| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Émilien Paul Alfred Méresse | ||
| Date of birth | 12 January 1915 | ||
| Place of birth | Beaumont-en-Cambrésis, France | ||
| Date of death | 10 September 2000 (aged 85) | ||
| Place of death | Cambrai, France | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1933–1935 | Star Club de Caudry | ||
| 1935–1939 | SC Fives | ||
| 1944–1946 | Lille OSC | ||
| International career | |||
| 1936 | France | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1950–? | Dunkerque | ||
| ?–1968 | Amiens | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Émilien Paul Alfred Méresse (12 January 1915 – 10 September 2000) was a French footballer who played as a midfielder for Lille OSC and the French national team in the 1930s and 1940s.
Playing career
[edit]Born on 12 January 1915 in the Nord town in Beaumont-en-Cambrésis, Méresse began his football career at Star Club de Caudry in 1933, aged 18, from which he joined SC Fives in 1935, with whom he played for four years, until 1939, when the Second World War broke out.[1][2] On 13 December 1936, the 21-year-old Méresse earned his first (and only) international cap in a 1–0 friendly win against Yugoslavia at Parc des Princes.[3] The following day, the journalists of the French newspaper L'Auto (currently known as L'Équipe) stated that he had "made a few clumsy mistakes and was only average".[4]
Méresse also played for the France B Military team in a friendly against Great Britain Military on 18 February 1940, which ended in a 1–2 loss.[5] Once the War ended in 1945, he joined Lille OSC, being a member of the team that won the 1945–46 French Division 1.[2]
Managerial career
[edit]In 1950, Méresse took over Dunkerque, which marked the end of the club's troubled times.[6] At some point in the 1960, he became the coach of Amiens, where he oversaw the likes of André Legrand and Robert Buchot.[7][8] He held this position until 1968, when he was replaced by André Grillon.[9][10]
Death
[edit]Méresse died in Cambrai on 10 September 2000, at the age of 85.[1]
Honours
[edit]- Lille OSC
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Émilien Méresse (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ a b c "Émilien Méresse". www.fff.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Émilien Méresse, international footballer". eu-football.info. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Contre la Yougoslavie, l'équipe de France a gagné, certes mais..." [Against Yugoslavia, the French team won, certainly, but...]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 14 December 1936. p. 6. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "France B Militaire 1 - 2 Grande-Bretagne Militaire Grande-Bretagne" [France B Military 1 - 2 Great Britain Military Great Britain]. selectiona.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Histoire de USL Dunkerque" [History of USL Dunkerque]. www.usldunkerque.com (in French). Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Disparition d'André Legrand, ancien joueur d'Amiens" [Disappearance of André Legrand, former Amiens player]. gazettesports.fr (in French). 28 April 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Robert Buchot, 81 ans, ex-joueur de l'Amiens SC, se livre pour les 120 ans du club amiénois" [Robert Buchot, 81 years old, former player of Amiens SC, speaks out for the 120th anniversary of the Amiens club]. www.courrier-picard.fr (in French). 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "15 octobre 1968, le jour de gloire d'André Grillon" [15 October 1968, André Grillon’s day of glory]. gazettesports.fr (in French). 13 July 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Souvenirs olympiques" [Olympic memories]. www.amiensfootball.com (in French). 21 July 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- Émilien Méresse at WorldFootball.net