Albert Rust (footballer)
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| Full name | Albert Rust | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 October 1953 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mulhouse, France | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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AS Saint-Etienne (Goalkeeper coach) | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1972–1987 | Sochaux | 367 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1987–1990 | Montpellier | 113 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Monaco | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||
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| 1986 | France | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| Teams managed | |||||||||||||||
| 1991–1993 | Le Crès | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | AS Beauvais (assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Al-Nasr (assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1999 | Chamois Niortais FC | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Clermont | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Tunisia (assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Stade Tunisien | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | FC Sète | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Brest | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | US Créteil-Lusitanos | ||||||||||||||
| 2010– | Saint-Etienne (Goalkeeper coach) | ||||||||||||||
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Albert Rust (born 10 October 1953) is a former French footballer, who currently works as goalkeeper coach for AS Saint-Étienne.
Albert Rust is a football player and French coach, born on 10 October 1953 at Mulhouse. He became a goalkeeper, holding the position between the years 1970 and 1990. He spent most of his career at Sochaux Football Club, he is the most capped player in history of the club, with 455 games played. He then played for Montpellier HSC with whom he won the Coupe de France in 1990. For the National team, he won the 1984 Olympic games with the French Olympic team. He was called up to the French National team numerous times, with whom he won the European Championship in 1984 and finished third in the World Cup in 1986.
Becoming a coach, he especially guided the Chamois niortais FC and the Stade brestois.
Player
Formed in the local club in Wittelsheim, Rust evolved as a defender in his early years before opting for the goalkeeper position. At age 19, he rejoined the FC Sochaux, a club known for its training center, and relatively quick accomplishment of its first team, they demonstrated an unspectacular but safe and steady style. He quickly took the top of the title over the goalkeeper Eugène Battmann and became the title holder during the 1975-1976 season. His good performances gave him the honor of being called upon by Henri Guérin of the team France A' 27 March 1976 against Luxembourg.
The following season, he knew there would be tough competition with another promising goalkeeper, Joël Bats coming up. The coach René Hauss opted for an original solution and alternated his goalkeepers every game to release a hierarchy. The situation unraveled with the departure of Bats to Auxerre in 1979. Later, Rust and Bats both agree that this was the most painful time in their professional careers.
Rust had his best years at the club with "The Golden Generation" of Sochaux F.C. in 1979-1983. With Bernard Genghini, Yannick Stopyra, Philippe Anziani and Abdel Djaadaoui, The team played good attacking football and focused on making a memorable journey in the UEFA Cup of 1980-1981. They reached the semi-finals after a particularly epic win in the third round against Eintracht Frankfurt in which they came up from a deficit of 2-0 to win 4-2 on aggregate, in the snow, thanks to Patrick Revelli. The same year these players also played the final of the Coupe des Alpes and lost to FC Basel in the Final.
Rusts club’s good form could not be matched at the National level by the French National team. The national team Lacked the skill that the team possessed in 1982 . Taking advantage of the Olympic football tournament rule change which opened the tournament up to five professionals of any age per team,Rust joined the French Olympic team for qualification to the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, alongside François Brisson, Daniel Xuereb, and other Dominique Bijotat. The adventure ended with them winning and being awarded the gold medal on the top step of the podium at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena,after an indisputable victory in the final against Brazil (2-0).
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