Charles Montagne


Charles Achilles Joseph Montagne was a French footballer who played as a midfielder for Olympique Lillois and the French national team in the 1910s.

Club career

Born in Roubaix on 17 March 1889, Montagne began his football career at Olympique Lillois in 1909, aged 20. Together with Paul Voyeux, Paul Chandelier, and Alphonse Six, Montagne helped OL win back-to-back USFSA Northern Championships in 1913 and 1914, winning the former with a record of 13 wins and only one defeat. On 5 April 1914, he started in the final of the 1914 USFSA Football Championship, helping his side to a 3–0 win over Olympique de Cette. Three weeks later, on 26 April, he started in the final of the Trophée de France at the Charentonneau, helping his side to a 4–1 win over VGA Médoc.

International career

On 9 March 1913, Montagne made his international debut in a friendly match against Switzerland in Geneva, scoring once to help his side to a 4–1 win. In his second appearance in the following month, Montagne helped France to an 8–0 win over Luxembourg.
On 1 November 1913, Montagne played for the so-called Lions des Flandres, a regional scratch team representing Northern France, in a friendly against the English Wanderers in Paris, which ended in a 4–1 loss.
Montagne had to wait seven years to receive his third and last cap for France, in a friendly against Belgium at the Parc des Princes on 28 March 1920, helping his side to a 2–1 win.

Later life and death

During the First World War, Montagne was a quartermaster sergeant of the 42nd artillery. After the War, he became an industrial in Lille.
Montagne died in Bruay-sur-l'Escaut on 22 May 1940, at the age of 51.

Career statistics

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
19 March 1913Charmilles Stadium, Geneva, Switzerland1–14–1Friendly match

Honours

Olympique Lillois