Alfred Dambach

Alfred Dambach was a French footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Strasbourg, Reims-Champagne and Rouen in the 1940s. He also made one appearance for the French national team in 1944.

Club career

Born on 22 September 1918 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Dambach began his career at his hometown club RC Strasbourg in 1937, aged 19, where he remained for two seasons, until 1939. In total, he played 53 Ligue 1 matches for Strasbourg, making his official debut on 12 September 1937, Racing de Paris, and played his last game on 29 May 1939, against Olympique de Marseille, keeping a clean-sheet in both matches. After the outbreak of World War II, he joined Les Jeunes Cadourques, which later merged with Stade cadurcien. After one season there, he played three more at ESA Brive, Dambach joined Reims-Champagne in 1943, and in his first season at the club, he helped his side reach the 1944 [Coupe de France final], which ended in a 4–0 loss to Nancy-Lorraine.
In 1944, Dambach joined Rouen, remaining there for five seasons, until 1949, helping them win the 1944–45 French Football Championship. One of his autographed pictures from April 1949 was later displayed and sold at a high price. In 1949, he was signed by SM Caen, where he retired in 1950, aged 32. In total, he played 106 matches in Ligue 1.

On 24 December 1944, a few months after the Coupe de France final, Dambach earned his first international cap in France's first official match since March 1942, starting in a friendly match against Belgium at the Parc de Princes, and helping his side to a 3–1 win.

Dambach died in Darnétal on 19 November 1960, at the age of 42.

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