Albert Dubreucq
Albert Arthur Dubreucq was a French footballer who played as a midfielder for Lille OSC, RC de France, and CA Paris between 1945 and 1957. He also made one appearance for the French national team in 1952. He was the defensive midfielder of the great Lille team of the late 1940s, which won the 1945–46 French Division 1 as well as back-to-back Coupe de France titles in 1947 and 1948, and finished as league runner-up four times in a row between 1948 and 1951.
He later became a coach, taking charge of several French and Belgian teams in the 1960s and 1970s.
Playing career
Club career
Born on 3 June 1924 in Lille, Nord, Dubreucq began his football career at his hometown club Olympique Marcquois in 1944, aged 20. He quickly stood from the rest, so in the following season, he was signed by Lille OSC, where he remained for eight years, from 1945 until 1953, scoring 7 goals in 236 official matches.Together with Jean Baratte, Marceau Somerlinck, and Roger Vandooren, Dubreucq was a member of the great Lille team of the late 1940s, which won the 1945–46 French Division 1, the first edition after the end of the Second World War, as well as back-to-back Coupe de France titles in 1947 and 1948, starting in both finals, beating Strasbourg 2–0 in the former and Lens 3–2 in the latter. He also started in the 1949 final, where he assisted one of his side's consolation goals in an eventual 5–2 loss to his future club RC de France. On 24 June 1951, he started in the final of the 1951 Latin Cup, the forerunner of the European Cup, which ended in a 5–0 loss to AC Milan.
In 1953, Dubreucq joined RC de France, remaining there for two seasons, until 1955, when he went to CA Paris, with whom he played for two seasons, until 1957, when he moved to RC Vichy, where he retired in 1958.