Émile Antonio

Émile Antonio

Personal information
Date of birth	(1928-04-22)22 April 1928
Place of birth	Auzat-la-Combelle, France
Date of death	20 September 2022(2022-09-20) (aged 94)
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
–1946	La Combelle CCA
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1946–1950	La Combelle CCA
1950–1953	FC Sète^[citation needed]	89	(18)
1953–1954	Nice	28	(3)
1954–1961	Lyon	184	(23)
1961–1963	Montferrand
1963–1972	La Combelle CCA
International career
	France amateur^[citation needed]
	France B^[citation needed]	4	(0)
Managerial career
1963–1975	La Combelle CCA
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Émile Antonio (22 April 1928 – 20 September 2022) was a French footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Born in Auzat-la-Combelle in 1928 to emigrants,[1] Antonio became a French citizen in 1931.[2] Having made his debut at his local club, La Combelle CCA,[3] Antonio joined Sète.

Antonio spent the 1953–54 season at Nice, making 28 appearances scoring 3 goals.[2] With Nice, he also won the 1953–54 Coupe de France thanks to a 2–1 win in the final against Marseille, before moving to Olympique Lyonnais.[2]

He stayed at Lyon for seven seasons. He played 183 matches (of which 160 were league games) and scored 23 goals. He is still a well-renowned player at Gerland.^[citation needed]

In 1961, he finished his professional career. He played at Montferrand, before returning to his first club, La Combelle CCA.[2] He coached this club between 1963 and 1975.

Later life and death

In June 2022 Antonio's hometown Auzat-la-Combelle named its stadium after him as a tribute.[4]

Antonio died on 20 September 2022, at the age of 94.[2]

Honours

Nice

• Coupe de France: 1953–54

References

1. OGN Nice says "Spanish", francetvinfo says "Portuguese"
2. "Émile Antonio s'est éteint" [Émile Antonio passed away]. OGC Nice (in French). 20 September 2022. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
3. "Les Anciennes Gloires (suite 1) - club de football La Combelle Charbonnier Association Breuil". Footeo (in French). Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
4. Genet, Cyrille (19 June 2022). "Qui est Emile Antonio, doyen des footballeurs auvergnats" [Who is Emile Antonio, dean of Auvergne footballers]. france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.

External links

• Émile Antonio at WorldFootball.net
• Émile Antonio at L'Équipe (in French)