Robert Jonquet (3 May 1925 – 18 December 2008), was a French former football defender. He played the majority of his professional career for the club Stade de Reims, winning five French championships and appearing in two European Cup finals. He is considered as one of the best central defender of his time.
Nicknamed "The Hero of Highbury" after an outstanding individual performance against England in London in 1951, Jonquet was integral to the Fr...
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Robert Jonquet (3 May 1925 – 18 December 2008), was a French former football defender. He played the majority of his professional career for the club Stade de Reims, winning five French championships and appearing in two European Cup finals. He is considered as one of the best central defender of his time.
Nicknamed "The Hero of Highbury" after an outstanding individual performance against England in London in 1951, Jonquet was integral to the French national teams of the 1950s, playing at the World Cup finals of 1954 and 1958.
During his youth, Jonquet played in the surrounding countryside of southern Paris in Châtenay-Malabry , and afterwards for the Société Sportive Voltaire. In 1946/47, he played his first season at Stade de Reims in the division 1. He became a first-team player, and in the spring 1947, he was called up for the first time to the French national team. Jonquet was relatively short (1.76 m) for his playing position, but as a libero, played with elegance and talent in...
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