Raoul Diagne

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Raoul Diagne
Personal information
Full name	Raoul Diagne
Date of birth	10 November 1910
Place of birth	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guyana, France
Date of death	November 12, 2002 (aged 92)
Place of death	Créteil, France
Height	ft 0 in (0.00 m)
Playing position	Defender
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1930-1940 1940-1944 1944-1946	RC Paris Toulouse FC FC Annecy[1]
National team
1931-1940	France	18 (0)
Teams managed
?-?	Senegal
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Raoul Diagne (born 10 November 1910-12 November 2002) was a French football defender, who had stints as a coach after his playing career.

Born in French Guyana, Diagne, son of politician Blaise Diagne was the first black player to be selected for the France national football team^[2]. He was of Senegalese descent and became the first coach of the Senegal national football team.

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As a player

• French championship in 1936 with RC Paris
• Coupe de France 1936, 1939, 1940 with RC Paris

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v • d • e France squad - 1938 FIFA World Cup FW Aston • MF Bastien • DF Ben Bouali • MF Bourbotte • FW Brusseaux • DF Cazenave • FW Courtois • GK Darui • FW Delfour • GK Di Lorto • MF Diagne • FW Heisserer • MF Jasseron • MF Jordan • FW Kowalczyk • GK Llense • DF Mattler • FW Nicolas • DF Povolny • DF Vandooren • FW Veinante • FW Zatelli • Coach: Barreau

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