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Robert Herbin

1939 - 2020

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Robert Herbin (30 March 1939 – 27 April 2020) was a French footballer and manager, who represented the France national team 23 times. Known as "the Sphinx" due to his reserved personality, Herbin was a one-club man as a player for AS Saint-Étienne, and also later managed les Verts for eleven years. He won five Ligue 1 titles as a player and four as a manager, and his Saint-Étienne team lost the 1976 European Cup Final to FC Bayern Munich at Hampden Park. For both his playing and managerial career, he is considered one of the most important figures in the history of French football. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Herbin is the 2,129th most popular soccer player (down from 1,977th in 2019), the 3,997th most popular biography from France (down from 3,913th in 2019) and the 91st most popular French Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Robert Herbin ranks 2,129 out of 21,273. Before him are Giacomo Losi, Florin Răducioiu, Rodolpho Barteczko, Hasse Jeppson, Doca, and Helmut Senekowitsch. After him are Karl-Erik Palmér, Ludwig Goldbrunner, Ilija Pantelić, Tore Svensson, Dragan Pantelić, and Karl Aage Præst.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Robert Herbin ranks 325. Before him are Norma Cappagli, Vaçe Zela, Baldur Preiml, Sumio Iijima, Abdullah Ensour, and Dixie Carter. After him are Gösta Ekman, Michael J. Pollard, Oʻtkir Sultonov, Ferdinand Bracke, Irán Eory, and John Peel. Among people deceased in 2020, Robert Herbin ranks 362. Before him are Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini, Norma Cappagli, Justus Dahinden, Nobby Stiles, Murad Wilfried Hofmann, and Roger Carel. After him are Stuart Gordon, John D. Barrow, Hans Cieslarczyk, Jeremy Bulloch, Rosa Maria Sardà, and Edén Pastora.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert Herbin ranks 3,997 out of 6,770. Before him are Roger Michelot (1912), Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1878), Jacques Barrot (1937), Judith Gautier (1845), Roger Carel (1927), and Victor Schœlcher (1804). After him are Yvette Chauviré (1917), François-Jean de la Barre (1745), Elias I, Count of Maine (1100), Jacques-Joseph Ebelmen (1814), Richard Berry (1950), and François Picard (1921).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In France

Among soccer players born in France, Robert Herbin ranks 91. Before him are André Lerond (1930), Maxime Bossis (1955), Armand Penverne (1926), Michel Leblond (1932), Jean-Luc Ettori (1955), and Lucas Hernandez (1996). After him are François Heutte (1938), Bernard Genghini (1958), Louis Saha (1978), Vincent Candela (1973), Blaise Matuidi (1987), and Émile Veinante (1907).

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