at [[Euro 1960]] against [[Czech Republic national football team|Czechoslovakia]].<ref>[http://www.fff.fr/cgi-bin/historique/hist_detail.pl?nomatch=261 FFF : Equipe de France de Football, football, fiche, Bleus, actualité, vidéo, reportage, photo<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208150505/http://www.fff.fr/cgi-bin/historique/hist_detail.pl?nomatch=261 |date=8 December 2006 }}</ref>


==Post-playing career==
He played his last match at [[Euro 1960]] against [[Czech Republic national football team|Czechoslovakia]].<ref>[http://www.fff.fr/cgi-bin/historique/hist_detail.pl?nomatch=261 FFF : Equipe de France de Football, football, fiche, Bleus, actualité, vidéo, reportage, photo<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
[[File:Robert Jonquet en 1980.jpg|thumb|upright|Jonquet in 1980]]


At [[RC Strasbourg]], Jonquet moved from the playing field to the coaching sidelines, enjoying a spell with Reims and afterwards with a small teams, [[Romilly-sur-Seine]], [[RC Épernay|Épernay]] and [[Châlons-sur-Marne]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.racingstub.com/page.php?page=news&id=3313 |title=Robert Jonquet, l'impérial - Racing Club de Strasbourg - racingstub.com |access-date=26 April 2009 |archive-date=11 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311180122/http://www.racingstub.com/page.php?page=news&id=3313 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was very disappointed with the rise of money in football, missing his time at [[Stade de Reims]].<ref>[http://www.humanite.presse.fr/journal/1996-11-20/1996-11-20-765582 La nostalgie de Robert Jonquet – l'Humanite<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He died on 17 December 2008 in [[Reims]], Marne.<ref name="NISES"/> His club Reims gave his name to a stand of their stadium [[Stade Auguste Delaune|Auguste Delaune]].<ref>http://www.ville-reims.fr/fileadmin/documents/Centre_de_presse/CQ_Hommage_R_Jonquet.pdf{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
==After his playing career==


==Honours==
At [[RC Strasbourg]], Robert Jonquet moved from the playing field to the coaching sidelines, enjoying a spell with [[Stade Reims]] and afterwards with a small teams, [[Romilly-sur-Seine]], [[RC Épernay|Épernay]] and [[Châlons-sur-Marne]].<ref>http://www.racingstub.com/page.php?page=news&id=3313</ref> He was very disappointed with the rise of money in football, missing his time at [[Stade de Reims]].<ref>[http://www.humanite.presse.fr/journal/1996-11-20/1996-11-20-765582 La nostalgie de Robert Jonquet – l'Humanite<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He died on 18 December 2008.<ref>[http://www.fff.fr/bleus/actu/527440.shtml Robert Jonquet nous a quittés, Fédération Française de Football]</ref> His club [[Stade de Reims]] gave his name to a stand of their stadium [[Stade Auguste Delaune|Auguste Delaune]].<ref>http://www.ville-reims.fr/fileadmin/documents/Centre_de_presse/CQ_Hommage_R_Jonquet.pdf</ref>
'''Reims'''
*[[Ligue 1|Division 1]]: [[1948–49 French Division 1|1948–49]], [[1952–53 French Division 1|1952–53]], [[1954–55 French Division 1|1954–55]], [[1957–58 French Division 1|1957–58]], [[1959–60 French Division 1|1959–60]]; runner-up: [[1946–47 French Division 1|1946–47]], [[1953–54 French Division 1|1953–54]]{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}
*[[Coupe de France]]: 1949–50, 1957–58{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}
*[[Trophée des Champions]]: 1955, 1958, 1960{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}
*[[Latin Cup]]: 1953; runner-up: 1955{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}
*[[European Cup]] runner-up: [[1955–56 European Cup|1955–56]], [[1958–59 European Cup|1958–59]]{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}


==References==
==Overview on Jonquet's career==
===Clubs===

* SS Voltaire Paris
* [[Stade de Reims]] (1946–1960, 502 matches in the D1)
* [[RC Strasbourg]] (1960/62, D2)
* Coach of [[RC Strasbourg]] (1961/64)<ref>[[France Football]] magazine, N°3044</ref>
* Coach of [[Stade de Reims]] (1964/1967 and 1980/1981)

===Honours===

* [[Ligue 1|French championship]] winner: 1949, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1960 (and runner-up 1947 and 1954, in addition three times third and fourth the D1; only 1956 only 10th place for Reims)
* [[Coupe de France]] winner: 1950, 1958
* French Supercup ([[Trophée des Champions]]) winner: 1955, 1958, 1960
* [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] finalist in 1956 and 1959,
* ''Coupe Latine'' winner: 1953 (and finalist 1955)
* 58 caps for France, including nine times as captain.

==References and notes==
<!--This section uses the Cite.php citation mechanism. If you would like more information on how to add references to this article, please see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cite/Cite.php -->
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
{{commons category}}
* [http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/historique.php?id=JONQUET%20Robert Player bio at the official web site of the French Football Federation]
*{{FFF player}}


{{Navboxes colour
{{Navboxes
|title= France Squad
| title = France squads
|bg= #0055A4
| bg = #002395
|fg= #FFFFFF
| fg = white
|bordercolor=#EF4135
| bordercolor = #ED2939
|list1=
| list1 =
{{France Squad 1954 World Cup}}
{{France squad 1954 FIFA World Cup}}
{{France Squad 1958 World Cup}}
{{France squad 1958 FIFA World Cup}}
{{France Squad 1960 European Nations' Cup}}
{{France squad 1960 European Nations' Cup}}
}}
}}
{{Navboxes
| title = Managerial positions
| list1 =
{{RC Strasbourg managers}}
{{RC Strasbourg managers}}
{{Stade Reims managers}}
{{Stade Reims managers}}

{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
| NAME = Jonquet, Robert
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Footballer
| DATE OF BIRTH = 3 May 1925
| PLACE OF BIRTH = Paris, France
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 December 2008
| PLACE OF DEATH =
}}
}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jonquet, Robert}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jonquet, Robert}}
[[Category:1925 births]]
[[Category:1925 births]]
[[Category:2008 deaths]]
[[Category:2008 deaths]]
[[Category:French footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Paris]]
[[Category:France international footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:French men's footballers]]
[[Category:Stade de Reims players]]
[[Category:Stade de Reims players]]
[[Category:RC Strasbourg players]]
[[Category:RC Strasbourg Alsace players]]
[[Category:Ligue 1 players]]
[[Category:Ligue 1 players]]
[[Category:France men's international footballers]]
[[Category:1954 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:1954 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:1958 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:1958 FIFA World Cup players]]
Line 139: Line 129:
[[Category:French football managers]]
[[Category:French football managers]]
[[Category:Stade de Reims managers]]
[[Category:Stade de Reims managers]]
[[Category:RC Strasbourg managers]]
[[Category:RC Strasbourg Alsace managers]]
[[Category:20th-century French sportsmen]]

Latest revision as of 17:38, 14 October 2024

Robert Jonquet
Jonquet in 1949
Personal information
Full name Robert Henri Jonquet
Date of birth (1925-05-03)3 May 1925
Place of birth Paris, France
Date of death 17 December 2008(2008-12-17) (aged 83)
Place of death Reims, France
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1937–1941 Robinson
1941–1942 Châtenay-Malabry
1941–1942 SS Voltaire de Paris
1942–1945 Reims
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945–1960 Reims 502 (9)
1960–1962 Strasbourg 55 (3)
Total 557 (12)
International career
1948–1960 France 58 (0)
Managerial career
1961–1964 Strasbourg
1964–1967 Reims
Romilly-sur-Seine
Épernay
1978–1980 Châlons-sur-Marne
1980–1981 Reims
Medal record
Representing  France
FIFA World Cup
Third place 1958
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Henri Jonquet (3 May 1925 – 17 December 2008) was a French footballer who played as a defender. He played the majority of his professional career for the club Reims, winning five French championships and appearing in two European Cup finals. He is considered one of the best central defenders of his time.[1]

Nicknamed "The Hero of Highbury" after an outstanding individual performance against England in London in 1951, Jonquet was integral to the France national team of the 1950s, playing at the World Cup finals of 1954 and 1958.

Early life

[edit]

Robert Henri Jonquet was born on 3 May 1925 in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.[2]

Playing career

[edit]

1946–1956

[edit]

During his youth, Jonquet played in the surrounding countryside of southern Paris in Châtenay-Malabry, and afterwards for the Société Sportive Voltaire. In 1946–47, he played his first season at Reims in the division 1. He became a first-team player, and in the spring 1947, he was called up for the first time to the France national team. Jonquet was relatively short (1.76 m) for his playing position, but as a libero, played with elegance and talent in the number 5 shirt, rather than in the mould of a typical centre-back "destroyer".

In the 1948–49 season he won his first French championship, 1950 the Coupe de France, followed in 1953 by his second French championship and the Latin Cup. In the year after he participated with Les Bleus in its first World Cup finals in Switzerland; in 1955 he won the French championship again, the French Supercup, was finalist in the Latin Cup and the following year (1956) reached with Reims the final of the newly born European Cup, losing to Real Madrid 4–3. Two further high points of these years took place on international fields: in October 1951 with France he played in London against England (which included Alf Ramsey and Billy Wright). Jonquet's superb game helped France obtain a 2–2 draw, and on the next morning a newspaper headline referred to him as "The Hero of Highbury".[3] The "hero" also played in a European selection which defeated England in a friendly match in 1955.

A main player in one of the best teams of Europe

[edit]

Robert Jonquet's fellow players with Reims reads like a Who's Who of French football during the 1950s: between goalkeeper (Dominique Colonna) and offensive forces (Raymond Kopa, Michel Hidalgo, Léon Glovacki, Jean Vincent, Just Fontaine, Roger Piantoni, René Bliard) stood safe defensive players such as Roger Marche, Armand Penverne, Albert Batteux, Michel Leblond, Jean Wendling – and evenly over one decade for Jonquet, who is the only players who played in two finals of the European Cup as well as two finals of the Latin Cup. Albert Batteux by the way accompanied and supported Jonquet career over this time in three different ways: as a fellow players (until 1950), as a manager (1950–1959) and as France national football team coach (starting from 1955).

1957–1961

[edit]

The 1957–58 season held further titles but also included probably the blackest hour for Jonquet. With Reims he won the treble of the French Championships Cup and Super Cup. In addition he participated in its second soccer world championship, at 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden where France finished third. However its misfortune in the semi-final (see below) prevented Jonquet's participation in the match for third place (6–3 against Germany).[4]

After the second European Cup final against rival Real Madrid (1959, 2–0 loss) Raymond Kopa returned from Los Merengues to Reims – and Jonquet won his fifth French championship in 1960 and his third Super Cup. In this summer he retired at age 35 from France and moved to Racing Strasbourg in the second division, helping them to promote to the top division division 1 in 1961 – his final success as a player.

International career

[edit]

Between April 1948 and July 1960 Robert Jonquet played 58 matches for France and captained them. He participated 1954 FIFA World Cup (one match) and 1958 FIFA World Cup (five matches as the team captain). In Sweden his injury in the semi-final against Brazil after 35 minutes, following an impact with Vavá, all but incapacitated him. In the half-time break – substitutes at that time not yet permitted – the team physician injected a pain-satisfying syringe, and Jonquet was able to stand on two legs. He spent the second half more or less useless and hobbling on the left wing. Indeed, he had broken its fibula.[5][6] But five months later he came back in the national team.[7]

He played his last match at Euro 1960 against Czechoslovakia.[8]

Post-playing career

[edit]
Jonquet in 1980

At RC Strasbourg, Jonquet moved from the playing field to the coaching sidelines, enjoying a spell with Reims and afterwards with a small teams, Romilly-sur-Seine, Épernay and Châlons-sur-Marne.[9] He was very disappointed with the rise of money in football, missing his time at Stade de Reims.[10] He died on 17 December 2008 in Reims, Marne.[2] His club Reims gave his name to a stand of their stadium Auguste Delaune.[11]

Honours

[edit]

Reims

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Robert Jonquet est mort". 19 December 2008.
  2. ^ a b "Fichier des décès – années 2000 à 2009" [Death file – years 2000 to 2009] (in French). INSEE. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  3. ^ FFF : Equipe de France de Football, football, fiche, Bleus, actualité, vidéo, reportage, photo Archived 2 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ FFF : Equipe de France de Football, football, fiche, Bleus, actualité, vidéo, reportage, photo
  5. ^ FFF : Equipe de France de Football, football, fiche, Bleus, actualité, vidéo, reportage, photo Archived 8 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Fabuleuses histoires de l'équipe de France, les dossiers Ouest France, 1998
  7. ^ FFF : Equipe de France de Football, football, fiche, Bleus, actualité, vidéo, reportage, photo Archived 8 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ FFF : Equipe de France de Football, football, fiche, Bleus, actualité, vidéo, reportage, photo Archived 8 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Robert Jonquet, l'impérial - Racing Club de Strasbourg - racingstub.com". Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
  10. ^ La nostalgie de Robert Jonquet – l'Humanite
  11. ^ http://www.ville-reims.fr/fileadmin/documents/Centre_de_presse/CQ_Hommage_R_Jonquet.pdf[permanent dead link‍] [bare URL PDF]
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Robert Jonquet.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Robert_Jonquet&oldid=1251147858"