Roger Piantoni
French footballer (1931–2018)
Roger Piantoni (26 December 1931 – 26 May 2018) was a French footballer. He was born in Étain, Meause. He played for the French national team from 1952 to 1961. He also played for Nancy, Reims and Nice.
 Piantoni in 1970 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 26 December 1931 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Étain, France | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 May 2018 (aged 86) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Ludres,[1] France | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Inside-forward | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1946–1950 | US Piennes | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1950–1957 | Nancy | 239 | (91) | |||||||||||
| 1957–1964 | Reims | 198 | (145) | |||||||||||
| 1964–1966 | Nice | 48 | (20) | |||||||||||
| Total | 485 | (256) | ||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| 1952–1961 | France | 37 | (18) | |||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | ||||||||||||||
Piantoni died in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle on 26 May 2018 at the age of 86.[2]
Honours
changeReims
- Division 1: 1957–58, 1959–60, 1961–62
- Coupe de France: 1957–58
- Coupe Mohamed V: 1962
- European Cup runner-up: 1958–59
France
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1958
Individual
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