Gérard Aygoui | |
Birth Date: | 5 October 1936 |
Birth Place: | Montpellier, France |
Death Place: | Montpellier, France |
Height: | 1.68 m |
Position: | Forward |
Years1: | 1953–1955 |
Clubs1: | Montpellier |
Caps1: | 9 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1957–1964 |
Clubs2: | Marseille |
Caps2: | 73 |
Goals2: | 27 |
Years3: | 1963–1964 |
Clubs3: | → Nîmes |
Caps3: | 6 |
Goals3: | 2 |
Totalcaps: | 88 |
Totalgoals: | 29 |
Nationalyears1: | 1960 |
Nationalteam1: | France |
Nationalcaps1: | 0 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Gérard Aygoui (5 October 1936 – 12 March 2021) was a French footballer who played as a forward.[1]
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]