Antoine Cuissard

Antoine Cuissard is a French international footballer born the July 19th 1924 with Saint-Etienne and is deceased the November 3rd 1997. It evolved/moved at the station of Attaquant then of Offensive Medium ground .

The Waterleg and birth of FC Lorient

It is into 1925 that the history of the Merlus Lorientais starts. At the time, Joseph Waterleg and " Mrs Cuissard" (of origin inhabitant of Saint-Etienne), has a store of tide on the fishing port of Lorient. Liking football, they decide to found the " Sportive" tide; , the first stone of FC Lorient is posed. This club supporter of corporatism is very quickly players and adversaries supporters of corporatism (" Sports" coal; , " Gargantua Sports"). In front of this success, the two founders decide the April 2nd 1926 with the Coffee Eon, street Carnot with Lorient to make pass the " Sportive" tide; in team with the statute amateur. FC Lorient was born. It begins its history in championship of 3rd category but the motivation of its players and the popular support growing make it possible the club to connect three promotions in three years and thus to arrive in Division Honor . Level where it will remain until the beginning of the Second world war with a 3rd place as of the first season with this level (1929 - 1930) with the Czech Josef Lokay (known as Joseph Loquay) as trainer and two titles (1932, 1936). But, the war stops clear this rise. Indeed, the Lorientaise area particularly touched becomes unsuited to the practice of the sport and the organization of the competitions. The systematic bombardment of the city by the allied forces starting from 1943 disseminate the few members remaining of a team which will be only episodically recomposed to 50 km of Lorient, in the grounds.

Beginnings of Antoine

Having made its education with the Likès with Quimper, it is quite naturally that one finds the first traces of the career of Antoine Cuissard in a match opposing a selection of the Likès to the club of the Sporting Star of Plonéis in 1938 on the Terrain of Kerveur. The young player leaves then to FC Lorient, the club of the family between quotation marks to carry out all his classes there and to receive a footballistic formation there. However, against any waiting, it is not in the city where it was formed only it signs its first contract but well in that where it was born and thus he joined in 1944 the ACE Saint-Etienne to begin there his career which will carry out it until the French national selection.

After the War, a gesture for Lorient

Once the Second world war completed, Antoine Cuissard, then with the ACE Saint-Etienne, decides to turn over to FC Lorient. Indeed, this club, heritage of its family, cross a hard period at that time. Helped of Jean Snella which accompanied it by the ACE Saint-Etienne him also, it helps the club to start again. It is during this period that Antoine Cuissard will live a single experiment, it will have the privilege to preserve its place in team of France while evolving/moving in Division Honor . Once the cohesion of the club recreates and the clearing of the noted results, Antoine Cuissard will turn over to the ADZE until in 1952. Before going in the south to the ACE Cannes then to OGC Nice where it will glanera the only line of its prize list, a Coupe de France in 1954. It finishes its career in the expensive Brittany in its heart where it had begun it.

Career of Trainer

1961 - 1964:
1967 - 1969:
1971 - 1972:
1974 -197? :

Prize list

Selected in Team of France of football: 27 selections, 1 goal (1946 - 1954)

25 friendly matches and 2 matches of qualification of World cup (1 for 1950 and 1 for 1954)
1st selection: 4/7/46, 3-0
1st goal in selection: 6/6/48, 4-2 (With the 47°, for the 1-1 , Cuissard strikes after a master key of Larbi Ben Barek relayed head by Emile Bongiorni)
Dernière Selection and 1st time captain: 5/30/54, 3-3
13 victories, 3 null, 11 defeats

In the First Division

1st match:
1st goal:

Coupe de France: 1954 ()

External bonds

Nonofficial Site of the FC Lorient

Image on the site of the FF

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