Henri Moigneu

Playing career Club career In 1904, the 17-year-old Moigneu was a French school champion with the Lycée de Tourcoing, so he then joined UST, where he quickly established himself as the team captain in 1905, aged 18. In the following year, on 29 April 1911, he started in the final of the Challenge International du Nord in Tourcoing, helping his side to a 2–1 victory over the English club Cambridge Town.

On one occasion, in 1912, the local press stated that "Moigneu single-handedly does the work of 3 ordinary class halves; he is a distributor of play of the quality of Ducret, knowing how to serve his unmarked forward".

International career Moigneu (center) in front of the goalkeeper Renaux in a match against England London, which France lost 12–0. On 2 April 1905, the 18-year-old Moigneu was selected by the USFSA to play for the Northern France football team in the very first Paris-Nord match, which served as a sort of annual test match for the French national team, which ended in a 4–1 loss. Two years later, on 9 May, he started in another Paris-Nord match, being involved in one of his side's goal in an eventual 3–1 win. After the Paris-Nord match of 1908, the English referee Albert Collier stated that "Moigneu, at the moment, is the best full-back I know". In his first three matches with France, the team conceded an average of 9 goals per game, but despite this, the Belgian manager Louis Muhlinghaus, one of the founders of FIFA, ironically stated that "the French defense, except for Moigneu, hardly defends you". He played a further five matches for a total of eight caps, the last of which coming on 10 May 1908, against the Netherlands, which ended in a 1–4 loss.

Between April 1905 and October 1907, he was a member of every French selection, either national or regional, he was initially called up as a replacement for Victor Denis, who had withdraw,

Military career Moigneu was mobilized at the outbreak of the First World War, where after being injured in October 1914, he was appointed adjutant, but just two months later, in January 1915, he was asked to return to the western front; the day after his return, he was seriously wounded by seven shell fragments".

After recovering, he again joined his regimental comrades at the front during the Battle of Verdun in 1916, where a shell nearly took off his left leg, and although he avoided amputation, his leg had to be shortened by eight centimeters during the operation, which left him crippled. He also remained linked to football, introducing several young players from Frévent to this sport.

Moigneu died in Savigny-sur-Orge on 14 March 1937, at the age of 50, after "a short illness".

Honours US Tourquennoise USFSA Football Northern Championship: Champions (1): 1909 USFSA Football Championship: Champions (1): 1910 Challenge International du Nord: Champions (1): 1911