Alexandre Villaplane

Alexandre Villaplane
Personal information
Date of birth 24 December 1904
Place of birth Algiers, French Algeria
Date of death 27 December 1944(1944-12-27) (aged 40)
Place of death

Fort de Montrouge, Arcueil, France

Cause of deathExecution by firing squad
Criminal statusExecuted
Conviction(s)Treason
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1921–1924 FC Sète
1927–1929 Nîmes
1929–1932 RC Paris
1932–1933 FC Antibes
1933–1934 Nice
1934–1935 Hispano-Bastidienne
International career
1926–1930 France 25 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexandre Villaplane (24 December 1904 – 27 December 1944) was a French football player who played as a midfielder. He appeared in the France national team in the 1928 Summer Olympics and captained the national team at the 1930 FIFA World Cup.[1] Villaplane was also a Nazi collaborator who was arrested and executed for his actions during World War II.

  1. ^ "Alexandre Villaplane". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 September 2021.