Guy Poitevin

{{Short description|French footballer and manager (1927-2008)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Guy Poitevin | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|10|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Entrains-sur-Nohain, Nièvre, France | death_date = {{death date and age|2008|12|2|1927|10|19|df=y}} | height = {{height|m=1.81}} | position = Defender | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1949–1951 | years2 = 1951–1956 | clubs1 = Lille | clubs2 = Nice | caps1 = | goals1 = | manageryears1 = 1962–1963 | managerclubs1 = Lille }}

'''Guy Poitevin''' (born 19 October 1927 in Entrains-sur-Nohain (Nièvre), died 2 December 2008) was a French footballer and manager.<ref>[http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/actualite/L_info_en_continu/Region/2008/12/03/article_d-eacute-c-egrave-s-de-guy-poitevin-un-a.shtml on the site ''La Voix du Nord'' accessed 12 January 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206154515/http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/actualite/L_info_en_continu/Region/2008/12/03/article_d-eacute-c-egrave-s-de-guy-poitevin-un-a.shtml |date=6 December 2008 }}</ref>

A defender, he played for Lille, before a brilliant career at Nice. With the ''aiglons'', he won the Cup-League double in 1952, won the Cup again in 1954 and the Championship again in 1956.

== Honours == * French Champion 1952 and 1956 with OGC Nice * League runner-up 1950 and 1951 with Lille OSC * Winner of the Coupe de France 1952 and 1954 with OGC Nice * 1951 Latin Cup runner-up with Lille OSC

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