Raymond Abad

Raymond Abad

Personal information
Full name	Raymond Abad
Date of birth	(1930-12-17)17 December 1930
Place of birth	Marrakech, French Morocco
Date of death	24 August 2018(2018-08-24) (aged 87)
Place of death	Cholet, France
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1959	Limoges	38	(0)
1959–1964	Grenoble	?	(?)
Managerial career
1967–1969	Grenoble
1969–1971	Niort
1971–1976	Cholet
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raymond Abad (17 December 1930 – 24 August 2018) was a French football player and manager. He was born in Marrakech, French Morocco.

Career

During his playing career, Abad played as a goalkeeper in the French Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 for Limoges and Grenoble.

After retiring from playing, Abad became a manager. First he managed Ligue 2 side Grenoble from 1967 until 1969. After leaving Grenoble, Abad joined fourth division outfit Chamois Niortais. In his first season, 1969–1970 the club gained promotion to Division 3. Following his successful spell with Chamois Niortais, Abad had a five-year tenure at Cholet, where the team won promotion to Division 2 in 1975.

Death

Abad died in Cholet on 24 August 2018, at the age of 87.

Managerial statistics

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Grenoble Foot 38	France	1967	1969	74	32	19	23	43.24
Chamois Niortais	France	1969	1971	48	22	12	14	45.83
SO Cholet	France	1971	1976	152	61	30	61	40.13

Sources

• Raymond Abad profile at chamoisfc79.fr
• Raymond Abad at FootballDatabase.eu