Auguste Jordan

Football player infobox
playername= Gusti Jordan


fullname = Auguste Jordan
height =
nickname = Gusti, le baby de Linz
dateofbirth = 21 February 1909
cityofbirth = Linz
countryofbirth = Austria
dateofdeath = death date and age|1990|5|17|1909|2|21
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = Linzer ASK
years = 1924-1932
1932-1933
1933-1945
clubs = Linzer ASK
Floridsdorfer AC
RC Paris
caps(goals) =
nationalyears = 1938-1945
nationalteam = fb|France
nationalcaps(goals) = 16 (1)
manageryears = 1940-1941
1947-1948
1949-1950
1950-1952
1953-1958
?-?
managerclubs = SAS Epinal
Red Star Olympique
Olympique de Marseille
fb|Saar
RC Paris
Standard de Liège

August Jordan (21 February, 1909 – 17 May 1990) was an Austrian, then 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 bread 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 [ [http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=44238/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments] - FIFA] . 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

* [http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/historique.php?id=JORDAN%20Auguste Profile] - French Football Federation
* [http://www.wearefootball.org/PDF/auguste-jordan.pdf Biography] - Wearefootball

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