André Jacowski

André Jacowski
Personal information
Birth name Andrzej Żakowski
Date of birth (1921-12-05)5 December 1921
Place of birth Wiatowice, Poland
Date of death 5 February 2002(2002-02-05) (aged 80)
Place of death Reims, France
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1][2]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Arago sport orléanais
1945–1953 Stade de Reims
1953–1954 RC Paris
International career
1952 France 2 (0)
Managerial career
1954–1957 Chartres
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

André Jacowski (5 December 1921 – 5 February 2002) was a Franco-Polish footballer who played as a defender for Stade de Reims between 1945 and 1953. He also played two matches for the French national team in 1952. He was a member of the great Stade de Reims team of the early 1950s, which won two Ligue 1 titles (1948–49 and 1952–53), one Coupe de France in 1950, and the 1953 Latin Cup.[3]

Playing career

Club career

Born on 5 December 1921 in Wiatowice,[4][a] near Kraków, Andrzej Żakowski began his football career at the amateur club Arago sport orléanais,[5] one of the many Catholic clubs affiliated with the Gymnastic and Sports Federation of French Patronages (FGSPF) that offered a culturally familiar sporting to home many Polish immigrants and war refugees. Shortly after the liberation of France in 1945, he joined Stade de Reims, which had been recently promoted the top flight, where he eventually established himself as a regular at right back.[2]

Together with Paul Sinibaldi, Roger Marche, and Albert Batteux, he was a member of the great Stade de Reims team of the early 1950s that won two Ligue 1 titles (1948–49 and 1952–53) and one Coupe de France in 1950,[2][3] starting in the final at Colombes on 14 May, where he helped his side keep a clean-sheet in a 2–0 victory his future club RC Paris.[6] On the following day, the journalists of the French newspaper L'Équipe stated that he and Marche "saved Reims in the first half with last-ditch tackles and dives on the ball", and then "held firm after the restart and were, with goalkeeper Sinibaldi, their team's best players".[7] Three years later, he helped Reims win the 1953 Latin Cup, the forerunner of the European Cup, although he did not start in the final.[3][8] He stayed at Reims for eight years, from 1945 until 1953, when he moved to Ligue 2 team RC Paris, where he retired in 1954, aged 33.[2][5][3] in total, he scored 2 goals in 190 league matches.[1][2]

International career

In April and May 1952, the 30-year-old Jacowski earned two international caps for France in friendly matches against Portugal and Belgium, helping his side to 3–0 and 2–1 victories, respectively.[3][5] After the former match, the journalists from L'Équipe stated that he "made a very good international debut", highlighting that he had "never played an easier match" due to Portugal's gradual slowdown.[9]

Managerial career

After his career as a player ended, Jacowski became a coach, taking over Chartres in 1954, but his first season there ended in relegation to DH.[10]

Death

Jacowski died in Reims on 5 February 2002, at the age of 80.[4][11][b]

Honours

Nice

Notes

  1. ^ Some sources wrongly claim that he was born on 5 December 1922.[2][3][5]
  2. ^ Some sources wrongly claim that he died on 20 April 2002.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "JACOWSKI André (Defenseur)" [JACOWSKI André (Defender)]. www.pari-et-gagne.com (in French). Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "André Jacowski - Fiche de stats du joueur de football" [André Jacowski - Football Player Stats Sheet]. www.pari-et-gagne.com (in French). Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "André Jacowski". www.fff.fr (in French). Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  4. ^ a b "André Jacowski, international footballer". eu-football.info. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d "André Jacowski (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Saison 1949-1950 Reims Vainqueur" [1949-1950 Season Reims Winner]. www.om4ever.com (in French). Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Quand le R.C. Paris eut depense une verve brillante et infructueus" [When the R.C. Paris had spent a brilliant and fruitless verve]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Équipe. 15 May 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Latin Cup". RSSSF. 17 December 2023. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Si les Français s'étaient livrés davantage, le Portugal totalement inefficace, aurait pu être écrasé à Colombes" [If the French had given more, Portugal, totally ineffective, could have been crushed at Colombes]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Équipe. 21 April 1952. p. 8. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  10. ^ "Vélo Sport Chartrain - 1954/55". footballvintage.net (in French). Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  11. ^ "Sterben Andre Jacowski am 5. Februar 2002 in Reims" [Andre Jacowski died on 5 February 2002 in Reims]. www.openarchieven.nl (in German). Retrieved 3 May 2025.
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