The unforgettable actor of Guadeloupe football and the Star of Morne-à-l’Eau died at 74 years

On January 1, 1951, little Antoine was born. It was a gift for Morne-à-l’Eau. The family displayed her pride of having such a beautiful baby, without knowing that she had given birth to a gifted football. It is in this sport that the kid was going to flourish, while being a student concentrated on the essentials for the time. Ensure his professional future, which he did brilliantly by becoming in adulthood, school teacher.

But before he burned the steps on the sports fields. Antoine Noyon became 16 years old, a must-see member of the Senior team of the Etoile de Morne-à-l’Eau. By obtaining its double upgrade, its intrinsic qualities did not leave indifferent those responsible for the federal selection of Guadeloupe.

Selection that he incorporates into the process and that he will enrich his magnificent gestures for many years. His heading and his left foot made him, a football legend with other accomplices who shared with him, the secrets of the enticed game.

Antoine Noyon was a physique, style and omnipresence in the middle of the field illustrated by the Afro cut in the color of the sun. “Antoine Le Rouquin”unforgettable actor of Guadeloupe football could have like other talents of his time join the professional sphere. But it was not yet in the natural habits of our players who favored the life of the country and the sharing of knowledge with the future.

A future he has devoted to training young people: to the Star his training club but also elsewhere, because the man had football in his feet and in the head. This extraordinary technician has helped enhance the technique and science of football to the entire archipelago.

At 74, he leaves a void in this world that made him, a purist of the beautiful game.