Robert Herbin

Robert Herbin
Herbin in 1979
Personal information
Date of birth (1939-03-30)30 March 1939
Place of birth Paris, France
Date of death 27 April 2020(2020-04-27) (aged 81)
Place of death Saint-Étienne, France
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Youth career
Cavigal de Nice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1972 Saint-Étienne 412 (88)
1975 Saint-Étienne 1 (1)
Total 413 (89)
International career
1960–1968 France 23 (3)
Managerial career
1972–1983 Saint-Étienne
1983–1985 Lyon
1985–1986 Al-Nassr
1986–1987 Strasbourg
1987–1990 Saint-Étienne
1991–1995 Red Star
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Herbin (30 March 1939 – 27 April 2020) was a French football defender and manager. A one-club man as a player AS Saint-Étienne, he later managed the team for eleven years. He won five Ligue 1 titles as a player and four as a manager, and his team lost the 1976 European Cup Final to FC Bayern Munich at Hampden Park.[1]

  1. ^ Owen, David (28 April 2020). "Robert Herbin, the Sphinx at the heart of St Etienne's glory years, dies aged 81". Retrieved 22 August 2020.