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French association football player, manager and sports journalist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jean-Michel Larqué (born 8 September 1947) is a French former professional footballer, and now a sports journalist. He has also been player-coach of RC Paris, his only experience as head-coach.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jean-Michel Larqué[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 8 September 1947||
Place of birth | Bizanos, France | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1965 | JAB Pau | ||
1965–1977 | Saint-Étienne | 321 | (78) |
1977–1979 | Paris Saint-Germain | 22 | (0) |
1981–1982 | RC Paris | ||
International career | |||
1969–1976 | France | 14 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
1977–1978 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
1981–1982 | RC Paris | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Larqué was born in Bizanos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques.[2] As a player, Larqué played as a midfielder, and was one of the most important players for AS Saint-Étienne in the 1960s and 70s where he won all his titles. He finished his playing career in Paris with Paris Saint-Germain and RC Paris.[citation needed]
After having retired as a player, he became a football journalist: redactor for Onze Mondial magazine, but also on the radio Radio Monte Carlo with his programme, Larqué foot and on TV where he is a commentator. Between 1980 and 1984 he commented football matches on Antenne 2 and between 1985 and 2005 on TF1 with Thierry Roland. With the departure of Thierry Roland for M6, TF1 chose Thierry Gilardi (died on 25 March 2008) of Canal + to comment with Larqué. His style is notable for his constant repetition of the same phrase. In 1983, he also created training schools for young footballers from 7 to 19 where came Florent Malouda, Bruno Cheyrou, Benoît Cheyrou and Fabrice Fernandes.[citation needed]
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