Albert Félix Emile Courquin (5 August 1898 – 2 February 1940) was a French footballer who played as a midfielder for Red Star, Olympique Lillois, and the French national team in the early 1920s.[1][2][3][4]

Early life

Albert Courquin was born on 5 August 1898 in Bourbourg, Nord,[1][5][a] as the son of Albert Courquin (1875–?) and Marie Desoutter (1873–1899).[5] He married Mathilde Gailly.[5]

Playing career

After playing for Red Star, Courquin joined Olympique Lillois in 1921, where he helped his team win the 1922 Division of Honor of the North [es] (DH Nord).[3] He quickly became one of the club's best players, and thus, on 15 January 1922, he earned his first (and only) international cap in a friendly match against Belgium at Colombes, helping his side to a 2–1 win.[1][3][2][6]

Two years later, on 13 January 1924, Courquin started for France B in a friendly match against the A-team of Luxembourg, helping his side to a 2–1 win.[7] After leaving Lillois in 1923,[2] he returned to Red Star, where he played from 1924 to 1926.[8] He later played for US Saint-Pol, being the only player in the club's history, along with Fernand Caucheteux, who wore the French jersey.[9]

Death

Recalled to military activity in August 1939, Courquin was quickly discharged due to hypertensive nephritis, from which he died on 2 February 1940, at the age of 41, at his home in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise.[1][10]

Honours

CASG Paris

Notes

  1. ^ Some sources wrongly claim that he was born on 1 January 1897.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Albert Courquin, international footballer". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Albert Courquin (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Albert Courquin". www.fff.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Albert Courquin". www.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  5. ^ a b c "Family tree of Albert Félix Emile COURQUIN". gw.geneanet.org. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Une victoire Française bien meritee" [A well-deserved French victory]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 16 January 1922. p. 1. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  7. ^ "France B bat Luxembourg" [France B beats Luxembourg]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 19 January 1924. p. 2. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  8. ^ "Les joueurs du Red Star de A à Z" [Red Star players from A to Z]. www.allezredstar.com (in French). Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  9. ^ "Centenaire de l'US Saint-Pol: Albert Courquin et Fernand Caucheteux, symboles des temps glorieux" [Centenary of US Saint-Pol: Albert Courquin and Fernand Caucheteux, symbols of glorious times]. www.lavoixdunord.fr (in French). 8 July 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  10. ^ "2 février" [February 2]. www.chroniquesbleues.fr (in French). 2 February 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
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