Yvon Douis

{{Short description|French footballer (1935–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Yvon Douis | image = Yvon Douis (1966).jpg | caption = Douis in 1966 | full_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1935|5|16}} | birth_place = Les Andelys, France | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2021|1|28|1935|5|16}} | death_place = Nice, France | height = | position = Striker | youthyears1 = 1948–1949 | youthclubs1 = Brignoles | years1 = 1953–1959 | clubs1 = Lille | caps1 = 172 | goals1 = 62 | years2 = 1959–1961 | clubs2 = Le Havre | caps2 = 71 | goals2 = 28 | years3 = 1961–1967 | clubs3 = Monaco | caps3 = 167 | goals3 = 62 | years4 = 1967–1969 | clubs4 = Cannes | caps4 = 81 | goals4 = 26 | totalcaps = 491 | totalgoals = 178 | nationalyears1 = 1957–1965 | nationalteam1 = France | nationalcaps1 = 20 | nationalgoals1 = 4 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{FRA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|FIFA World Cup}} {{Medal|3rd|1958 Sweden|}} }} '''Yvon Douis''' (16 May 1935 – 28 January 2021) was a French professional footballer who played as a striker.

== Career == Douis was born in Les Andelys. During his career he played for Lille OSC (1953–59), Le Havre AC (1959–61), AS Monaco (1961–67) and AS Cannes (1967–69). He earned 20 caps and scored 4 goals for the France national football team between 1957 and 1965, and played in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, in which France finished third. Douis scored in the third place play off against West Germany at Sweden 1958.

== Personal life == Yvon was the older brother of Jean-François, who was also a footballer.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=1 April 2014|title=Douis Jean-François|url=http://www.paris-canalhistorique.com/douis-jean-francois/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=8 December 2020|website=Paris.canal-historique|language=fr}}</ref>

== Death == Douis died of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in France.<ref>[https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Disparition-d-yvon-douis-membre-de-l-equipe-de-france-1958/1217527 Disparition d'Yvon Douis, membre de l'équipe de France 1958] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{FFF|8563-douis-yvon}} * {{FFF male|345}}

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