Roger Courtois

Roger Courtois

Courtois in 1958
Personal information
Date of birth	(1912-05-30)30 May 1912
Place of birth	Geneva, Switzerland
Date of death	5 May 1972(1972-05-05) (aged 59)
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position	Striker
Youth career
	Urania Genève Sport
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1932–1933	Urania Genève Sport	12	(10)
1933–1939	Sochaux	152	(151)
1941–1945	Lausanne-Sport	91	(45)
1945–1952	Sochaux	177	(87)
1952–1958	AS Troyes-Savinienne	16	(4)
Total		448	(297)
International career
1933–1947	France	22	(10)
Managerial career
1952–1963	AS Troyes-Savinienne
1963–1965	Monaco
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roger Courtois (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʒe kuʁtwa]; 30 May 1912 – 5 May 1972) was a French football player and manager. He played as a striker.

International career

Born in Switzerland to French parents, Courtois represented the France national team at the FIFA World Cup 1934 and 1938.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Urania Genève Sport	1931–32	Nationalliga
	1932–33		12	10	3	7	15	17
	Total		12	10	3	7	12	10
Sochaux	1933–34	Division 1	24	23	2	2	26	25
	1934–35		27	29	4	6	31	35
	1935–36		28	34	7	11	35	45
	1936–37		19	16	5	9	24	25
	1937–38		26	22	1	0	27	22
	1938–39		23	27	3	1	26	28
	1939–40		0	0	5	4	5	4
	Total		147	151	27	33	174	184
Lausanne-Sport	1941–42	Nationalliga	24	12	3	4	24	12
	1942–43		25	13	1	1	25	13
	1943–44		20	8	5	1	20	8
	1944–45		22	12	3	6	22	12
	Total		91	45	12	12	91	45
Sochaux	1945–46	Division 1	27	17	3	1	30	18
	1946–47	Division 2	39	29	4	5	43	34
	1947–48	Division 1	28	12	4	3	32	15
	1948–49		26	9	1	0	27	9
	1949–50		27	11	3	2	30	13
	1950–51		26	9	2	0	28	9
	1951–52		4	0	3	0	4	0
	Total		177	87	18	11	177	87
Troyes-Savinienne	1953–54	Division 2	8	3	1	2	9	5
	1954–55	Division 1
	1955–56		3	1			3	1
	1956–57	Division 2	4	0			4	0
	1957–58		1	0			1	0
	Total		16	4			16	4
Career total			448	297	61	65	509	362

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
France	1933	1	0
	1934	1	1
	1935	6	4
	1936	4	3
	1937	5	1
	1938	2	1
	1939	1	0
	1940	1	0
	1947	1	0
Total		22	10

Honours

Sochaux-Montbéliard

• Division 1: 1935, 1938
• Coupe de France: 1937
• Division 2: 1947
• Division 1 top goalscorer: 1936, 1939

Lausanne-Sport

• Swiss Super League: 1944
• Swiss Cup: 1944

External links

• Roger Courtois at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Roger Courtois at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)