[1] In his youth, he was a footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Racing Club de France and for the French national team in the 1911 UIAFA European Football Tournament at Roubaix.
[5] In the preview of the 1911 Coupe Dewar final between USA Clichy and Club athlétique de Paris 14 [fr], the French newspaper L'Auto (the future L'Équipe) stated that Clichy's goalkeeper Pierre Chayriguès was the second-best in the capital after Gastyne.
[6] In the following year, on 14 April, he started in the final of the 1912 Coupe Dewar, helping his side to a 3–1 win over Club Français.
[3][8] He is thus the most capped player of UIAFA's France with four appearances, alongside club teammates, Alphonse Nicol and Auguste Schalbart, plus Carlos Bacrot and Victor Denis.
[1] His most notable works were O Silêncio é de Ouro (1947), Mataram o Pai Natal (1941), and Onde Está a Felicidade?