Henri Mouton

Playing career Club career Born in Morsain, Hauts-de-France, on 20 April 1881, Mouton's qualities were his height of 1.71 meters tall, being stocky, energetic, passionate, and a "loudmouth", which was normal at the patronages, where there is no academic game and football was played in a hasty manner. He also has a good head game, which at the time was quite rare, especially in attack, and he never hesitated to take the ball with his head in a time where many were reluctant to do so, since the leather balls of those times were heavier. On 11 June 1911, Mouton started in the final of the 1911 Trophée de France, which ended in a loss to CA Paris.

International career On 20 January 1907, Mouton played for a FGSPF team made up of players from the patronages in a friendly against the English club North London AFC, helping his side to a 4–2 win. Despite winning multiple titles with Étoile in 1907, he was not called up for the French national team because the national coach of the time, the northerner André Billy of USFSA, preferred players from the Nord.

It was only when the USFSA was replaced by Simon's CFI that Mouton finally became an undisputed starter, playing in the first five matches of the CFI reign, from 1909 until May 1910, all of which ending in losses. He only scored once, on his debut, in a friendly against Belgium, doing so from a header, on a cross from Maurice Meunier. His replacement was the great Eugène Maës.

Later life In October 1911, Mouton returned to his native lands, in the Aisne, where he had married a "countrywoman" in 1909, and where he played in the Gallia de Soissons team. In 1927, after the First World War, he returned to the Paris region to see his son play at the Patronage Olier.

He settled in Savigny-sur-Orge, where he died on 10 March 1962, at the age of 80.

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

+ List of international goals scored by Henri Mouton No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 9 May 1909 Stade du Vivier d'Oie, Brussels, Belgium 1–2 2–5 Friendly match

Honours Étoile des Deux Lacs FGSPF Football Championship Champions (6): 1906–07, 1910–11

Trophée de France: Champion (1): 1907 Runner-up (1): 1911