Jules Lagadeau
Personal information
Full name Jules Theodorus Lagadeau
Place of birth Paramaribo, Surinam
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Benjamin Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1968 Transvaal
International career
1959–1968 Suriname 15 (2)
Managerial career
1968–1975 Transvaal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jules Theodorus Lagadeau (31 July 1939 – 27 August 2019) was a Surinamese football player and manager who played for S.V. Transvaal in the Hoofdklasse and for the Suriname national team.[1][2]

Club career

Lagadeau was born 1939 in Paramaribo. He grew up playing for the Benjamin Boys on the Mr. Bronsplein.[3] As an admirer of local star Humphrey Mijnals, Lagadeau joined S.V. Robinhood but parted ways with the club soon after his idol left to play professionally in the Netherlands, joining S.V. Transvaal shortly thereafter.[4] In 1963 he went on a three-month trial period with Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven, and in 1965 he was on trial for three months with F.C. Dom Basil from Trinidad and Tobago.[5]

At Transvaal he was the team captain leading the club to five national championships in 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968. His final season as a player he led Transvaal to the final of the 1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup after defeating Aurora F.C. from Guatemala. However after fans invaded the pitch, Transvaal were disqualified finishing as runner-up in the tournament and Toluca from Mexico winning the cup.[6]

International career

Lagadeau made his debut for the Suriname national team at the age of 19 on 4 January 1959 in a friendly match against Swedish club Malmö FF. On 20 September 1959, he made his official debut in a friendly match against Martinique. The match ended in a 1–0 win at the National Stadium. Another highlight of his first year with the national team was the 2–2 draw against the Netherlands Antilles, which was the first time the national team did not lose when playing in Curaçao. He was a part of the team that made a fourth place finish at the 1960 CCCF Championship in Cuba. Playing alongside Gerrit Niekoop, Leo Marcet and Siegfried Haltman, Lagadeau scored his first goals on 22 December 1968 against El Salvador in a 4–1 win at home.[7][8]

Managerial career

After his playing career Lagadeau took over as manager of S.V. Transvaal, seceding Ronald Kolf who had left to take over at S.V. Robinhood. Lagadeau successfully led Transvaal to four consecutive national titles. The 1973 season was his most successful as a manager, going undefeated in winning the national championship, while winning the 1973 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, the first Continental title won by a club from Suriname.[9]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Suriname' goal tally first.
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.22 December 1968National Stadion, Paramaribo, Suriname El Salvador1–14–11970 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.2–1

Honours

Player

S.V. Transvaal[10]

Suriname

Manager

S.V. Transvaal

References

  1. ↑ "Surinaams voetbal mist voorbeeldfiguur". Star Nieuws. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Oud-voetballer Jules Lagadeau overleden, dwtonline.com, 27 August 2019
  3. ↑ "Mr. Bronsplein". Ricky W. Stutgard, De eerste Surinaamse sportencyclopedie (1893-1988). Alberga, Paramaribo, 1990]. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Transvaal". Ricky W. Stutgard, De eerste Surinaamse sportencyclopedie (1893-1988). Alberga, Paramaribo, 1990]. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Surinaamse ster bij PSV". Leisch Dagblad. 5 April 1963. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "Jules Lagadeau". Ricky W. Stutgard, De eerste Surinaamse sportencyclopedie (1893-1988). Alberga, Paramaribo, 1990]. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Jules Lagadeau profile". Soccer-db.info. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Jules Theodorus Lagadeau profile". 11v11.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "Geen toekomstvisie uitgesproken bij 90 jaar SVB". Natio Suriname. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "Jules Lagadeau honours". Soccer-db.info. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
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