André Poullain

André Poullain (25 November 1893 – 11 June 1954) was a French footballer who played as a forward for CA Paris and the French national team in the 1910s.

Playing career Club des Sports Athlétiques Born in the 18th arrondissement of Paris on 25 November 1893, Poullain began playing football as a 9-year-old with his friends, Dartoux and Landauer, doing so with a paper ball in the rue des Rosiers, in Saint-Ouen, near the headquarters of the CSA (Club des Sports Athlétiques), and on one occasion, in 1909, this group of kids faced the first team of CSA, replacing their opponents who had failed to turn up, and won. That same evening, Dartoux and Landauer signed for CSA, while Poullain joined the second team, before reaching the first team the following year, in 1910, aged 19.

International career Despite his lack of technique, his game married that of Maës, who was basically a "target man" or "poacher", and therefore, on 27 February 1913, both of them were called up by France for a friendly match against England amateurs at Colombes, which ended in a 1–4 loss;

In the summer of 1919, Poullain was a member of the French committee that went to the Inter-Allied Games in Paris, a large sports competition organized in celebration of the Allied victory in the War, being listed as a member of the football team, whose squad was formed by soldiers who had participated in the War.

Later career Together with Marcel Vanco, Louis Mesnier, and Henri Bard, Poullain was a member of the CA Paris team that won the Coupe de France in 1920, scoring two goals in the quarterfinals against Red Star, He then started in the final on 9 May, which ended in a 2–1 win over Le Havre.

Later life and death In November 1925, Poullain was working as an employee at Les Halles.

Poullain died in Noisy-le-Grand on 11 June 1954, at the age of 60.

Career statistics France score listed first, score column indicates score after each Poullain goal.

Honours Club CA Paris Coupe de France: Champions (1): 1919–20

International France Inter-Allied Games Runner-up (1): 1919