Auguste Jordan

Auguste Jordan

Personal information
Full name	August Jordan
Date of birth	21 February 1909
Place of birth	Linz, Austria
Date of death	17 May 1990(1990-05-17) (aged 81)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Linzer ASK
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1924–1932	Linzer ASK
1932–1933	Floridsdorfer AC
1933–1945	RC Paris
International career
1938–1945	France	16	(1)
Managerial career
1940–1941	SAS Epinal
1947–1948	Red Star Olympique
1949–1950	Marseille
1950–1953	1. FC Saarbrücken
1950–1952	Saarland
1953–1958	RC Paris
1963–1964	Standard de Liège
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

August "Auguste" Jordan (21 February 1909 – 17 May 1990) was a French football midfielder, who became a coach after his playing career.

Playing career

Born in Austria as August Jordan, he moved to France in 1933 and became French in 1938. His integration to France national football team during World War II was highly discussed because he was not a born and bred French, moreover an Austrian. However, Jordan was always fully dedicated and proud to wear the blue shirt of France. He was a participant for them at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. This integration caused him to be jailed by the Wehrmacht during the war. In France, he was nicknamed Gusti and the baby from Linz.

Honours

As a player

• French championship (1):
  • 1936
• Coupe de France (4):
  • 1936, 1939, 1940, 1945

As a coach

• Jupiler League (1):
  • 1963 with Standard de Liège

External links

• Profile - French Football Federation
• Biography Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine - Wearefootball