Alexandre Villaplane [SEP] place of death
Alexandre Villaplane
Alexandre Villaplane (12 September 1905 in Algiers – 26 December 1944 in , Arcueil) was a French football player, who played in the role of midfielder. Villaplane was also a Nazi collaborator who was arrested and executed for his actions during World War II.
In his career he played for FC Sète (1921–1924), Nimes Olympique (1927–1929), Racing Club de France (1929–1932), FC Antibes (1932–1933) and OGC Nice (1933–1934). He was capped 25 times for the France national
paramilitary "Légion Nord-Africaine" (LNA) under the command of Alexandre Villaplane, wore German uniforms to fight the French Resistance in the area around Tulle, in central France.
Following the liberation of France in 1944, members of the "Carlingue" went into hiding. Many were caught, tried and condemned to death; some evaded arrest. One former "Carlingue" agent, Georges Boucheseiche, who died in Morocco in 1967, was employed by Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage, France's