Robert Lemaître is a former French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 professional football player.

Career

Lemaître was born in Plancoët

Plancoët

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, a commune

Communes of France

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 in the Brittany region

Régions of France

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. He began his career playing for his hometown club. In 1951, he turned professional and signed with Rennes. Lemaître spent two seasons with the club and, in 1953, signed with Lille

Lille OSC

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. With Lille, he won the league in 1954 and won the Coupe de France

Coupe de France

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 the following year. After leaving Lille, Lemaître played for Le Havre

Le Havre AC

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, Bordeaux

FC Girondins de Bordeaux

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, and Roubaix-Tourcoing

CO Roubaix-Tourcoing

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 before retiring from football altogether in 1960.

Lemaître was also a France international

France national football team

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 and made his national team debut on 17 December 1953 in a 8–0 victory over Luxembourg

Luxembourg national football team

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. In the match, Lemaître captained the team. He is one of five France internationals in the team's history to captain the national team on his debut.