Raoul Diagne

Raoul Diagne

Personal information
Date of birth	10 November 1910
Place of birth	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guyana, France
Date of death
Place of death	Créteil, France
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1930–1940	RC Paris
1940–1944	Toulouse
1944–1946	FC Annecy
International career
1931–1940	France	18	(0)
Managerial career
1960–1961	Senegal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raoul Diagne (born 10 November 1910 – 12 November 2002) was a French footballer who played defender, and who had stints as a coach after his playing career.

Born in French Guyana, Diagne, son of politician Blaise Diagne was the first black player to be selected for the France national football team. He was of Senegalese descent and became the first coach of the Senegal national football team.

Titles

As a player

• French championship in 1936 with RC Paris
• Coupe de France 1936, 1939, 1940 with RC Paris

References

• Profile
• An article by Juliet Jacques on the Diagne family and the footballing relationship between France and Senegal [1]