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An emblematic figure of AJ Auxerre and French football died this Sunday, in the wake of the meeting between AJA and Strasbourg in Ligue 1.
This is a very sad news announced this Monday by AJ Auxerre. “” AJA had the immense pain to learn the death of Gérard Bourgoin, yesterday after the meeting against Strasbourg, to which he attended “indicates the Icaunais club.
“The club, which loses a huge leader who has worked all his life to develop and make AJA shine, associates with his family and loved ones and will pay him a tribute to the height of his incredible dedication”, Add the current 12th in Ligue 1.
Gérard Bourgoin, one of the faces of AJ Auxerre
AJ Auxerre therefore loses the one that has long been one of its emblematic figures. A businessman and politician of the Yonne, Gérard Bourgoin was vice-president of AJA for very long years alongside the essential Guy Roux and President Jean-Claude Hamel. With his group specializing in poultry, Gérard Bourgoin has long sponsored his heart club. The legendary Duke logo on the AJA jersey in the early 1990s is thanks to him.
Laurent Blanc and Christophe Cocard during the double championship of AJ Auxerre in 1996.
President of the LFP between 2000 and 2002, between Noël Le Graët and Frédéric Thiriez, Gérard Bourgoin also assured the presidency of AJ Auxerre between 2011 and 2013, in a difficult period for the Icaunais club, relegated to Ligue 2 at the end of the 2011-2012 season. But there is nothing to tarnish the inheritance and the memory of a man whose departure must cause an immense penalty in the heart of Guy Roux and that of all lovers of AJA.
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