Alex Thépot

Alex Thépot
Thépot in 1941
Personal information
Full name Alexis Thépot
Date of birth 30 July 1906 (1906-07-30)
Place of birth Brest, France
Date of death 21 February 1989 (1989-02-22) (aged 82)
Place of death Dunkerque, France
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1922–1927 Armoricaine Brest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1927–1928 FEC Levallois
1928–1935 Red Star FC
1935–1936 USL Dunkerque
International career
1927–1935 France 31 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexis Thépot (30 July 1906 – 21 February 1989)[1] was a French footballer. He was the goalkeeper of the France national team in the first two World Cups, 1930 and 1934, and an Olympian.

Club career

Thépot was born in Brest, Finistère. He played for Armoricaine de Brest (1922–1927), FEC Levallois (1927–28), Red Star FC (1928–1935), and USL Dunkerque (1935–1936). After a good year with Levallois, he was selected to play his first international match against England in 1927.[2]

International career

From 1927 to 1935, Thépot played in 31 international matches, conceding 77 goals, and was captain of the French team 13 times.[3]

Thépot appeared in France's first ever World Cup match against Mexico in 1930, although he had to abandon the match during the first half due to an injury, being replaced in goal by half Augustin Chantrel. Thépot would come back and play in the next two matches, but his team was unable to go past the group stage, losing to Argentina 1–0 on a late goal, and 1–0 to Chile, despite having saved a penalty kick while the match was still 0–0.[4]

He played France's only match at the 1928 Olympic Games, a 4–3 loss to Italy.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Alex Thépot". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  2. ^ Source: AllezRedStar.com. "Alex Thépot" (in French). AllezRedStar.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2006. Retrieved 3 January 2007.
  3. ^ fff.fr. "Player profile and cap summary" (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2007.
  4. ^ Naskrent, Gwidon S.; et al. "World Cup 1930". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 1 January 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2007.
  5. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alex Thépot". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.