Lucien Laurent

Lucien Laurent (10 December 1907 – 11 April 2005) was a French footballer and manager. He played as an inside forward for teams in France between 1921 and 1945. At the 1930 FIFA World Cup, he scored the first ever FIFA World Cup goal against Mexico.

Laurent was capped 10 times for France between 1930 and 1935, and played for France at the 1930 FIFA World Cup. He was also part of France's team at the 1928 Summer Olympics and 1934 FIFA World Cup, but did not play any matches at both.

During World War II, he joined the French armed forces. He spent three years as a prisoner of war in Saxony, before being released in 1943. 

Laurent was the only player from France's 1930 FIFA World Cup team that was alive when they won the FIFA World Cup in 1998. He died in Besançon on 11 April 2005, at the age of 97. Lucien's brother, Jean Laurent, was also a footballer. They were both part of France's team at the 1930 FIFA World Cup.

Club career statistics

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|1932–33||Club Français||Division 1||17||8
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|1933–34||CA Paris||Division 1||24||10
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|1934–35||Mulhouse||Division 1||28||13
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|1935–36||Sochaux-Montbéliard||Division 1||7||4
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|1936–37||Stade Rennais||Division 1||26||7
|-
|1937–38||rowspan="2"|Strasbourg||rowspan="2"|Division 1||18||3
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|1938–39||10||1
|-
|1945–46||rowspan="2"|Besançon||rowspan="2"|Division 2||18||6
|-
|1946–47||12||4
160||56
160||56
|}

International career statistics

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|1930||4||1
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|1931||3||1
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|1932||2||0
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|1933||0||0
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|1934||0||0
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|1935||1||0
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!Total||10||2
|}

International goals
France's goal tally first
+ #  Date   Venue  Opponent  Score  Result  Competition 1.  13 July 1930  Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo, Uruguay    1–0  4–1   1930 FIFA World Cup 2.  14 May 1931  Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France    1–1  5–2   Friendly

Honours
CA Paris
 Coupe de France runner-up: 1927–28

FC Sochaux
 : 1931

References

Category:1907 births
Category:2005 deaths
Category:Footballers from Île-de-France
Category:Sportspeople from Val-de-Marne
Category:French footballers
Category:Association football forwards
Category:1930 FIFA World Cup players
Category:1934 FIFA World Cup players