Roger Piantoni

Roger Piantoni
Piantoni in 1970
Personal information
Date of birth (1931-12-26)26 December 1931
Place of birth Étain, France
Date of death 26 May 2018(2018-05-26) (aged 86)
Place of death Ludres,[1] France
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Inside-forward
Youth career
1946–1950 US Piennes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1957 Nancy 239 (91)
1957–1964 Reims 198 (145)
1964–1966 Nice 48 (20)
Total 485 (256)
International career
1952–1961 France 37 (18)
Medal record
Representing  France
FIFA World Cup
Third place 1958 Sweden
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roger Piantoni (26 December 1931 – 26 May 2018) was a French footballer who played as an inside-forward and was a star on the France national team in the late 1950s. During the 1949–1950 season, he was the champion of Lorraine with his team, and was the top scorer in the league with 35 goals. At the 1958 FIFA World Cup, Piantoni was considered one of the best French players of his time. He was nicknamed Bout d'chou, meaning "Cabbage Tip", ranking as the sixth top scorer in the French Championship with a total of 203 goals in Division 1.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Ludres (54) - Décès de Roger Piantoni".
  2. ^ Taïeb, Eric (1998). Immigrés: l'effet générations : rejet, assimilation, intégration d'hier à aujourd'hui. Editions de l'Atelier. p. 105. ISBN 9782708233539.
  3. ^ Pfei, Ulrich (2010). Football et identité en France et en Allemagne. Presses Univ. Septentrion. p. 59. ISBN 9782757401569.

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