Vincent Cobos
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 4 March 1965 | ||
Place of birth | Strasbourg, France | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Youth career | |||
Strasbourg | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1982–1991 | Strasbourg | 204 | (3) |
1991–1993 | Épinal | 40 | (1) |
Total | 244 | (4) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Vincent Cobos (born 4 March 1965) is a French retired footballer who played as a central defender.
Football career
Cobos was born in Strasbourg. For nine seasons, he played professionally with hometown's RC Strasbourg, including two as captain, and helped his team achieve promotion to Ligue 1 in 1987–88 as champions.
Cobos retired from the game at only 28, after two years with lowly SAS Épinal. He appeared in 235 games all competitions comprised with his main club.
Personal life / Post-retirement
Cobos' younger brother, José, was also a footballer and a defender. He too played for Strasbourg, and the siblings shared teams from 1988 to 1991.
After retiring, Cobos worked with Canal+'s show Foot+.
External links
- RC Strasbourg archives (in French)
- Vincent Cobos at FootballDatabase.eu
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Articles with French-language sources (fr)
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Strasbourg
- French people of Spanish descent
- Sportspeople of Spanish descent
- French men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- RC Strasbourg Alsace players
- SAS Épinal players