Pierre Cazal

Pierre Cazal (1948 – 7 October 2024) was a French literature professor and football historian who was widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary connoisseurs of the history of the French national team.

Throughout his career, he wrote four books about the history of the Bleus, the first of whom, published in 1992, covering the team's first 497 matches, and he later became the editor of the ''Chroniques bleues'' website, where he published weekly articles about the Bleus in the early 2020s, including the series ''Les premiers Bleus'', a project about the Pre-WWI French internationals, in which he uncovered many previously unknown facts, corrected numerous long-time misconceptions, and debunked several mistakes that had persisted through time. Provided by Wikipedia