Claude Abbes

Claude Abbes
Personal information
Full name Claude Abbes
Date of birth May 24, 1927
Place of birth La Caumette, Faugères, France
Date of death April 11, 2008(2008-04-11) (aged 80)
Place of death France
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Bédarieux
Lobastide
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1952 AS Béziers
1952–1962 Saint-Étienne
National team
1957–1958 France 9 (0)
Teams managed
1962–1967 Montélimar

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Claude Abbes (May 24, 1927 – April 11, 2008) was a French football goalkeeper.

He played the majority of his professional career for local club AS Saint-Étienne, where he won the 1957 Première division championship,[1] the first title ever for the club.

He was also part of the French national team squads at the World Cup finals of 1954 and 1958, and played four matches at the latter, where France finished in third place.

He died on April 11, 2008.[2]

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