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Date of birth | 26 November 1926 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Pont-Scorff, France | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 27 February 2012 | (aged 85)|||||||||||||
Place of death | Marseille, France | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
Versailles | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1947–1959 | Reims | 333 | (33) | |||||||||||
1959–1960 | Red Star Saint-Ouen | 36 | (3) | |||||||||||
1960–1962 | Limoges Foot 87 | 61 | (4) | |||||||||||
Total | 430 | (40) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1952–1959 | France | 39 | (2) | |||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
1962 | Marseille | |||||||||||||
1963–1964 | ES La Ciotat | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Armand Penverne (26 November 1926 – 27 February 2012) was a French football defender and coach. He played the majority of his professional career for Stade de Reims, winning four French championships and appearing in one European Cup final. He made 39 appearances for the France national team, scoring twice. After retiring as a player, Penverne served as coach of Olympique de Marseille from July to December 1962 before becoming the technical director of the local club La Ciotat during the 1963–64 season. On 28 February 2012, he died at the age of 85.[1]