Guy Poitevin
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Guy Poitevin is a former French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 footballer and manager
Coach (sport)
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, born 19 October 1927 in Entrains-sur-Nohain
Entrains-sur-Nohain
Entrains-sur-Nohain is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.-Demographics:At the 1999 census, the population was 975. On 1 January 2007, the estimate was 900.-References:*...

 (Nièvre
Nièvre
Nièvre is a department in the centre of France named after the Nièvre River.-History:Nièvre is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...

) and died 2 December 2008.

A very tall (1m 81) defender
Defender
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, he played for Lille, before a brilliant career at Nice. With the aiglons, he won the Cup-League double in 1952, won the Cup again in 1954 and the Championship again in 1956.

Honours

  • French Champion
    Ligue 1
    Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....

     1952
    French football Division 1 1951–52
    OGC Nice won Division 1 season 1951/1952 of the French Association Football League with 46 points.-Participating teams:-Final table:Promoted from Division 2 , who will play in Division 1 season 1952/1953...

     and 1956
    French football Division 1 1955–56
    OGC Nice won Division 1 season 1955/1956 of the French Association Football League with 43 points.-Participating teams:-Final table:Promoted from Division 2 , who will play in Division 1 season 1956/1957...

     with OGC Nice
  • League runners-up
    Ligue 1
    Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....

     1950
    French football Division 1 1949–50
    FC Girondins de Bordeaux won Division 1 season 1949/1950 of the French Association Football League with 51 points.-Participating teams:-Final table:...

     and 1951
    French football Division 1 1950–51
    OGC Nice won Division 1 season 1950/1951 of the French Association Football League with 41 points.-Participating teams:-Final table:Promoted from Division 2 , who will play in Division 1 season 1951/1952...

     with Lille OSC
  • Winner of the Coupe de France
    Coupe de France
    The Coupe Charles Simon, commonly known as the Coupe de France , is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation...

     1952 and 1954 with OGC Nice
  • Latin Cup finalist 1951 with Lille OSC
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