Roger Piantoni

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Roger Piantoni
Piantoni in 1970
Personal information
Date of birth (1931-12-26)26 December 1931
Place of birth Étain, France
Date of death 26 May 2018(2018-05-26) (aged 86)
Place of death Ludres,[1] France
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Inside-forward
Youth career
1946–1950 US Piennes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1957 Nancy 239 (91)
1957–1964 Reims 198 (145)
1964–1966 Nice 48 (20)
Total 485 (256)
National team
1952–1961 France 37 (18)
Honours
Representing  France
FIFA World Cup
Third place 1958 Sweden
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Roger Piantoni (26 December 1931 – 26 May 2018) was a French footballer. He was born in Étain, Meause. He played for the French national team from 1952 to 1961. He also played for Nancy, Reims and Nice.

Piantoni died in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle on 26 May 2018 at the age of 86.[2]

Honours[change | change source]

Reims

France

Individual

References[change | change source]

  1. "Ludres (54) - Décès de Roger Piantoni".
  2. L'ancien international lorrain Roger Piantoni est décédé (in French)