Louis Favre (French footballer)

Louis Favre (23 October 1923 – 15 January 2008) was a French football player and later manager. Youye played as a striker, then as a winger, then as a central midfielder.

Playing career
Born in Montpellier, Louis Favre made his professional debut in 1941 with the club that trained him: SO Montpellier. He left for Béziers in 1945 and played an unofficial international game (against an army and air force selection) for France under 23s in January 1946 during which he came to the attention of scouts from Red Star. He joined Saint-Ouen in summer 1946.

A France B international, he was selected to play in two international games against Scotland and the Netherlands in April 1949, with the A team. One week before the game, Favre was injured during the derby against Racing club de Paris: a fractured fibula and double sprain. He was never picked again for France A. The following season, he fractured his fibula again.

After seven seasons in the capital, he returned to the Languedoc of his birth and signed for Olympique alésien before joining Sète where he played as a midfielder. He finished his career at the club where he started it: SOM.

Managerial career
Once his playing career finished, he became manager of SO Montpellier from 1963 to 1968 during which the club transformed into Montpellier La Paillade where he was joint manager from 1974 to 1978.