Today would have been the birthday of two alumni who passed through the club
Girondins de Bordeaux : Edouard Kargulewicz
et Bernard
Baudet. The opportunity to retrace their journeys at the club, in particular thanks to Girondins Retro.
Edouard Kargulewicz
Julien Bée and Laurent Brun Archives
- Edouard Kargulewicz 16/12/1925-13/03/2010, center forward, at the club between 1947 and 1958, 386 matches and 166 goals
A true center forward, very athletic, Edouard Kargu was powerful and realistic. His lack of speed did not prevent him from being a terror to opposing goalkeepers. He did not hesitate to strike from afar and often opened up encounters. He also excelled in heading. As he got older, he added a string to his bow by gaining in playing intelligence. On the other hand, he lacked speed.
Of Polish origin, Edouard Kargulewicz, said “ position » arrived in France after the Second World War. After passing through Blénod, he joined Cognac. Under the orders of André Gérardhe began to assert his scoring qualities. When Gérard returned to coach the Girondins in 1947, he took him with him. He stayed 11 seasons in Gironde and scored 158 times, which ranks him second among the top scorers in the club's history, behind Alain. Giresse.
Alongside in Frenchof Libra and of From Harderhe largely contributed to obtaining the first Bordeaux title in history, in 1950. Naturalized French in November 1949, he joined the French team the following year, but only played 11 times in the rooster jersey. , failing to impose itself in the center of the French attack.
At the end of the 1953-1954 season, he finished top scorer in the First Division, with 27 goals in his pocket. This ended up placing him among the great idols of Bordeaux supporters of the 1950s. During the first day of D1 of the 1954-1955 season against Lens, an episode reinforced his popularity. Substitute in central defense garrigue injured and therefore exiled to the left wing of the attack, the Bordeaux striker performed a top-flight performance and allowed his team to hold on defensively and even win the match.
In 1958, he ended his career in D2, as he had started it. While getting closer to the amateur club of Langon, he embraced a new profession, that of docker, like Manuel Garriga. He died at the age of 84 in his house in Camblanes-et-Meynac (Gironde), at the end of a full life.
In history
By finishing as top scorer in the First Division with 27 goals scored, Edouard Kargu still remains the Bordeaux record holder over a season to this day.
During this 1953-1954 season, the Girondins finished 3rd in the championship, just one point behind champion Lille.
Despite the presence under the Bordeaux jersey of leading goal hunters, neither Pauleta (22 buts),
ni Wiltord (22 goals), also crowned top scorers in the championship, did no better than him…
On the other hand, the Aigle des Açores is ahead of its prestigious predecessor in the number of goals scored in all competitions. In 2001-2002, the Portuguese put the ball in the back of the net 35 times while Kargu reached the total of 30 goals during the 1953-1954 season.
Bernard Baudet
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- Bernard Baudet 16/12/1939-30/03/2017, defensive midfielder, at the club between 1959 and 1969, 260 matches and 30 goals
A man protected by his various coaches, he could play with equal success in defense (on the right or left) or in a defensive midfielder position. His committed play quickly gave him the reputation of a rough player, hard on man. An impeccable professional, a remarkable athlete, he had an explosive temperament on the field. It lacked liveliness and struggled to start. He also had a tendency to gain weight.
A figure in southern Girondin football, Bernard Baudet joined the ranks of the Girondins in 1959. His first season was catastrophic on a collective level since Camille's men Libra barely rising in D1 fell in D2 with a very permeable defense (102 goals conceded).
After a stint with the Algerian club ROP Constantine in 1961, he established himself on his return as one of the trusted players of Bordeaux coach Salvador Artigas to the point of becoming one of the pillars of a navy and white team always placed, never winning (3 times vice-champions, 3 Coupe de France finals), during the 60s.
With the arrival of Bakrim on the bench, he gave another dimension to his technical register, now being able to participate in the construction of the game. In 1969, after another disappointment in the final of the Coupe de France, he left Bordeaux to join Boulogne-sur-Mer . He ended his career with an experience at Châteauroux before joining the amateur club Orthez to take up the position of player-coach.
Once retrained as manager of an express transport company in the Basque Country, a great fan of car racing, now retired, he took part in amateur rallies as a co-driver. But his passion for speed was fatal to him… Responsible for a deadly accident in Lacanau in 1991, he himself was killed on the road a few years later, in Ain.
A disciple of René Gallice
Born in the Landes de Gascogne, Bernard Baudet started playing football in Aillas, before joining AS Gironde. Within this club, he apprenticed under the direction of the man who would become his mentor and friend, René in French.
The former great Girondins player had in fact joined this small club at the end of his professional career to take over its destiny. By training this future Bordeaux player, he made him work on his physical condition and consistency over 90 minutes.
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