14 Facts About Alexandre Villaplane

Alexandre Villaplane was a French football player who played as a midfielder.

Alexandre Villaplane appeared in the France national team in the 1928 Summer Olympics and captained the national team at the 1930 FIFA World Cup.

Alexandre Villaplane was capped 25 times for the France national team, played for the France national team at the 1928 Summer Olympics, and was the captain of the France national team at the 1930 FIFA World Cup.

The Lille manager was given a lifetime ban, but Alexandre Villaplane, who was strongly suspected of fixing the matches, received only a small penalty.

At the beginning of World War II, Alexandre Villaplane became involved in the Parisian black market and in racketeering the local Jewish population.

Alexandre Villaplane was sentenced in 1940 to two months imprisonment for possession of stolen goods.

Alexandre Villaplane was arrested by the SS in 1943 for the theft of a quantity of precious stones and imprisoned at the Compiegne camp; Lafont succeeded in obtaining his release.

Alexandre Villaplane then became Bonny's chauffeur and then, in 1944, head of one of the five sections of the North African Brigade, a criminal organization made up of North African immigrants who collaborated with the Nazis through anti-Resistance activities.

Alexandre Villaplane obtained both the rank and uniform of an SS-Untersturmfuhrer.

Alexandre Villaplane's section was put in charge of finding Resistance members and their supporters in the region of Perigueux in the month of March 1944, and then in the region of Eymet in the following month.

On 11 June 1944, the day following the massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane, his squad had 52 people executed in Mussidan, with claims that Alexandre Villaplane himself was involved with the shootings at hand.

Alexandre Villaplane was sentenced to death on 1 December 1944 for his direct involvement in at least 10 killings.

Alexandre Villaplane was executed by firing squad on 27 December 1944 at the Fort de Montrouge, Arcueil, three days after his 40th birthday.

Alexandre Villaplane's execution was alongside corrupt policeman Pierre Bonny and career criminal Henri Lafont.