Gustave Dubus

Gustave Dubus
Personal information
Full name Gustave Ernest Dubus
Date of birth (1910-03-26)26 March 1910
Place of birth Arzew, Algeria
Date of death 9 December 1991(1991-12-09) (aged 81)
Place of death Montmorency, France
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
AS Saint-Eugène d'Alger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1929–1932 FC Sète
1932–1935 Club des Joyeusetés d'Oran
International career
1930 France 2 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gustave Ernest Dubus (26 March 1910 – 9 December 1991) was a French footballer who played as a forward for FC Sète and the France national team in the early 1930s.

Club career

Born on 26 March 1910 in the Oran Province port city of Arzew, Dubus trained at AS Saint-Eugène d'Alger before moving to Sète in 1929, where he soon joined the ranks of FC Sète.[1] Together with Ivan Bek, Ivan Bek, and Louis Cazal, he was a member of the Sète team that won the Coupe de France in 1930, beating RC Paris 3–1 in the final.[2] During the match, he scored a few seconds before half-time from a clever pass by Bek, but the linesman had earlier signaled Sète was offside, while all of his other shots were saved by RCP's goalkeeper André Tassin.[3]

After leaving Racing in 1932, Dubus returned to his homeland, where he joined Club des Joyeusetés d'Oran, with whom he played for three years, until 1935, when he retired.[4]

International career

On 23 February 1930, the 19-year-old Dubus made his international debut for France in a friendly match against Portugal in Porto, which ended in a 0–2 loss.[5][6] The following day, the journalists of the French newspaper L'Auto (the forerunner of L'Équipe) highlighted him as one of the French players who stood out.[7] Two months later, on 13 April, he earned his second (and last) cap, scoring his side's only goal with a "half-volley from 3 meters" in a 1–6 loss to Belgium.[5][8]

Death

Dubus died in Montmorency, Val-d'Oise on 9 December 1991, at the age of 81.[5]

Honours

Sète

References

  1. ^ "Pieds-noirs en bleu (1): le temps de l'amateurisme (1922-1932)" [Pieds-noirs in blue (1): the time of amateurism (1922-1932)]. www.chroniquesbleues.fr (in French). 13 September 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Saison 1929-1930 Sète Vainqueur" [1929-1930 Season Sète Winner]. www.om4ever.com (in French). Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  3. ^ "La victoire des sétois en Coupe de France - FC Sète bat Racing CF: 3 buts à 1" [Sète's victory in the Coupe de France - FC Sète beats Racing CF: 3 goals to 1]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 28 April 1930. p. 5. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Gustave Dubus (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  5. ^ a b c "Gustave Dubus, international footballer". eu-football.info. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Marcel Galey". www.fff.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Après un match égal le Portugal a battu la France par 2 buts à 0" [After an equal match, Portugal beat France by 2 goals to 0]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 24 February 1930. p. 1. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  8. ^ "La Belgique bat la France par 6 buts à 1" [Belgium beats France 6-1]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 14 April 1930. p. 4. Retrieved 8 August 2025.