Étienne Jourde

Étienne Jean Jourde (13 August 1891 – 20 October 1921) was a French footballer who played as a striker for CASG Paris, CA Vitry, and VGA Médoc. He also played eight matches for the French national team between 1910 and 1914. He is one of six players to captain the team on his debut, and remains the youngest captain of the French team at the age of 20 years and 3 months.

Jourde (third player crouching, holding the ball) with the French team in 1914. This resulted in the CFI opening the doors of the French national team to the 20-year-old Jourde, who played his first international match in a friendly against Belgium on 3 April 1910, captaining his side to a 4–0 loss,

Jourde had to wait nearly two years for his next cap on 25 January 1914, in a friendly against Belgium, with his selection being heavily criticized by chauvinistic northern journalists who wanted Albert Eloy in his place, but perhaps because of that, Jourde delivered his best match with a French jersey, scoring two goals (one having been wrongly attributed to Henri Bard) and providing an assist to help his side to a 4–3 win; he who until then had never managed to score or provide an assist. It was during a training course at the Cazaux base that he decided to leave Paris, where he worked as a photoengraver, and settle in Aquitaine, where he retrained in the sale of wines and spirits.

Death Jourde died at the in Bordeaux, following an emergency operation that went wrong, on 20 October 1921, at the age of just 30, and was buried in Arcachon.

One of his teammates at CA Vitry, Henri Vialmonteil, exercised the same profession (photoengraver), played alongside him in their 4–3 win over Italy, and was also diminished by injuries and had a premature death in 1937, at the age of 44. However, they were very different players: Jourde was hard-working and valiant, but not very talented, while Vialmonteil was brilliant and gifted, but inconsistent.

Honours CA Vitry FCAF Championship: Champions (2): 1910 and 1911 Trophée de France: Runner-up (1): 1910