Gérard Aygoui Explained

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]

Biography

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]

Notes and References

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