Charles Montagne

Charles Montagne
Personal information
Full name Charles Achilles Joseph Montagne
Date of birth (1889-03-17)17 March 1889
Place of birth Roubaix, France
Date of death 22 May 1940(1940-05-22) (aged 51)
Place of death Bruay-sur-l'Escaut, France
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1909–1920 Olympique Lillois
International career
1913–1920 France 3 (1)
1913 Northern France 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Charles Achilles Joseph Montagne (17 March 1889 – 22 May 1940) was a French footballer who played as a midfielder for Olympique Lillois and the French national team in the 1910s.[1][2][3][4]

Club career

Born in Roubaix on 17 March 1889, Montagne began his football career at Olympique Lillois in 1909, aged 20.[3] Together with Paul Voyeux, Paul Chandelier, and Alphonse Six, Montagne helped OL win back-to-back USFSA Northern Championships in 1913 and 1914, winning the former with a record of 13 wins and only one defeat.[5] On 5 April 1914, he started in the final of the 1914 USFSA Football Championship, helping his side to a 3–0 win over Olympique de Cette.[6] Three weeks later, on 26 April, he started in the final of the Trophée de France at the Charentonneau, helping his side to a 4–1 win over VGA Médoc.[7]

International career

On 9 March 1913, Montagne made his international debut in a friendly match against Switzerland in Geneva, scoring once to help his side to a 4–1 win.[1][2][3] In his second appearance in the following month, Montagne helped France to an 8–0 win over Luxembourg.[1][2][3]

On 1 November 1913, Montagne played for the so-called Lions des Flandres, a regional scratch team representing Northern France, in a friendly against the English Wanderers in Paris, which ended in a 4–1 loss.[8]

Montagne had to wait seven years to receive his third and last cap for France, in a friendly against Belgium at the Parc des Princes on 28 March 1920, helping his side to a 2–1 win.[1][2][3]

Later life and death

During the First World War, Montagne was a quartermaster sergeant of the 42nd artillery.[9][10] After the War, he became an industrial in Lille.[11]

Montagne died in Bruay-sur-l'Escaut on 22 May 1940, at the age of 51.[1][3]

Honours

Olympique Lillois

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Charles Montagne, international footballer". eu-football.info. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Charles Montagne". www.fff.fr (in French). Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Charles Montagne (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Charles Montagne". www.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  5. ^ "L'Olympique Lillois est champion du Nord 1912-1913" [Olympique Lillois are the champions of Nord 1912-1913]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). La Vie sportive du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais et l'Union sportive réunies. 8 March 1913. p. 1. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  6. ^ "L'Olympique Lillois devient champion de France" [Olympique Lillois becomes champion of France]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Le Matin. 6 April 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Olympique Lillois est champion de France" [Olympique Lillois are the champions of France]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 27 April 1914. p. 1. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  8. ^ "1913–14 Saison de football" [1913–14 football season] (PDF). footnostalgie.free.fr (in French). pp. 38–46. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 March 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  9. ^ "Les joueurs des clubs nordistes - Union Sportive Tourquennoise" [Players from northern clubs - US Tourquennoise]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 1 December 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  10. ^ "En Bonne Sante - Football Association". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 25 May 1916. p. 1. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Ce que sont devenus les anciens champions" [What happened to the former champions]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Le Miroir des sports. 4 November 1925. p. 342. Retrieved 12 December 2024.