René Petit
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René Petit (left) in 1924 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Renato Petit de Ory | ||
| Date of birth | 8 October 1899 | ||
| Place of birth | Dax, Landes, France | ||
| Date of death | 14 October 1989 (aged 90) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1914–1917 | Madrid FC | 13+ | (3+) |
| 1917–1918 | Real Unión | 1 | |
| 1918–1920 | Stade Bordelais | ||
| 1920–1932 | Real Unión | 44+ | (8+) |
| International career | |||
| 1915–1917 | Madrid | ||
| 1922–1929 | Gipuzkoa | ||
| 1920 | France | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Renato Petit de Ory, better known by his French name, René Petit (8 October 1899 – 14 October 1989), was a Franco-Spanish engineer, known for being a footballer in his youth. He was one of the most popular players in Spanish football in the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s, playing for Real Madrid and Real Unión, and becoming a member of the France national team. He represented France at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Belgium.
The figure of René Petit has a double ambivalence. On the one hand, there is his dual nationality, French and Spanish, and his status as a Basque-French. On the other hand, there is his double vocation: the first, as a brilliant footballer, and the second, as a clever civil engineer, who built Bilbao's Arenal Bridge and the Yesa Reservoir.