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ASSSE and FC Nantes are in mourning. Keeper of the Greens from 1957 to 1964, René Donoyan passed away last Saturday at the age of 81. He had participated in the first Gambardella Cup final in the history of ASSE in 1958, lost to RC Lens (1-3). Nicknamed “the cheetah” for his impressive horizontal pull, he made 28 first-team appearances with ASSE.

The same Donoyan also wore the Canaries jersey for four years, from 1972 to 1976.: “I was lucky enough to wear the jersey of the two biggest French clubs of the 60s and 70s. Saint-Étienne and Nantes are my favorite clubs, ”he said a few months before his death. After the official ASSE website on Sunday, it was yesterday the turn of FC Nantes to pay tribute to him.

“These names do not mean anything to the youngest supporters, but René rubs shoulders with great players in Saint-Etienne such as Rachid Mekloufi, Robert Herbin, André Guy, and a trainer very close to José Arribas, Jean Snella, recalls the official Canaries website. . At that time, two clubs ignited the French championship: AS St Etienne and FC Nantes. René Donoyan has this chance to “connect yellow and green”. His words on his arrival in the City of the Dukes denote his mentality: “I was struck by the excellent atmosphere of the FCN, and even of its environment. I am very fortunate to have been selected by those in charge of ‘a Club which is, for me, with Saint-Etienne, the best in France, the one in which all footballers dream of operating … “”

to summarize

Died on Saturday, October 30 at the age of 81, the former goalkeeper of ASSE and FC Nantes René Donoyan, nicknamed Le Guépard, was the target of a vibrant tribute paid by the Canaries broadcast on their official website no later than yesterday.

Bastien Aubert