Yvon Douis
French footballer (1935-2021)
Yvon Douis (16 May 1935 – 28 January 2021) was a French international footballer. He played as a striker. Douis was born in Les Andelys, France. During his career he played for Lille OSC, Le Havre AC, AS Monaco and AS Cannes. He made twenty appearances for the France national football team between 1957 and 1965.
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Date of birth | 16 May 1935 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Les Andelys, France | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 28 January 2021 | (aged 85)|||||||||||||
Place of death | Nice, France | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
1948–1949 | Brignoles | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1953–1959 | Lille | 172 | (62) | |||||||||||
1959–1961 | Le Havre | 71 | (28) | |||||||||||
1961–1967 | Monaco | 167 | (62) | |||||||||||
1967–1969 | Cannes | 81 | (26) | |||||||||||
Total | 491 | (178) | ||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||
1957–1965 | France | 20 | (4) | |||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Douis died of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in France in Nice, aged 85.[1]