Raoul Diagne

Raoul Diagne

Personal information
Date of birth	10 November 1910
Place of birth	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guyana, France
Date of death	12 November 2002 (aged 92)
Place of death	Créteil, France
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1930–1940	RC Paris
1940–1944	Toulouse
1944–1946	FC Annecy[1]
National team
1931–1940	France	18	(0)
Teams managed
1960–1961	Senegal
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Raoul Diagne (born 10 November 1910 – 12 November 2002) was a French footballer who played defender, and who had stints as a coach after his playing career.

Born in French Guyana, Diagne, son of politician Blaise Diagne was the first black player to be selected for the France national football team.^[2] He was of Senegalese descent and became the first coach of the Senegal national football team.^[3]

Titles

As a player

• French championship in 1936 with RC Paris
• Coupe de France 1936, 1939, 1940 with RC Paris

Footnotes

1. Raoul Diagne
2. Raoul Diagne est parti : Raoul Diagne est parti – Sénégal – Portrait – Afrique
3. http://www.unecatef.fr/Selections.htm

References

• Profile
• An article by Juliet Jacques on the Diagne family and the footballing relationship between France and Senegal