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{{short description|French footballer and manager (1907-1990)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Edmond Delfour
| image = 
| fullname = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|1907|11|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ris-Orangis]], France
| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|12|19|1907|11|1|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Corte, Haute-Corse|Corte]], [[Corsica]], France
| height = 1.69 m
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 1918-1924
| youthyears2 = 1924-1927
| youthclubs1 = Draveil
| youthclubs2 = Étoile Juvisy-Viry
| years1 = 1928–1929
| clubs1 = [[Stade Français Paris (football)|Stade Français]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1929–1937
| clubs2 = [[RC Paris]]
| caps2 = 
| goals2 = 
| years3 = 1937–1939
| clubs3 = [[RC Roubaix]]
| caps3 = 
| goals3 = 
| years4 = 1939–1945
| clubs4 = [[FC Rouen|Rouen]]
| caps4 = 
| goals4 = 
| years5 = 1945–1946
| clubs5 = [[Red Star Olympique|Red Star]]
| caps5 = 
| goals5 = 
| nationalyears1 = 1929–1938
| nationalteam1 = [[France national football team|France]]
| nationalcaps1 = 41
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| manageryears1 = 1940–1945
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Rouen|Rouen]]
| manageryears2 = 1945–1946
| managerclubs2 = [[Red Star Olympique|Red Star]]
| manageryears3 = 1946–1951
| managerclubs3 = [[K.A.A. Gent|Gent]]
| manageryears4 = 1952/12-1953
| managerclubs4 = [[Stade Français Paris (football)|Stade Français]]
| manageryears5 = 1954–1955
| managerclubs5 = [[Le Havre AC|Le Havre]]
| manageryears6 = 1956–1958
| managerclubs6 = [[K.A.A. Gent|Gent]]
| manageryears7 = 1958–1962
| managerclubs7 = [[Cercle Brugge K.S.V.|Cercle Brugge]]
| manageryears8 = 1962–1964
| managerclubs8 = [[Union Saint-Gilloise|Union SG]]
| manageryears9 = 1964–1965
| managerclubs9 = [[US Corte]]
| manageryears10 = 1966–1969
| managerclubs10 = [[Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif]]
| manageryears11 = 1969/12-1970
| managerclubs11 = [[SC Bastia|Bastia]]
}}

'''Edmond Delfour''' (1 November 1907 – 19 December 1990)<ref>{{cite web |title=Edmond Delfour |url=https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/8543-delfour-edmond/fiche.html |website=FFF Fédération Française de Football |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref> was a [[List of France men's international footballers|French international footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder]]. He played at the [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]],<ref>{{cite web |title=1930 FIFA World Cup France's squad |url=http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1/teams/team=43946.html |website=FIFA | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017110435/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1/teams/team=43946.html |access-date=6 June 2023| archive-date=17 October 2007 }}</ref> the [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]<ref>{{cite web |title=1934 FIFA World Cup France's squad |url=http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/teams/team=43946.html |website=FIFA | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017114750/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/teams/team=43946.html |access-date=6 June 2023| archive-date=17 October 2007 }}</ref> and the [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]<ref>{{cite web |title=1938 FIFA World Cup France's squad |url=http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=5/teams/team=43946.html |website=FIFA | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018091534/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=5/teams/team=43946.html |access-date=6 June 2023| archive-date=18 October 2007 }}</ref> [[FIFA World Cup]]s. Even when he was still a player, he started his coaching career that spanned three decades.

== Club career ==
===Youth career===
* 1918-1924 : Draveil<ref>{{cite web |title=Le XI de l'équipe de France à la Coupe du Monde 1934 |url=https://www.90min.com/fr/posts/le-xi-de-l-equipe-de-france-a-la-coupe-du-monde-1934 |website=90MIN |access-date=9 June 2023}}</ref>
* 1924-1927 : Étoile Juvisy-Viry<ref>{{cite web |title=C'est le Thierry Henry des années 1930 |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/amp/essonne-91/juvisy-sur-orge-91260/c-est-le-thierry-henry-des-annees-1930-18-06-2010-968792.php |website=Le Parisien |access-date=9 June 2023}}</ref>

===Senior career===
* 1928-1929 : [[Stade Français Paris (football)|Stade Français]]<ref>{{cite web |title= Stade Français Joueurs de A à Z |url=https://www.mondefootball.fr/clubs/stade-francais/10/ |website=Monde Football |access-date=9 June 2023}}</ref>
* 1929-1937 : [[RC Paris]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Edmond Delfour |url=https://www.football-the-story.com/edmond-delfour |website=Football The Story |access-date=9 June 2023}}</ref>
* 1938-1939 : [[RC Roubaix]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Roubaix et l'équipe de France de Football : une longue histoire |url=https://www.roubaixxl.fr/football-equipe-de-france-roubaix/ |website=Roubaix XL |access-date=9 June 2023}}</ref>
* 1939-1945 : [[FC Rouen]]<ref>{{cite web |title=FC Rouen Players from A-Z |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/fc-rouen-1899/10/ |website=World Football |access-date=9 June 2023}}</ref>
* 1945-1946 : [[Red Star Olympique|Red Star]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Edmond Delfour |url=https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/8543-delfour-edmond/fiche.html |website=FFF Fédération Française de Football |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref>

== International career ==
For [[France national football team]] he got 41 caps and scored 2 goals between 1929 and 1938. His first cap was against [[England national football team|England]] on 09/05/1929. His first goal was against [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]] on 11/05/1930. His second and last goal was against [[England national football team|England]] on 14/05/1931.<ref>{{cite web |title=Edmond Delfour |url=https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/8543-delfour-edmond/fiche.html |website=FFF Fédération Française de Football |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref>

He participated at three edition of [[FIFA World Cup]] : in [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]],<ref>{{cite web |title=1930 FIFA World Cup France's squad |url=http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1/teams/team=43946.html |website=FIFA | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017110435/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1/teams/team=43946.html |access-date=6 June 2023| archive-date=17 October 2007 }}</ref> [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]],<ref>{{cite web |title=1934 FIFA World Cup France's squad |url=http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/teams/team=43946.html |website=FIFA | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017114750/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/teams/team=43946.html |access-date=6 June 2023| archive-date=17 October 2007 }}</ref> and [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]].<ref>{{cite web |title=1938 FIFA World Cup France's squad |url=http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=5/teams/team=43946.html |website=FIFA | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018091534/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=5/teams/team=43946.html |access-date=6 June 2023| archive-date=18 October 2007 }}</ref> He played the whole 6 France's games in the three tournaments. 
The [[1938 FIFA World Cup final tournament|1938 FIFA World Cup]] quarter-final lost against [[Italy national football team|Italy]] on 12 June 1938 was his last cap.<ref>{{cite web |title=Edmond Delfour |url=https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/8543-delfour-edmond/fiche.html |website=FFF Fédération Française de Football |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref>

He was one of the 6 players to have appeared in all three of the pre-war World Cups. The other being teammates [[Étienne Mattler]] and [[Emile Veinante]], [[Romania national football team|Romanian]] [[Nicolae Kovács]], [[Belgium national football team|Belgian]] [[Bernard Voorhoof]] and [[Brazil national football team|Brazilian]] [[Rodolpho Barteczko|Patesko]]. He was the last surviving of those 6 players.

== Honours ==
===Player===
'''RC Paris'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Edmond Delfour |url=https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/8543-delfour-edmond/fiche.html |website=FFF Fédération Française de Football |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref>
* [[Ligue 1]] : [[1935-36 French Division 1|1935-1936]]
* [[Coupe de France]] : [[1936 Coupe de France final|1936]]

== Coaching career ==
While he was still a player, he coached [[FC Rouen]] from 1940 to 1945,<ref>{{cite web |title=Entraîneurs et Présidents |url=
http://www.fcrouen.fr/le-club-2/entraineurs-presidents/ |website=FC Rouen |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref> then [[Red Star F.C.|Red Star]] from 1945 to 1946<ref>{{cite web |title=Red Star FC Histoire de l'entraineur |url=https://www.mondefootball.fr/clubs/red-star-fc_2/9/ |website=MondeFootball |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref>

From 1946 to 1951 he coached [[Belgium|Belgian]] club [[K.A.A. Gent|Gent]].<ref>{{cite web |title=KAA Gent Histoire de l'entraîneur |url=https://www.mondefootball.fr/clubs/kaa-gent/9/ |website=MondeFootball |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref>
He then managed [[Stade Français Paris (football)|Stade Français]] from 1952 to December 1953.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stade Francais histoire de l'entraîneur |url=https://www.mondefootball.fr/clubs/stade-francais/9/ |website=MondeFootball |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref> He then coached [[Le Havre AC]] from January 1954 to 1955.<ref>{{cite web |title=Havre AC Histoire de l'entraineur |url=https://www.mondefootball.fr/clubs/havre-ac/9/ |website=MondeFootball |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref>

In 1956, he went back to Belgium to coach several clubs : [[K.A.A. Gent|Gent]] from 1956 to 1958,<ref>{{cite web |title=KAA Gent Histoire de l'entraîneur |url=https://www.mondefootball.fr/clubs/kaa-gent/9/ |website=MondeFootball |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref> [[Cercle Brugge K.S.V.|Cercle Brugge]] from 1958 to 1962,<ref>{{cite web |title=Cercle Brugge Histoire de l'entraîneur |url=https://www.mondefootball.fr/clubs/cercle-brugge/9/ |website=MondeFootball |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref> [[R. Union Saint-Gilloise|Union Saint-Gilloise]] from 1962 to 1964.<ref>{{cite web |title=Union Saint-Gilloise Histoire de l'entraîneur |url=https://www.mondefootball.fr/clubs/union-saint-gilloise/9/ |website=MondeFootball |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref>

From 1964 to 1965 he managed [[USC Corte]].<ref>{{cite web |title=USC Corte Histoire de l'entraîneur |url=https://www.mondefootball.fr/clubs/usc-corte/9/ |website=MondeFootball |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref> He then coached [[Tunisia]]n side [[Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif]] from 1966 to 1969.<ref>{{cite web |title=Entraîneurs| url=http://www.hamhama.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=9 |website=Hamhama | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924024726/http://www.hamhama.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=9 |access-date=18 October 2015| archive-date=24 September 2015 }}</ref> He ended his career at [[SC Bastia]] from 1969 to December 1970<ref>{{cite web |title=SC Bastia Histoire de l'entraîneur |url=https://www.mondefootball.fr/clubs/sc-bastia/9/ |website=MondeFootball |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{FFF player|8543-delfour-edmond}}
* {{FFF male player|302|archive=}}

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