Maurice Edmond Delfour was a French international footballer who played midfielder and manager. He was born in Ris-Orangis

Ris-Orangis

Ris-Orangis is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.Inhabitants of Ris-Orangis are known as Rissois.-History:...

He played for Viry-Châtillon

Viry-Châtillon

Viry-Châtillon is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.Inhabitants of Viry-Châtillon are known as Castelvirois.-Transport:Viry-Châtillon is served by Viry-Châtillon station on Paris RER line D....

, Draveil

Draveil

Draveil is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.The former village of Champrosay is now part of the commune.Inhabitants of Draveil are known as Draveillois.-Transport:...

, Juvisy, Stade Français

Stade Français Paris (football)

Stade Français Football is a French association football team based in Paris and playing in suburb town of Vaucresson. The team is the football section of omnisport club Stade Français, whose rugby section, Stade Français Paris, is currently the most successful...

 (1928–29), RC Paris (1929–37), RC Roubaix

RC Roubaix

Racing Club de Roubaix was a French association football team playing in the city of Roubaix, Nord.-History:The team was founded in 1895 and was very successful before the establishment of professionalism in France...

 (1937–39), FC Rouen

FC Rouen

Football Club de Rouen 1899 is a French association football club based in Rouen. The club was formed in 1899 and currently play in the Championnat National, the third level of French football. Rouen plays its home matches at the Stade Robert Diochon; named after Robert Diochon, a historic player...

 (1939–45) and Red Star Olympique (1945–46). He won two French national tournaments in 1936 and 1940 and one Coupe de France

Coupe de France

The Coupe Charles Simon, commonly known as the Coupe de France , is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation...

in 1936.

For France national football team

France national football team

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 he got 41 caps and participated at three edition of FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup

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 in 1930

1930 FIFA World Cup

The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 July to 30 July 1930...

, 1934

1934 FIFA World Cup

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 and 1938

1938 FIFA World Cup

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, being one of five players to have appeared in all three of the pre-war World Cups.

When he retired from playing football, he started his manager career in Belgium

Belgium

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, with KAA La Gantoise, Union Saint-Gilloise

R. Union Saint-Gilloise

R. Union Saint-Gilloise is a Belgian football club located in the municipality of Forest, though it is named after the neighbour municipality of Saint-Gilles, Brussels. It had been in the second division in 2004-05, but was subsequently relegated to third division. Its matricule is the n°10...

, Cercle Brugge

Cercle Brugge K.S.V.

Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging is a Belgian football team from Bruges. Cercle have played in the Belgian Pro League since the 2003-04 season, having previously spent several years in the Belgian Second Division following relegation in 1997. Their matricule is the n°12. The club play...

 and FC Liège

R.F.C. de Liège

Royal Football Club de Liège is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège. It currently plays in the Belgian Third Division. Its matricule is 4, meaning that it was the fourth club to register with the country's national federation, and the club was the first Belgian champion in history...

. After being a manager in Belgium for many years, he returned to France, and coached teams as Stade Français, Le Havre AC

Le Havre AC

Le Havre Athletic Club Football Association is a French association football club based in Le Havre. The club was founded originally as an athletics and rugby club in 1872, thus making it the oldest association football and rugby club registered in France...

, SC Bastia

SC Bastia

Sporting Club de Bastia is a French association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club currently plays in the Championnat National, the third division of French football. Bastia previously had stints in both Ligue 1 and Ligue 2...

 and US Corte. He also had a spell with Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif

Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif

Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif is a football club from Hammam-Lif in Tunisia. Founded in 1944, the team plays in green and white colours. Their ground is Stade Bou Kornine, which has a capacity of 8,000 places.-Performance in national & domestic competitions:...

. He died in 1990, at the age of 83.

External links

• Player profile at the official web site of the French Football Federation