Jean-Michel Larqué
French footballer (born 1947)
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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.
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Larqué with RC Paris in 1982 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jean-Michel Larqué[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 September 1947[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Bizanos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||
| Position | 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 | ||
| Total | 343 | (78) | |
| International career | |||
| 1969–1976 | France | 14 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1977–1978 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| 1981–1982 | RC Paris | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
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]
