Alex Thépot Explained

Alex Thépot
Fullname:Alexis Thépot
Birth Place:Brest, France
Death Place:Dunkerque, France
Height:1.78 m
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthyears1:1922–1927
Youthclubs1:Armoricaine Brest
Years1:1927–1928
Clubs1:FEC Levallois
Years2:1928–1935
Clubs2:Red Star FC
Years3:1935–1936
Clubs3:USL Dunkerque
Nationalyears1:1927–1935
Nationalteam1:France
Nationalcaps1:31
Nationalgoals1:0

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alex Thépot . Olympedia . 15 September 2021.
  2. Source: Web site: Alex Thépot . AllezRedStar.com . AllezRedStar.com . 3 January 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061207154444/http://www.allezredstar.com/archives/fr_alex.htm . 7 December 2006 . live . fr.
  3. Web site: Player profile and cap summary . fff.fr . . 3 January 2007 . fr.
  4. Web site: World Cup 1930 . Naskrent, Gwidon S. . 3 January 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070101051047/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/30full.html . 1 January 2007 . . live . etal.
  5. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/alex-thepot-1.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417202513/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/alex-thepot-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020.