Marcel Miquel

Marcel Miquel
Personal information
Full name Marcel Laurent Jean Miquel
Date of birth (1913-12-12)12 December 1913
Place of birth Bédarieux, France
Date of death 7 February 1994(1994-02-07) (aged 81)
Place of death Cannes, France
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1923– Bédarieux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
?–1932 Bédarieux
1932–1935 Sète
1935–1936 Cannes
1936–1937 Olympique de Marseille
1937–1939 Nice
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcel Laurent Jean Miquel (12 December 1913 – 7 February 1994) was a French footballer who played as a forward for Sète and Olympique de Marseille in the 1930s.

Career

Born in Bédarieux on 12 December 1913, Miquel began his football career in the youth ranks of a modest club based in his hometown in 1923, aged 10, with whom he played for nine years, until 1932, when he joined Sète.[1] Together with István Lukács, Ivan Bek, and Ali Benouna, he was a member of the Sète team that won the double in 1934, the Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France, beating Olympique de Marseille 2–1 in the cup final.[2][3][4] The following day, the journalists of L'Auto stated that he "was the player who covered the most ground, with his activity, although a little disordered, was infectious".[5]

Miquel stayed at Sète for three years, from 1932 until 1935, when he joined Cannes, where he stayed one season, as he then joined Olympique de Marseille in 1936, where he also stayed one season, scoring a total of 4 goals in 13 official matches to help OM win the 1936–37 French Division 1.[1][6] In 1937, he joined Nice, where he retired in 1939, aged 36.[1][7]

Death

Miquel died in Cannes on 7 February 1994, at the age of 27.[1]

Honours

FC Sète
Olympique de Marseille

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Marcel Miquel". om1899.com (in French). Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Grandes Equipes FC Sète" [Great FC Sète Teams]. www.pari-et-gagne.com (in French). Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Saison 1933-1934 Sète Vainqueur" [1933-1934 Season Sète Winner]. www.om4ever.com (in French). Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  4. ^ "FC Sète, à jamais les premiers" [FC Sète, forever the first]. www.pinte2foot.com (in French). 3 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Le Football Club de Sète remporte la Coupe de France" [Sète Football Club wins the French Cup]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Équipe. 7 May 1934. p. 4. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Grandes Equipes Olympique Marseille" [Great Olympique Marseille teams]. www.pari-et-gagne.com (in French). Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Marcel Miquel". www.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 May 2025.