Gérard Aygoui (5 October 1936 – 12 March 2021) was a French footballer who played as a forward.[1]

Gérard Aygoui
Personal information
Date of birth 5 October 1936
Place of birth Montpellier, France
Date of death 12 March 2021(2021-03-12) (aged 84)
Place of death Montpellier, France
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1955 Montpellier 9 (0)
1957–1964 Marseille 73 (27)
1963–1964Nîmes 6 (2)
Total 88 (29)
International career
1960 France 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

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Aygoui began his career with Montpellier HSC before joining Olympique de Marseille in 1957. He played 21 games in Division 1 for the team, scoring 2 goals, as well as 52 games in Division 2 with 21 goals.[2] He scored 13 goals in the 1960–61 season, including a hat trick against US Boulogne.[3] In 1962, he played a Europa League match for Marseille against the Belgian club Royale Union Saint-Gilloise in which he scored one goal in a loss.[4] He was selected to play for France in the 1960 Summer Olympics, but did not appear in a match.[5]

Gérard Aygoui died in Montpellier on 12 March 2021 at the age of 84.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "OM : un ancien Olympien nous a quittés". Le Phoceen (in French). 17 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Gerard Aygoui". footballdatabase.eu (in French).
  3. ^ "Marseille 4-0 Boulogne-sur-Mer". footballdatabase.eu (in French).
  4. ^ "Saint-Gilles 4-2 Marseille". footballdatabase.eu (in French).
  5. ^ "Gérard Aygoui". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Gérard Aygoui s'en est allé". Olympique de Marseille (in French). 15 March 2021.