Charles Berthelot

Charles Berthelot (19 February 1901 – 13 September 1940) was a French footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Rennes and the France national team in the early 1920s.

Club career Charles Berthelot was born in Rennes on 19 February 1901, as the son of a locally based shoe manufacturer. He began his football career in 1918, aged 17, at Drapeau de Fougères (Flag of Fougères), with whom he played for one season until 1920, when he moved to the football section of Stade Rennais. In his first season at the club, he only played one match in the regional championship, against Stade Lavallois on 12 December 1920.

Berthelot in the 1922 Coupe de France final in front of 25,000 spectators. In the 1921–22 season, Berthelot played a crucial role in Rennes' excellent run in the Coupe de France, which saw the Breton team reach the final after knocking out the likes of JA Saint-Ouen, Le Havre, Olympique Lillois, and Olympique de Paris, before falling in the final to Red Star (0–2). During this last match, Berthelot was unconscious for a while after hitting the post during a save.

In 1923, Berthelot helped Rennais win the Brittany Football League, For nearly a full century, he was the only Fougères player to have worn the jersey of the French A team, remaining so until Eduardo Camavinga made his international debut in 2019.

Honours Rennes Brittany Football League: 1923 Coupe de France runner-up: 1922