René Llense | |
Fullname: | René Vincent Philippe Llense [1] |
Birth Date: | 14 July 1913 |
Birth Place: | Collioure, Pyrénées-Orientales France |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Years1: | 1931–1938 |
Years2: | 1938–1943 |
Clubs2: | Saint-Étienne |
Years3: | 1943–1944 |
Clubs3: | EF Lyon - Lyonnais |
Years4: | 1944–1945 |
Clubs4: | Saint-Étienne |
Years5: | 1946–1947 |
Clubs5: | Toulon |
Years6: | 1947–1949 |
Clubs6: | Vichy |
Nationalyears1: | 1934–1939 |
Nationalteam1: | France |
Nationalcaps1: | 11 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
René Vincent Philippe Llense (14 July 1913 – 12 March 2014) was a French football goalkeeper, who played for FC Sète and AS Saint-Étienne during his club career.[2] He was born in Collioure, Pyrénées-Orientales. He earned 11 caps for the France national football team from 1935 to 1939, and participated in the 1934 FIFA World Cup and the 1938 FIFA World Cup.[3] [4] He was their last surviving player to have participated in any of the pre-war World Cups.[5] He turned 100 in July 2013[6] and died on 12 March 2014 from natural causes.